section.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>network.target</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>systemd automatically
- adds dependencies of type
- <varname>After=</varname> for
- this target unit to all SysV
- init script service units with
- an LSB header referring to the
- <literal>$network</literal>
- facility.</para>
-
- <para>This unit is supposed to
- indicate when the network is
- "up", but it is only very
- loosely defined what that is
- supposed to mean. Also see <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget">Running
- Services After the Network is
- up</ulink> for more
- information.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>paths.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
(via a <varname>Wants=</varname> type
dependency).</para>
+ <para>Note that these passive units cannot be started
+ manually, i.e. <literal>systemctl start
+ time-sync.target</literal> will fail with an
+ error. They can only be pulled in by dependency. This
+ is enforced since they exist for ordering purposes
+ only and thus are not useful as only unit within a
+ transaction.</para>
+
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>local-fs-pre.target</filename></term>
all local mounts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>network.target</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>systemd automatically
+ adds dependencies of type
+ <varname>After=</varname> for
+ this target unit to all SysV
+ init script service units with
+ an LSB header referring to the
+ <literal>$network</literal>
+ facility.</para>
+
+ <para>This unit is supposed to
+ indicate when the network is
+ "up", but it is only very
+ loosely defined what that is
+ supposed to mean. Also see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget">Running
+ Services After the Network is
+ up</ulink> for more
+ information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>nss-lookup.target</filename></term>
<listitem>