Linux Fundamentals · lesson 11 of 15 · 15 min

Managing services with systemctl

summary: Services are background programs such as web servers and SSH. Inspect status before restarting, enabling, or disabling a service so changes are evidence-based.

question: What is the safest first action when investigating a service?

options:

• Check its status
• Disable every service
• Delete its logs
• Change all permissions

correct: Check its status

explanation: Status provides useful evidence before any change is made.

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