Default services enabled

[Matthew Garrett]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 09:06:22AM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 14:37 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > Why not?
> > 
> > If the service is enabled but the daemon not currently running, is it so
> > terrible for a connection test to cause the daemon to start? Remember,
> > in systemd logic 'service enabled with socket activation, daemon not
> > currently running' is effectively an 'on' state, not an 'off' state. If
> > you wanted the database to be 'off' you should have the service
> > disabled, and in that case, the ping test wouldn't cause the daemon to
> > start.
> 
> It generally is a bad idea to automatically restart a database based on
> a random connection. There many reasons why you may have stopped the db
> (or it may have stopped itself) and requires inspection before
> attempting a new restart. Having to battle with socket activation while
> in a critical situation is not a good idea.

You'd have the same problem with any init system that supports automatic 
service restarting. You can easily disable the service via systemctl.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org