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May 10 at 22:14 comment added Krisztián Szegi If you are arguing that you are editing non-package-installed unit files, then what in the hell those files are doing in /lib. Use /usr/local/lib/systemd for ones installed from other-than-repo sources (or built locally) FHS has its merits, alhough most distributions doesn't respect it as they should, and much less the admins...
May 10 at 22:09 comment added Krisztián Szegi You should NEVER change files in /lib/systemd/system! That path is reserved for package installed units systemctl edit creates local overrides in /etc/systemd/system/servicename.override.d/servicename: /etc is where machine/admin conf should go! If you are not overriding partly, you can pass --full to edit, and it will create the file /etc/systemd/system/servicename, that masks the one in lib. If you are changing files in /lib you are asking to be burnt anyway, as package update will silently overwrite your changes anyway, and decent postinstalls reloads the systemd daemon...
Aug 11, 2024 at 1:25 comment added dariox This is the kind of concise and direct answer I would expect to find; more useful to me than a copy-paste from the manual.
S Nov 9, 2023 at 16:47 history suggested xXCodeMonkeyXx CC BY-SA 4.0
There are two ways to do this; use the daemon-reload or reboot.
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S Aug 21, 2023 at 15:11 history edited AdminBee CC BY-SA 4.0
Minor rephrasing
S Aug 21, 2023 at 15:11 history suggested CommunityBot CC BY-SA 4.0
a practical explaining
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S Mar 17, 2023 at 13:51 review First answers
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S Mar 17, 2023 at 13:51 history answered MortenB CC BY-SA 4.0