SYSTEMD-...GENERATOR(8)

💅 NAME 💅

systemd-factory-reset-generator — bestie, this lil guy yanks factory-reset-now.target into the very first boot transaction when a factory reset has been requested. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-factory-reset-generator

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so systemd-factory-reset-generator</p> is a generator, right? and its whole entire job — its main character moment, honestly — is pulling factory-reset-now.target into the initial boot transaction when the factory reset operation has been requested.

and how does it know a factory reset was requested, you ask? two ways, bestie:

• via the systemd.factory_reset= kernel command line option 🫶
• via the FactoryResetRequest EFI variable 🌸

either one of those shows up and this generator is like "say less" and gets factory-reset-now.target into that initial boot transaction. periodt.

also, systemd-factory-reset-generator implements systemd.generator(7). that's the vibe check it passes, iykyk. 💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• systemd(1)
• systemd-factory-reset(8)
• Factory Reset[1] 🔥

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📝 NOTES 📝

1. Factory Reset https://systemd.io/FACTORY_RESET

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okay that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 💅✨ this was systemd 262.1 and you're officially fluent in factory-reset-generator now. go forth and be iconic 🎀👑💖