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What does "systemctl daemon-reload" do?

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I have a service that stopped suddenly. I tried to restart that service but failed and was asked to run: systemctl daemon-reload. What does it exactly do? What is a daemon-reload?
Asked by John (2251 rep)
May 13, 2017, 02:49 AM
Last activity: Feb 28, 2025, 06:32 PM