Finding bad systemctl definitions?

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I've just had to diagnose a fault that turned out to be because someone had edited a systemd definition (*.service) file and left an error behind. The result was that the service did not show up as failed but also did not run so my question is:




Is there a way to list all systemd units that have service definition errors?




As an example, here is the status of the job that failed:



localhost:~# systemctl status -l custom
● custom.service - Custom script
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service; disabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

Sep 12 16:00:25 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]:
[/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service:20] Unknown section 'Path'. Ignoring.


I've tried listing dead services but there are many of them and most seem to be correct but just ended - what I want is to find the ones that have genuine errors such as this one.










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    systemd-analyze verify ... will do some checks. see man systemd-analyze.
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  • It is a little verbose but that's certainly good enough for what I want - thanks.
    – Paul D Smith
    Sep 13 at 14:15














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I've just had to diagnose a fault that turned out to be because someone had edited a systemd definition (*.service) file and left an error behind. The result was that the service did not show up as failed but also did not run so my question is:




Is there a way to list all systemd units that have service definition errors?




As an example, here is the status of the job that failed:



localhost:~# systemctl status -l custom
● custom.service - Custom script
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service; disabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

Sep 12 16:00:25 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]:
[/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service:20] Unknown section 'Path'. Ignoring.


I've tried listing dead services but there are many of them and most seem to be correct but just ended - what I want is to find the ones that have genuine errors such as this one.










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    systemd-analyze verify ... will do some checks. see man systemd-analyze.
    – meuh
    Sep 13 at 12:07










  • It is a little verbose but that's certainly good enough for what I want - thanks.
    – Paul D Smith
    Sep 13 at 14:15












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I've just had to diagnose a fault that turned out to be because someone had edited a systemd definition (*.service) file and left an error behind. The result was that the service did not show up as failed but also did not run so my question is:




Is there a way to list all systemd units that have service definition errors?




As an example, here is the status of the job that failed:



localhost:~# systemctl status -l custom
● custom.service - Custom script
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service; disabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

Sep 12 16:00:25 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]:
[/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service:20] Unknown section 'Path'. Ignoring.


I've tried listing dead services but there are many of them and most seem to be correct but just ended - what I want is to find the ones that have genuine errors such as this one.










share|improve this question













I've just had to diagnose a fault that turned out to be because someone had edited a systemd definition (*.service) file and left an error behind. The result was that the service did not show up as failed but also did not run so my question is:




Is there a way to list all systemd units that have service definition errors?




As an example, here is the status of the job that failed:



localhost:~# systemctl status -l custom
● custom.service - Custom script
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service; disabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

Sep 12 16:00:25 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]:
[/usr/lib/systemd/system/custom.service:20] Unknown section 'Path'. Ignoring.


I've tried listing dead services but there are many of them and most seem to be correct but just ended - what I want is to find the ones that have genuine errors such as this one.







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    systemd-analyze verify ... will do some checks. see man systemd-analyze.
    – meuh
    Sep 13 at 12:07










  • It is a little verbose but that's certainly good enough for what I want - thanks.
    – Paul D Smith
    Sep 13 at 14:15












  • 1




    systemd-analyze verify ... will do some checks. see man systemd-analyze.
    – meuh
    Sep 13 at 12:07










  • It is a little verbose but that's certainly good enough for what I want - thanks.
    – Paul D Smith
    Sep 13 at 14:15







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systemd-analyze verify ... will do some checks. see man systemd-analyze.
– meuh
Sep 13 at 12:07




systemd-analyze verify ... will do some checks. see man systemd-analyze.
– meuh
Sep 13 at 12:07












It is a little verbose but that's certainly good enough for what I want - thanks.
– Paul D Smith
Sep 13 at 14:15




It is a little verbose but that's certainly good enough for what I want - thanks.
– Paul D Smith
Sep 13 at 14:15















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