why do we use systemd?

[Tom H]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:36 AM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> On 07/08/2014 11:40 PM, lee wrote:
>>
>> When something is disguised or hidden, it is not disabled. It is
>> camouflaged or concealed. Camouflage, concealment, hiding, disguise and
>> masking can all be used for*preventing* from being disabled.
>
> No. When a service is disabled it can still be started after boot, but when
> it's masked, it can't be started at all.

Exactly.

Think of "systemctl disable <service>" and "systemctl mask <service>"
as being similar to "blacklist <module>" and "install <module>
/bin/true" respectively in "/etc/modprobe.conf.d/<module>.conf".