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

[Uoti Urpala]

On Thu, 2018-01-25 at 17:24 +0000, Boyce, Kevin P [US] (AS) wrote:
> 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.

There is no separate "pause" feature. You can likely implement the
wanted functionality with explicit dependencies - create a unit which
is only considered "started" when the question has been answered, and
make whatever other units you want to start only after that depend on
the new unit.