Bug 693500

Summary: chkconfig --list does not match systemctl is-enabled
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jeff Bastian <jbastian>
Component: chkconfigAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Jeff Bastian 2011-04-04 20:09:23 UTC
Description of problem:
I was confused while trying to figure out why the avahi-daemon service was not starting at boot.  chkconfig told me it was enabled:
    # chkconfig --list avahi-daemon

    Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
          systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native
          systemd configuration.

    avahi-daemon    0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

But the service was not starting at boot.

After reading through bug 647831, I tried the new systemctl command:
    # systemctl is-enabled avahi-daemon.service || echo avahi disabled
    avahi disabled

A quick 'systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service' and reboot got avahi-daemon up and running.

Please make chkconfig --list show the actual enabled/disabled status of the service.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
chkconfig-1.3.51-1.fc15.x86_64
systemd-22-1.fc15.x86_64
avahi-0.6.29-1.fc15.x86_64


How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. systemctl disable avahi-daemon.service
2. chkconfig --list avahi-daemon

Actual results:
avahi-daemon    0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

Expected results:
avahi-daemon    0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2011-04-04 20:43:48 UTC
That comment is there for a reason. It's a non-trivial change, and is not scheduled for Fedora 15.

Comment 2 Jeff Bastian 2011-04-04 21:31:42 UTC
Maybe it's just me, but I read the first part of the notice "This output shows SysV services only" and I thought, "Well, chkconfig is showing avahi-daemon, so that must mean it is a SysV service and thus the output is authoritative."

The second part of the notice -- that it might be overridden by a systemd config -- didn't click with me at first.

Re-wording the notice to make the "systemd can override this" part more prominent might help the transition to systemd.  For example:

    Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
          systemd services.
    Note: native systemd services can override SysV configuration.  See the
          systemctl(1) man page and /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/*.service
    Note: See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet

Or maybe it's just me...

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2011-04-05 00:09:29 UTC
No, it's reasonable to work on the wording. Will have to check the translation status during the string freeze.

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2011-04-26 21:46:01 UTC
Can't change the wording now; it will break translations. However, I did commit the following.

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=chkconfig.git;a=commitdiff;h=55c0f3e082a3531974f83278fc2c1e0f85897ac1

This makes chkconfig not show anything in --list for services overridden by systemd files; it will still print the warning. Hopefully this will be less confusing.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-04-27 17:49:19 UTC
chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15

Comment 6 Jeff Bastian 2011-04-28 14:07:24 UTC
I can confirm the new chkconfig successfully hides avahi-daemon:


$ sudo chkconfig --list | grep avahi

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
      systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overridden by native
      systemd configuration.

$

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2011-04-28 19:02:08 UTC
Package chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2011-05-03 04:54:09 UTC
chkconfig-1.3.52-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Maurizio 2012-12-23 01:25:13 UTC
sistem hijacked

Comment 10 Maurizio 2012-12-23 06:42:16 UTC
i cant see all services at root  they only be display at service configuration manager