Why the service with the enable status “indirect” can’t start automatically on boot?
Issue
- Why the service with the enable status “indirect” can’t start automatically on boot? For example:
systemctl status tftp.service
○ tftp.service - Tftp Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tftp.service; indirect; vendor preset: disabled) <--indirect
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/tftp.service.d
└─allow_uploads.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
TriggeredBy: ● tftp.socket
Docs: man:in.tftpd
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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