[systemd-devel] Service to pause startup and wait for user input

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 7:24 PM, Boyce, Kevin P [US] (AS) <
Kevin.Boyce at ngc.com> wrote:

> Good Afternoon List,
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> Does anyone know if there is a way to create a service unit that pauses
> early on in the boot sequence and asks the user a question?
>
> A reply would be required via keyboard.
>

Use systemd-firstboot.service as an example. It has DefaultDependencies=no
and orders itself before sysinit.target and some early-boot services.

See also the diagram in the bootup(7) manpage.

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Mantas Mikulėnas
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