Description of problem: networkmanager.service starts although when it is disabled Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): networkmanager-1.8.6-1.mga6 How reproducible: console output: # systemctl status networkmanager.service ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: Active: active (running) since Sa 2018-03-24 07:52:27 CET; 12s ago Docs: man:NetworkManager(8) Main PID: 25272 (NetworkManager) CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service └─25272 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon # systemctl stop networkmanager.service # systemctl disable networkmanager.service Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service. Removed /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service. Removed /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service. #systemctl status networkmanager.service ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; disabled; vendor preset Active: inactive (dead) since Sa 2018-03-24 07:53:08 CET; 1min 12s ago Docs: man:NetworkManager(8) Main PID: 25272 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) # systemctl start networkmanager.service # systemctl status networkmanager.service ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; disabled; vendor preset Active: active (running) since Sa 2018-03-24 07:54:49 CET; 3s ago Docs: man:NetworkManager(8) Main PID: 25506 (NetworkManager) CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service └─25506 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon After reboot, networkmanager is running although it is disabled and has to be stopped. Background: I can't establish any WiFi connection with networkmanager running, but that's another story.
CC: (none) => marja11, ngompa13Assignee: bugsquad => basesystemSource RPM: networkmanager-1.8.6-1.mga6 => networkmanager-1.8.6-1.mga6, systemd
"disabled" means it shouldn't be started at boot, not that it can't be started. So none of what you show is unusual except for the claim that it was started at boot while disabled. What does "status" show then ? Also note that many packages assume that if they're installed they ought to be enabled, and will re-enable themselves if updated (mysqld comes to mind).
CC: (none) => ftg
(In reply to Frank Griffin from comment #1) > "disabled" means it shouldn't be started at boot, not that it can't be > started. So none of what you show is unusual except for the claim that it > was started at boot while disabled. What does "status" show then ? ok, had a little time last weekend and did some testing: status shows 'disabled', but service gets startet on boot-up. I reproduced that on three machines. > Also note that many packages assume that if they're installed they ought to > be enabled, and will re-enable themselves if updated (mysqld comes to mind). That was the case, and I set the service to 'disabled' after update.
Hi, Currently, disabling a systemd unit is not the recommended way to prevent it from being restarted at boot. You must mask it: # systemctl stop foo.service # systemctl disable foo.service # systemctl mask foo.service Also, this message is a reminder that Mageia 6 is end of life. Mageia stopped maintaining and issuing updates for Mageia 6. At that time this bug will be closed as OLD (EOL). Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Mageia version prior to Mageia 6's end of life. Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we cannot be able to fix it before Mageia 6 was end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Mageia, you are encouraged to click on "Version" and change it against that version of Mageia. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Mageia release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. -- Mageia Bugsquad
CC: (none) => ouaurelienResolution: (none) => OLDStatus: NEW => RESOLVED