~$ systemctl is-system-running running Mine is running, but I know not where? On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 at 16:24, Ron via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:

For reasons unknown, I ran the following on a machine today:

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# systemctl is-system-running degraded

Uh-oh. *All* my machines were like this. Some due to, i.e., `certbot` failing to renew a cert for an expired domain.

To find out what's going on, I ran:

# systemctl list-units --state failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION ● cantonese-milter.service loaded failed failed Rewrite Cantonese Word-of-the-Day

LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.

1 loaded units listed.

I was then able to fix the failed unit(s) and now:

# systemctl is-system-running running

Curious, am I really sloppy, or is it common to have a failed unit on machines? What are your results?

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