On Sun, 12 Oct 2014, James Hogarth wrote: > On 12 Oct 2014 05:20, "Igal @ getRailo.org" <igal at getrailo.org> wrote: > > > > does adding a /lib/systemd/system/{unit}.service all I need in order to > > add a service? > > > > Yes but for service files that have not been introduced through package > management (ie rpm) the proper location is /etc/systemd/system > > Note that any files in /etc/systemd will override ones in /usr/lib/systemd > > > > > are any special permissions required for that file (execute)? > > No these are just configuration files rather than scripts that get executed > so no special permissions are needed. > > After adding or changing a unit file do systemctl daemon-reload for systemd > to read in the changes. You also have to enable the service with "systemctl enable <name>". And if you want it to start right away, instead of waiting for the next reboot, you have to start it with "systemctl start <name>". Alan Stern