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title="NEW --- - Manual Page: WantedBy= of systemd.conf is confusing."
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55663">55663</a>
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Manual Page: WantedBy= of systemd.conf is confusing.
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<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>minor
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<td>Unclassified
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>umuttl@axis.com
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<td>Other
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Component</th>
<td>general
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<td>systemd
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<pre>Following text is taken from the manual page of systemd.unit (man
systemd.unit).
WantedBy=
Installs a symlink in the .wants/ subdirectory for a unit. This has
the effect that when the listed unit name is activated the unit listing it is
activated too. WantedBy=foo.service in a service bar.service is mostly
equivalent to Alias=foo.service.wants/bar.service in the same file.
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I believe it is not so clear to say, "Installs a symlink in the .wants/
subdirectory for a unit." By just editing this file, no symbolic link is
created. It might have been better to say:
"A symbolic link is created in the .wants/ folder when the unit is activated by
<systemctl enable>.
I also tried to re-phrase the second sentenece:
When the unit assigned to "WantedBy=" is activated, the unit having "WantedBy="
is activated too. If bar.service unit has WantedBy=foo.service, it can be read
as "foo.service wants bar.service".</pre>
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