Re: systemctl edit for own unit files in /usr/local/lib/systemd/system

On 16.04.2023 14:02, mh@mike.franken.de wrote:

Hi *,

I keep my own systemd unit files in /usr/local/lib/systemd/system. Enabling them creates a link from the unit file in this directory to for example multiuser.target.wants. But editing them with systemctl edit --full and writing back the edited file creates a new file with the modified contents in /etc/system/system and leaves my file in /usr/local/lib/systemd/system untouched. So I have two files with different contents from now on, which is at least confusing.

No, it is not. systemd had rules how to find unit definition from the day one.

Is that really the intended behaviour of systemctl edit?

Yes. It is even documented to work this way.

Or am I doing something wrong?

TIA.

Bye. Michael.