DEB-SYSTEMD-INVOKE(1p)

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version 1.69 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

deb-systemd-invoke — a lil wrapper around systemctl that actually respects policy-rc.d 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

deb-systemd-invoke [--user] start|stop|restart unit file ...
deb-systemd-invoke [--user] [--no-dbus] daemon-reload|daemon-reexec

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so bestie, listen up 👑 deb-systemd-invoke is a Debian-specific helper script, and its whole thing — its entire main character energy — is that it goes and asks /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d for permission before it ever does a systemctl call. like, it's polite. it checks in first. 🫶

It's meant to be used from maintscripts to manage systemd unit files. That's its job, that's its lane. 🎀

ngl, this is specifically NOT meant to be run interactively by users. like, do not just open a terminal and vibe with it, that's not what it's for 😭

So what should the users do instead? Two options, take your pick:

  • run systemd and use systemctl ✨
  • or literally don't even bother about the systemd enabled state, in case you're not running systemd at all 💀

either way. not this script. it's giving maintscript-only. iykyk 🧚

okay that's the whole page, love u, bye 💖

this was deb-systemd-invoke, brought to you by the init-system-helpers package, version 1.69, dated 2025-08-15 — slay, periodt ✨💅🎀

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