without actually executing
any of the determined jobs. This option is useful for debugging
only. Note that during regular service manager start-up additional
units not shown by this operation may be started, because hardware,
socket, bus or other kinds of activation might add additional jobs
as the transaction is executed. Use --system to request the initial
transaction of the system service manager (this is also the implied
default), combine with --user to request the initial transaction of
the per-user service manager instead.
--system, --user
When used in conjunction with --test, selects whether to calculate
the initial transaction for the system instance or for a per-user
instance. These options have no effect when invoked without --test,
as during regular (i.e. non---test) invocations the service manager
will automatically detect whether it shall operate in system or
per-user mode, by checking whether the PID it is run as is 1 or not.
Note that it is not supported booting and maintaining a system with
the service manager running in --system mode but with a PID other
than 1.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
Options that duplicate kernel command line settings
Those options correspond directly to options listed above in "Kernel
Command Line". Both forms may be used equivalently for the system
manager, but it is recommended to use the forms listed above in this
context, because they are properly namespaced. When an option is
specified both on the kernel command line and as a normal command line
argument, the latter has higher precedence.
When systemd is used as a user manager, the kernel command line is
ignored and only the options described below are understood.
Nevertheless, systemd is usually started in this mode through the
user@.service(5) service, which is shared between all users. It may be
more convenient to use configuration files to modify settings (see
systemd‐user.conf(5)), or environment variables. See the "Environment"
section above for a discussion of how the environment block is set.
--unit=
Set default unit to activate on startup. If not specified, defaults
to default.target. See systemd.unit= above.
--dump-core
Enable core dumping on crash. This switch has no effect when running
as user instance. Same as systemd.dump_core= above.
--crash-vt=VT
Switch to a specific virtual console (VT) on crash. This switch has
no effect when running as user instance. Same as systemd.crash_chvt=
above (but not the different spelling!).
--crash-shell
Run a shell on crash. This switch has no effect when running as user
instance. See systemd.crash_shell= above.
--crash-reboot
Automatically reboot the system on crash. This switch has no effect
when running as user instance. See systemd.crash_reboot above.
--confirm-spawn
Ask for confirmation when spawning processes. This switch has no
effect when run as user instance.