[systemd-devel] rc-local.service and its future in systemd?

Aki Ketolainen akik at mykolab.com
Mon Apr 24 11:27:29 UTC 2023


>> Would it be possible to change the rc-local.service configuration as
>> follows, so that it could be used similarly as before
>> i.e. running close to the end of the "runlevel" or systemd target:
>> 
>> [Unit]
>> After=crond.service
> 
> Why crond? Why is that the "end of the runlevel"?

I checked the service startup after boot with "journalctl -b 0 -t 
systemd" and
it showed crond starting near the end of the target.

Is there some issue with setting rc-local.service for 
"After=systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service" ?

It caused that cyclic dependency problem.

Best regards,

Aki


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