The default target returned by systemctl
[user@host system]$ systemctl get-default
multi-user.target
differs from the value of the /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target link:
[user@host system]$ ls -l /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Mar 10 21:20 /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target -> graphical.target
My understanding was that these were one and the same. If systemd doesn't store the default value as the default.target symlink, where is the real value of the default target stored by systemd?
Best Answer
This is most likely because
/etc/systemd/system/default.target
exists and points tomulti-user.target
If you change the
default.target
withsystemctl set-default [unit]
, the newdefault.target
link is created in/etc/systemd/system/
. The existing/usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target
is not changed when using theset-default
command. Like with all systemd units, the ones in/etc
take precedence over/usr
.