It seems the unmask command fails when there is no existing unit file in the system other than the symlink to /dev/null.
If you mask a service, then that creates a new symlink to /dev/null in.
I don't think thats how the final permissons are calculated, what if the unmask value is 077 how would you subtract 666-077 in that case ?
Aug 24, 2016 · To actually unmask the masked service x11-common, I had to delete the symlink to /dev/null and sudo apt-get install --reinstall x11-common && sudo systemctl daemon-reload.
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Mar 19, 2018 · I would like to understand what a masked service is and how to unmask it if need be.
I have been trying to start PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04-LTS using the command systemctl start.
Aug 2, 2016 · I've read a couple of articles like this old one how to change umask mode but still can't figure it out 100% I have Ubuntu 14.04 running with Xenial kernel with default umask 0002 and my.
May 11, 2022 · systemctl --user --now enable pipewire-media-session.service Now every time I start the computer I need to run these commands to get things working again: systemctl --user unmask.
Dec 17, 2015 · doing systemctl unmask name_of_service.service completely removed my service definition file from /etc/systemd/system/, so now I need to add it back again.
If it becomes masked.
May 6, 2019 · systemctl, how to unmask Below you can see that the service link points to an actual file.
systemctl start nfs-kernel-server Failed to start nfs-kernel-server.service: Unit proc-fs-nfsd.mount is.
Feb 2, 2020 · 0 Adding to RomanK 's answer above, use the unmask command to unmask any service that is listed in the error, for example: If you get .Unit systemd-networkd.service is masked.
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