[systemd-bugs] [Bug 82832] New: Services with special characters in the name which fail during "systemctl start" display an incorrect error message

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82832

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 82832
          Assignee: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: Services with special characters in the name which
                    fail during "systemctl start" display an incorrect
                    error message
        QA Contact: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux (All)
          Reporter: seejay.11 at gmail.com
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: general
           Product: systemd

Created attachment 104929
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=104929&action=edit
Terminal session providing a better view of the issue

Running a command like the following will give a bad error message on failure:

systemctl start 'netctl at wlo1\x2dSKY8B120.service'

The error message given is:

Job for netctl at wlo1\x2dSKY8B120.service failed. See 'systemctl status
netctl at wlo1\x2dSKY8B120.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

Typing "systemctl status netctl at wlo1\x2dSKY8B120.service" into the shell does
not have the expected behaviour as the backslash is parsed by the shell which
causes systemctl to check the wrong service. The service name should be quoted
or adequately escaped.
The attached log shows "netctl" being used, because I originally assumed this
was a netctl bug. I have tried this with "systemctl start
'netctl at wlo1\x2dSKY8B120.service'" and it prints the same message with the same
mistake.

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