Bug 73177 - ExecStopPre does not seem to work
Summary: ExecStopPre does not seem to work
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: systemd
Classification: Unclassified
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
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Assignee: systemd-bugs
QA Contact: systemd-bugs
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Reported: 2013-12-31 01:01 UTC by redneb
Modified: 2014-02-21 14:07 UTC (History)
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2013-12-31 01:01 UTC, redneb 		Details
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Description redneb 2013-12-31 01:01:59 UTC 
Created attachment 91354 [details]
example of a service's unit file with ExecStopPre

I created a unit file that includes an ExecStopPre field but systemd does not seem to support that field. Instead it gives the following error message:

Unknown lvalue 'ExecStopPre' in section 'Service'

Moreover, the documentation seems to be incosistent about it; systemd.service(5) contains some references to it but not a dedicated section for it.

I tried this with systemd-208.
Comment 1 Austin Foxley 2014-01-30 17:38:56 UTC 
I hit this as well.

I checked the source in git (src/core/service.c) and see there never was support for an ExecStopPre. Perhaps an intended feature that hasn't been finished yet?
Comment 2 Lennart Poettering 2014-02-21 14:07:58 UTC 
There is no ExecStopPre= for service units. Just use multiple ExecStop= instead.

The man page was broken indeed, it referenced this field at one place even though it does not exist. Sorry for the confusion. Fixed that now.

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