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Systemd services: state and startup

Not running Starting usually ~20 s
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Step 5 of 6 · on a machine · 4 min

Change one state

Here you choose the command: one state of the service has to change while the other stays.

cron is about to be replaced with another scheduler. Until the evening it has to keep running without a break, as jobs are still going. After the next reboot cron must not start.

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Running, but not at boot

cron must keep running without a break until the evening, and must not start at the next boot. Make it so and check both states.

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Goals · 0 of 2

  • Turn off cron's autostart not done yet
  • Keep cron running without a break not done yet

Step goals

0 of 2
  • Turn off cron's autostart — not done yet
  • Keep cron running without a break — not done yet
Ubuntu 24.04

Step goals

0 of 2
  • Turn off cron's autostart — not done yet
  • Keep cron running without a break — not done yet
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