[systemd-devel] Verbose output from systemctl?

Lennart Poettering lennart at poettering.net
Tue Jan 7 14:05:32 UTC 2020


On Mo, 06.01.20 08:51, Jeffrey Walton (noloader at gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm trying to install a service. The script is failing with:
>
>     + systemctl enable callboot-monitor.service
>     Failed to enable unit: File callboot-monitor.service: Invalid argument
>     + exit 1
>
> The man page does not list an option for verbose output, and there is
> no -v option.
>
> How do I get more information about the failure?

Current systemd versions have better messages for most of these
cases. Which systemd version are you using (always specify that first,
please!)?

Other than that look in the system logs.

Lennart

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