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Boot targets: default, multi-user, rescue and emergency

cheat sheet · Ubuntu 24.04 · systemd 255 https://lab.dimsanych.ru/en/wiki/boot-targets/

Cheat sheet

systemctl get-default the default boot target
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
systemctl list-units --type=target active targets
systemctl list-dependencies multi-user.target what it pulls in
systemctl list-dependencies --reverse network-online.target
systemctl is-system-running running, degraded, starting
sudo systemctl rescue switch to rescue now
sudo systemctl default back to the default target