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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/service-mgmt.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/service-mgmt.chapter.md index bb0f9b62e9138..674c737416805 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/service-mgmt.chapter.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/service-mgmt.chapter.md @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ necessary). Packages in Nixpkgs sometimes provide systemd units with them, usually in e.g `#pkg-out#/lib/systemd/`. Putting such a package in -`environment.systemPackages` doesn\'t make the service available to +`environment.systemPackages` doesn't make the service available to users or the system. In order to enable a systemd *system* service with provided upstream @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ systemd.packages = [ pkgs.packagekit ]; Usually NixOS modules written by the community do the above, plus take care of other details. If a module was written for a service you are -interested in, you\'d probably need only to use +interested in, you'd probably need only to use `services.#name#.enable = true;`. These services are defined in -Nixpkgs\' [ `nixos/modules/` directory +Nixpkgs' [ `nixos/modules/` directory ](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/modules). In case the service is simple enough, the above method should work, and start the service on boot. @@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ the service on boot. differently. Given a package that has a systemd unit file at `#pkg-out#/lib/systemd/user/`, using [](#opt-systemd.packages) will make you able to start the service via `systemctl --user start`, but it -won\'t start automatically on login. However, You can imperatively -enable it by adding the package\'s attribute to +won't start automatically on login. However, You can imperatively +enable it by adding the package's attribute to [](#opt-systemd.packages) and then do this (e.g): ```ShellSession @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ If you are interested in a timer file, use `timers.target.wants` instead of `default.target.wants` in the 1st and 2nd command. Using `systemctl --user enable syncthing.service` instead of the above, -will work, but it\'ll use the absolute path of `syncthing.service` for +will work, but it'll use the absolute path of `syncthing.service` for the symlink, and this path is in `/nix/store/.../lib/systemd/user/`. Hence [garbage collection](#sec-nix-gc) will remove that file and you will wind up with a broken symlink in your systemd configuration, which |