On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, at 10:50, Carlos Lopez wrote: > Thanks centos2 .... but regarding your example, I cannot see where you configure that this services needs to be stopped before anyone else.... I conveniently overlooked that requirement. I'll have to get back to you on that... > On 22/12/20, 15:22, "CentOS on behalf of centos2 at foxengines.net" <centos-bounces at centos.org on behalf of centos2 at foxengines.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, at 06:51, Carlos Lopez wrote: > > I am trying to configure a script as a systemd service to run first when a shutdown or reboot is called. This script execute some scp commands to copy some files to other machines. My actual defined systemd’s file is: > > > > [Unit] > > Description=Remote copy some files before reboot/shutdown > > Before=poweroff.target halt.target shutdown.target reboot.target > > DefaultDependencies=no > > > > [Service] > > Type=simple > > ExecStart=/bin/true > > ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/remote_copy > > RemainAfterExit=yes > > > > [Install] > > WantedBy=multi-user.target > > > > But it doesn’t work. “remote_copy” is working when it is executed from root shell. I am using CentOS-8 fully patched release. > > > > Any idea what am I doing wrong? > > I don't have a CentOS 8 machine to test on but on a CentOS 7.9, this works for me: > > /etc/systemd/system/shutdown-test.service > > ------------------------------------------------------ > [Unit] > Description=Remote copy some files before reboot/shutdown > > [Service] > Type=oneshot > ExecStart=/bin/true > ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/remote_copy > RemainAfterExit=true > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > ------------------------------------------------------ > > the mode and contents of remote_copy: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44 Dec 22 08:23 /usr/local/bin/remote_copy > > ------------------------------------------------------ > #!/bin/bash > > date >> /tmp/remote_copy_result > ------------------------------------------------------ > > After enabling the service and rebooting, I get a file in /tmp/remote_copy_result that contains the date. > > My success is attributable not to me but to this post: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/39226/how-to-run-a-script-with-systemd-right-before-shutdown > Your unit file seems similar but when I used it, it didn't work on my CentOS 7.9 system either. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >