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23
24 <refentry id="systemctl">
25
26         <refentryinfo>
27                 <title>systemctl</title>
28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30                 <authorgroup>
31                         <author>
32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36                         </author>
37                 </authorgroup>
38         </refentryinfo>
39
40         <refmeta>
41                 <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle>
42                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
43         </refmeta>
44
45         <refnamediv>
46                 <refname>systemctl</refname>
47                 <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and session manager</refpurpose>
48         </refnamediv>
49
50         <refsynopsisdiv>
51                 <cmdsynopsis>
52                         <command>systemctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command>
53                 </cmdsynopsis>
54         </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56         <refsect1>
57                 <title>Description</title>
58
59                 <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to
60                 introspect and control the state of the
61                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
62                 system and session manager.</para>
63         </refsect1>
64
65         <refsect1>
66                 <title>Options</title>
67
68                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
69
70                 <variablelist>
71                         <varlistentry>
72                                 <term><option>--help</option></term>
73                                 <term><option>-h</option></term>
74
75                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
76                                 text and exits.</para></listitem>
77                         </varlistentry>
78
79                         <varlistentry>
80                                 <term><option>--type=</option></term>
81                                 <term><option>-t</option></term>
82
83                                 <listitem><para>When listing units,
84                                 limit display to certain unit
85                                 types. If not specified units of all
86                                 types will be shown. The argument
87                                 should be a unit type name such as
88                                 <option>service</option>,
89                                 <option>socket</option> and
90                                 similar.</para></listitem>
91                         </varlistentry>
92
93                         <varlistentry>
94                                 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
95                                 <term><option>-p</option></term>
96
97                                 <listitem><para>When showing
98                                 unit/job/manager information, limit
99                                 display to certain properties as
100                                 specified as argument. If not
101                                 specified all set properties are
102                                 shown. The argument should be a
103                                 property name, such as
104                                 <literal>MainPID</literal>. If
105                                 specified more than once all
106                                 properties with the specified names
107                                 are shown.</para></listitem>
108                         </varlistentry>
109
110                         <varlistentry>
111                                 <term><option>--all</option></term>
112                                 <term><option>-a</option></term>
113
114                                 <listitem><para>When listing units,
115                                 show all units, regardless of their
116                                 state, including inactive units. When
117                                 showing unit/job/manager information,
118                                 show all properties regardless whether
119                                 they are set or not.</para></listitem>
120                         </varlistentry>
121
122                         <varlistentry>
123                                 <term><option>--full</option></term>
124
125                                 <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize unit
126                                 names in the output of
127                                 <command>list-units</command> and
128                                 <command>list-jobs</command>.</para></listitem>
129                         </varlistentry>
130
131                         <varlistentry>
132                                 <term><option>--fail</option></term>
133
134                                 <listitem><para>If the requested
135                                 operation conflicts with a pending
136                                 unfinished job, fail the command. If
137                                 this is not specified the requested
138                                 operation will replace the pending job,
139                                 if necessary.</para></listitem>
140                         </varlistentry>
141
142                         <varlistentry>
143                                 <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
144                                 <term><option>-q</option></term>
145
146                                 <listitem><para>Suppress output to
147                                 STDOUT in
148                                 <command>snapshot</command>,
149                                 <command>check</command>,
150                                 <command>enable</command> and
151                                 <command>disable</command>.</para></listitem>
152                         </varlistentry>
153
154                         <varlistentry>
155                                 <term><option>--no-block</option></term>
156
157                                 <listitem><para>Do not synchronously wait for
158                                 the requested operation to finish. If this is
159                                 not specified the job will be verified,
160                                 enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will
161                                 wait until it is completed. By passing this
162                                 argument it is only verified and
163                                 enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
164
165                         <varlistentry>
166                                 <term><option>--system</option></term>
167
168                                 <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd
169                                 system manager. (Default)</para></listitem>
170                         </varlistentry>
171
172                         <varlistentry>
173                                 <term><option>--session</option></term>
174
175                                 <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd
176                                 session manager of the calling user.</para></listitem>
177                         </varlistentry>
178
179                         <varlistentry>
180                                 <term><option>--order</option></term>
181                                 <term><option>--require</option></term>
182
183                                 <listitem><para>When used in
184                                 conjunction with the
185                                 <command>dot</command> command (see
186                                 below), selects which dependencies are
187                                 shown in the dependency graph. If
188                                 <option>--order</option> is passed
189                                 only dependencies of type
190                                 <varname>After=</varname> or
191                                 <varname>Before=</varname> are
192                                 shown. If <option>--require</option>
193                                 is passed only dependencies of type
194                                 <varname>Requires=</varname>,
195                                 <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>,
196                                 <varname>Requisite=</varname>,
197                                 <varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname>,
198                                 <varname>Wants=</varname> and
199                                 <varname>Conflicts=</varname> are
200                                 shown. If neither is passed, shows
201                                 dependencies of all these
202                                 types.</para></listitem>
203                         </varlistentry>
204
205                         <varlistentry>
206                                 <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
207
208                                 <listitem><para>Don't send wall
209                                 message before
210                                 halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
211                         </varlistentry>
212
213                         <varlistentry>
214                                 <term><option>--global</option></term>
215
216                                 <listitem><para>When used with
217                                 <command>enable</command> and
218                                 <command>disable</command>, operate on the
219                                 global session configuÅ•ation
220                                 directory, thus enabling or disabling
221                                 a unit file globally for all future
222                                 sessions of all users.</para></listitem>
223                         </varlistentry>
224
225                         <varlistentry>
226                                 <term><option>--no-reload</option></term>
227
228                                 <listitem><para>When used with
229                                 <command>enable</command> and
230                                 <command>disable</command>, do not
231                                 implicitly reload daemon configuration
232                                 after executing the
233                                 changes.</para></listitem>
234                         </varlistentry>
235
236                         <varlistentry>
237                                 <term><option>--force</option></term>
238
239                                 <listitem><para>When used with
240                                 <command>enable</command>, override any
241                                 existing conflicting
242                                 symlinks.</para></listitem>
243                         </varlistentry>
244
245                         <varlistentry>
246                                 <term><option>--defaults</option></term>
247
248                                 <listitem><para>When used with
249                                 <command>disable</command>, ensures
250                                 that only the symlinks created by
251                                 <command>enable</command> are removed,
252                                 not all symlinks pointing to the unit
253                                 file that shall be
254                                 disabled.</para></listitem>
255                         </varlistentry>
256                 </variablelist>
257
258                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
259
260                 <variablelist>
261                         <varlistentry>
262                                 <term><command>list-units</command></term>
263
264                                 <listitem><para>List known units.</para></listitem>
265                         </varlistentry>
266                         <varlistentry>
267                                 <term><command>start [NAME...]</command></term>
268
269                                 <listitem><para>Start (activate) one
270                                 or more units specified on the command
271                                 line.</para></listitem>
272                         </varlistentry>
273                         <varlistentry>
274                                 <term><command>stop [NAME...]</command></term>
275
276                                 <listitem><para>Stop (deactivate) one
277                                 or more units specified on the command
278                                 line.</para></listitem>
279                         </varlistentry>
280                         <varlistentry>
281                                 <term><command>reload [NAME...]</command></term>
282
283                                 <listitem><para>Asks all units listed
284                                 on the command line to reload their
285                                 configuration. Note that this will
286                                 reload the service-specific
287                                 configuration, not the unit
288                                 configuration file of systemd. If you
289                                 want systemd to reload the
290                                 configuration file of a unit use the
291                                 <command>daemon-reload</command>
292                                 command. In other words: for the
293                                 example case of Apache, this will
294                                 reload Apache's
295                                 <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the
296                                 web server, not the
297                                 <filename>apache.service</filename>
298                                 systemd unit file. </para>
299
300                                 <para>This command should not be
301                                 confused with the
302                                 <command>daemon-reload</command> or
303                                 <command>load</command>
304                                 commands.</para></listitem>
305
306                         </varlistentry>
307                         <varlistentry>
308                                 <term><command>restart [NAME...]</command></term>
309
310                                 <listitem><para>Restart one or more
311                                 units specified on the command
312                                 line. If the units are not running yet
313                                 they will be
314                                 started.</para></listitem>
315                         </varlistentry>
316                         <varlistentry>
317                                 <term><command>try-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
318
319                                 <listitem><para>Restart one or more
320                                 units specified on the command
321                                 line. If the units are not running yet
322                                 the operation will
323                                 fail.</para></listitem>
324                         </varlistentry>
325                         <varlistentry>
326                                 <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
327                                 <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
328
329                                 <listitem><para>Reload one or more
330                                 units if they support it. If not,
331                                 restart them instead. Note that for
332                                 compatibility with SysV and Red Hat
333                                 init scripts
334                                 <command>force-reload</command> and
335                                 <command>condrestart</command> may be
336                                 used as equivalent commands to
337                                 <command>reload-or-try-restart</command>.</para></listitem>
338                         </varlistentry>
339                         <varlistentry>
340                                 <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term>
341
342                                 <listitem><para>Start the unit
343                                 specified on the command line and its
344                                 dependencies and stop all others. Note
345                                 that this works only on units where
346                                 <option>AllowIsolate=</option> is
347                                 enabled. See
348                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
349                                 for details.</para></listitem>
350                         </varlistentry>
351                         <varlistentry>
352                                 <term><command>is-active [NAME...]</command></term>
353
354                                 <listitem><para>Check whether any of
355                                 the specified units is active
356                                 (i.e. running). Returns an exit code
357                                 0 if at least one is active, non-zero
358                                 otherwise. Unless
359                                 <option>--quiet</option> is specified
360                                 this will also print the current unit
361                                 state to STDOUT.</para></listitem>
362                         </varlistentry>
363                         <varlistentry>
364                                 <term><command>status [NAME...|PID...]</command></term>
365
366                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
367                                 status information about one or more
368                                 units. This function is intended to
369                                 generate human-readable output. If you
370                                 are looking for computer-parsable
371                                 output, use <command>show</command>
372                                 instead. If a PID is passed
373                                 information about the unit the process
374                                 of the PID belongs to is
375                                 shown.</para></listitem>
376                         </varlistentry>
377                         <varlistentry>
378                                 <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term>
379
380                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
381                                 or more units, jobs or the manager
382                                 itself. If no argument is specified
383                                 properties of the manager will be
384                                 shown. If a unit name is specified
385                                 properties of the unit is shown, and
386                                 if a job id is specified properties of
387                                 the job is shown. By default, empty
388                                 properties are suppressed. Use
389                                 <option>--all</option> to show those
390                                 too. To select specific properties to
391                                 show use
392                                 <option>--property=</option>. This
393                                 command is intended to be used
394                                 whenever computer-parsable output is
395                                 required. Use
396                                 <command>status</command> if you are
397                                 looking for formatted human-readable
398                                 output.</para></listitem>
399                         </varlistentry>
400
401                         <varlistentry>
402                                 <term><command>reset-failed [NAME...]</command></term>
403
404                                 <listitem><para>Reset the
405                                 '<literal>failed</literal>' state of the
406                                 specified units, or if no unit name is
407                                 passed of all units. When a unit fails
408                                 in some way (i.e. process exiting with
409                                 non-zero error code, terminating
410                                 abnormally or timing out) it will
411                                 automatically enter the
412                                 '<literal>failed</literal>' state and
413                                 its exit code and status is recorded
414                                 for introspection by the administrator
415                                 until the service is restarted or
416                                 reset with this
417                                 command.</para></listitem>
418                         </varlistentry>
419
420                         <varlistentry>
421                                 <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term>
422
423                                 <listitem><para>Enable one or more
424                                 unit files, as specified on the
425                                 command line. This will create a
426                                 number of symlinks as encoded in the
427                                 <literal>[Install]</literal> sections
428                                 of the unit files. After the symlinks
429                                 have been created the systemd
430                                 configuration is reloaded (in a way
431                                 that is equivalent to
432                                 <command>daemon-reload</command>) to
433                                 ensure the changes are taken into
434                                 account immediately. Note that this
435                                 does not have the effect that any of
436                                 the units enabled are also started at
437                                 the same time. If this is desired a
438                                 seperate <command>start</command>
439                                 command must be invoked for the
440                                 unit.</para>
441
442                                 <para>This command will
443                                 print the actions executed. This
444                                 output may be suppressed by passing
445                                 <option>--quiet</option>.</para>
446
447                                 <para>Note that this operation creates
448                                 only the suggested symlinks for the
449                                 units. While this command is the
450                                 recommended way to manipulate the unit
451                                 configuration directory, the
452                                 administrator is free to make
453                                 additional changes manually, by
454                                 placing or removing symlinks in the
455                                 directory. This is particular useful
456                                 to create configurations that deviate
457                                 from the suggested default
458                                 installation. In this case the
459                                 administrator must make sure to invoke
460                                 <command>daemon-reload</command>
461                                 manually as necessary, to ensure his
462                                 changes are taken into account.</para>
463
464                                 <para>Enabling units should not be
465                                 confused with starting (activating)
466                                 units, as done by the
467                                 <command>start</command>
468                                 command. Enabling and starting units
469                                 is orthogonal: units may be enabled
470                                 without being started and started
471                                 without being enabled. Enabling simply
472                                 hooks the unit into various suggested
473                                 places (for example, so that the unit
474                                 is automatically started on boot or
475                                 when a particular kind of hardware is
476                                 plugged in). Starting actually spawns
477                                 the daemon process (in case of service
478                                 units), or binds the socket (in case
479                                 of socket units), and so
480                                 on.</para>
481
482                                 <para>Depending on whether
483                                 <option>--system</option>,
484                                 <option>--session</option> or
485                                 <option>--global</option> is specified
486                                 this enables the unit for the system,
487                                 for sessions of the calling user only
488                                 or for all future session of all
489                                 users. Note that in the latter case no
490                                 systemd daemon configuration is
491                                 reloaded.</para>
492                                 </listitem>
493                         </varlistentry>
494
495                         <varlistentry>
496                                 <term><command>disable [NAME...]</command></term>
497
498                                 <listitem><para>Disables one or more
499                                 units. This removes all symlinks to
500                                 the specified unit files from the unit
501                                 configuration directory, and hence
502                                 undoes the changes made by
503                                 <command>enable</command>. Note
504                                 however that this by default removes
505                                 all symlinks to the unit files
506                                 (i.e. including manual additions), not
507                                 just those actually created by
508                                 <command>enable</command>. If only the
509                                 symlinks that are suggested by default
510                                 shall be removed, pass
511                                 <option>--defaults</option>. This
512                                 implicitly reloads the systemd daemon
513                                 configuration after completing the
514                                 disabling of the units. Note that this
515                                 command does not implicitly stop the
516                                 units that is being disabled. If this
517                                 is desired an additional
518                                 <command>stop</command>command should
519                                 be executed afterwards.</para>
520
521                                 <para>This command will print the
522                                 actions executed. This output may be
523                                 suppressed by passing
524                                 <option>--quiet</option>.</para>
525                                 </listitem>
526
527                                 <para>This command honours
528                                 <option>--system</option>,
529                                 <option>--session</option>,
530                                 <option>--global</option> in a similar
531                                 way as
532                                 <command>enable</command>.</para>
533                         </varlistentry>
534
535                         <varlistentry>
536                                 <term><command>is-enabled [NAME...]</command></term>
537
538                                 <listitem><para>Checks whether any of
539                                 the specified unit files is enabled
540                                 (as with
541                                 <command>enable</command>). Returns an
542                                 exit code of 0 if at least one is
543                                 enabled, non-zero
544                                 otherwise.</para></listitem>
545                         </varlistentry>
546
547                         <varlistentry>
548                                 <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term>
549
550                                 <listitem><para>Load one or more units
551                                 specified on the command line. This
552                                 will simply load their configuration
553                                 from disk, but not start them. To
554                                 start them you need to use the
555                                 <command>start</command> command which
556                                 will implicitly load a unit that has
557                                 not been loaded yet. Note that systemd
558                                 garbage collects loaded units that are
559                                 not active or referenced by an active
560                                 unit. This means that units loaded
561                                 this way will usually not stay loaded
562                                 for long. Also note that this command
563                                 cannot be used to reload unit
564                                 configuration. Use the
565                                 <command>daemon-reload</command>
566                                 command for that. All in all, this
567                                 command is of little use except for
568                                 debugging.</para>
569                                 <para>This command should not be
570                                 confused with the
571                                 <command>daemon-reload</command> or
572                                 <command>reload</command>
573                                 commands.</para></listitem>
574                         </varlistentry>
575                         <varlistentry>
576                                 <term><command>list-jobs</command></term>
577
578                                 <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem>
579                         </varlistentry>
580                         <varlistentry>
581                                 <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term>
582
583                                 <listitem><para>Cancel one or more
584                                 jobs specified on the command line by
585                                 their numeric job
586                                 IDs. If not job id is specified cancels all jobs that are pending.</para></listitem>
587                         </varlistentry>
588                         <varlistentry>
589                                 <term><command>monitor</command></term>
590
591                                 <listitem><para>Monitor unit/job
592                                 changes. This is mostly useful for
593                                 debugging purposes and prints a line
594                                 each time systemd loads or unloads a
595                                 unit configuration file, or a unit
596                                 property changes.</para></listitem>
597                         </varlistentry>
598                         <varlistentry>
599                                 <term><command>dump</command></term>
600
601                                 <listitem><para>Dump server
602                                 status. This will output a (usually
603                                 very long) human readable manager
604                                 status dump. Its format is subject to
605                                 change without notice and should not
606                                 be parsed by
607                                 applications.</para></listitem>
608                         </varlistentry>
609                         <varlistentry>
610                                 <term><command>dot</command></term>
611
612                                 <listitem><para>Generate textual
613                                 dependency graph description in dot
614                                 format for further processing with the
615                                 GraphViz
616                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
617                                 tool. Use a command line like
618                                 <command>systemctl dot | dot -Tsvg >
619                                 systemd.svg</command> to generate a
620                                 graphical dependency tree. Unless
621                                 <option>--order</option> or
622                                 <option>--require</option> is passed
623                                 the generated graph will show both
624                                 ordering and requirement
625                                 dependencies.</para></listitem>
626                         </varlistentry>
627                         <varlistentry>
628                                 <term><command>snapshot [NAME]</command></term>
629
630                                 <listitem><para>Create a snapshot. If
631                                 a snapshot name is specified, the new
632                                 snapshot will be named after it. If
633                                 none is specified an automatic
634                                 snapshot name is generated. In either
635                                 case, the snapshot name used is
636                                 printed to STDOUT, unless
637                                 <option>--quiet</option> is
638                                 specified.</para>
639
640                                 <para>A snapshot refers to a saved
641                                 state of the systemd manager. It is
642                                 implemented itself as unit that is
643                                 generated dynamically with this
644                                 command and has dependencies on all
645                                 units active at the time. At a later
646                                 time the user may return to this state
647                                 by using the
648                                 <command>isolate</command> command on
649                                 the snapshot unit.</para></listitem>
650
651                                 <para>Snapshots are only useful for
652                                 saving and restoring which units are
653                                 running or are stopped, they do not
654                                 save/restore any other
655                                 state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost
656                                 on reboot.</para>
657                         </varlistentry>
658                         <varlistentry>
659                                 <term><command>delete [NAME...]</command></term>
660
661                                 <listitem><para>Remove a snapshot
662                                 previously created with
663                                 <command>snapshot</command>.</para></listitem>
664                         </varlistentry>
665                         <varlistentry>
666                                 <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term>
667
668                                 <listitem><para>Reload systemd manager
669                                 configuration. This will reload all
670                                 unit files and recreate the entire
671                                 dependency tree. While the daemon is
672                                 reloaded, all sockets systemd listens
673                                 on on behalf of user configuration will
674                                 stay accessible.</para> <para>This
675                                 command should not be confused with
676                                 the <command>load</command> or
677                                 <command>reload</command>
678                                 commands.</para></listitem>
679                         </varlistentry>
680                         <varlistentry>
681                                 <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term>
682
683                                 <listitem><para>Reexecute the systemd
684                                 manager. This will serialize the
685                                 manager state, reexecute the process
686                                 and deserialize the state again. This
687                                 command is of little use except for
688                                 debugging and package
689                                 upgrades. Sometimes it might be
690                                 helpful as a heavy-weight
691                                 <command>daemon-reload</command>. While
692                                 the daemon is reexecuted all sockets
693                                 systemd listens on on behalf of user
694                                 configuration will stay
695                                 accessible.</para></listitem>
696                         </varlistentry>
697                         <varlistentry>
698                                 <term><command>daemon-exit</command></term>
699
700                                 <listitem><para>Ask the systemd
701                                 manager to quit. This is only
702                                 supported for session managers
703                                 (i.e. in conjunction with the
704                                 <option>--session</option> option) and
705                                 will fail otherwise.</para></listitem>
706                         </varlistentry>
707                         <varlistentry>
708                                 <term><command>show-environment</command></term>
709
710                                 <listitem><para>Dump the systemd
711                                 manager environment block. The
712                                 environment block will be dumped in
713                                 straight-forward form suitable for
714                                 sourcing into a shell script. This
715                                 environment block will be passed to
716                                 all processes the manager
717                                 spawns.</para></listitem>
718                         </varlistentry>
719                         <varlistentry>
720                                 <term><command>set-environment [NAME=VALUE...]</command></term>
721
722                                 <listitem><para>Set one or more
723                                 systemd manager environment variables,
724                                 as specified on the command
725                                 line.</para></listitem>
726                         </varlistentry>
727                         <varlistentry>
728                                 <term><command>unset-environment [NAME...]</command></term>
729
730                                 <listitem><para>Unset one or more
731                                 systemd manager environment
732                                 variables. If only a variable name is
733                                 specified it will be removed
734                                 regardless of its value. If a variable
735                                 and a value are specified the variable
736                                 is only removed if it has the
737                                 specified value.</para></listitem>
738                         </varlistentry>
739
740                         <varlistentry>
741                                 <term><command>halt</command></term>
742
743                                 <listitem><para>Shut down and halt the
744                                 system. This is mostly equivalent to
745                                 <command>start halt.target</command>
746                                 but also prints a wall message to all
747                                 users.</para></listitem>
748                         </varlistentry>
749                         <varlistentry>
750                                 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
751
752                                 <listitem><para>Shut down and
753                                 power-off the system. This is mostly
754                                 equivalent to <command>start
755                                 poweroff.target</command> but also
756                                 prints a wall message to all
757                                 users.</para></listitem>
758                         </varlistentry>
759                         <varlistentry>
760                                 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
761
762                                 <listitem><para>Shut down and
763                                 reboot the system. This is mostly
764                                 equivalent to <command>start
765                                 reboot.target</command> but also
766                                 prints a wall message to all
767                                 users.</para></listitem>
768                         </varlistentry>
769                         <varlistentry>
770                                 <term><command>default</command></term>
771
772                                 <listitem><para>Enter default
773                                 mode. This is mostly equivalent to
774                                 <command>start
775                                 default.target</command>.</para></listitem>
776                         </varlistentry>
777                         <varlistentry>
778                                 <term><command>rescue</command></term>
779
780                                 <listitem><para>Enter rescue
781                                 mode. This is mostly equivalent to
782                                 <command>isolate
783                                 rescue.target</command> but also
784                                 prints a wall message to all
785                                 users.</para></listitem>
786                         </varlistentry>
787                         <varlistentry>
788                                 <term><command>emergency</command></term>
789
790                                 <listitem><para>Enter emergency
791                                 mode. This is mostly equivalent to
792                                 <command>isolate
793                                 emergency.target</command> but also
794                                 prints a wall message to all
795                                 users.</para></listitem>
796                         </varlistentry>
797                 </variablelist>
798
799         </refsect1>
800
801         <refsect1>
802                 <title>Exit status</title>
803
804                 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
805                 code otherwise.</para>
806         </refsect1>
807
808         <refsect1>
809                 <title>See Also</title>
810                 <para>
811                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
812                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
813                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
814                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
815                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
816                 </para>
817         </refsect1>
818
819 </refentry>