I don't think thats how the final permissons are calculated, what if the unmask value is 077 how would you subtract 666-077 in that case ?

It seems the unmask command fails when there is no existing unit file in the system other than the symlink to /dev/null. If you mask a service, then that creates a new symlink to /dev/null in …

Aug 24, 2016 · To actually unmask the masked service x11-common, I had to delete the symlink to /dev/null and sudo apt-get install --reinstall x11-common && sudo systemctl daemon-reload. Now …

Feb 2, 2020 · 0 Adding to RomanK 's answer above, use the unmask command to unmask any service that is listed in the error, for example: If you get ...Unit systemd-networkd.service is masked... then …

Mar 19, 2018 · I would like to understand what a masked service is and how to unmask it if need be. I have been trying to start PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04-LTS using the command systemctl start …

Sep 27, 2017 · A masked service is used to prevent a unwanted start of this service. If you are sure that Apache2 shouldn't be masked, you can just unmask and then restart your service with: sudo …

Dec 17, 2015 · doing systemctl unmask name_of_service.service completely removed my service definition file from /etc/systemd/system/, so now I need to add it back again. If it becomes masked …

May 6, 2019 · systemctl, how to unmask Below you can see that the service link points to an actual file. systemctl start nfs-kernel-server Failed to start nfs-kernel-server.service: Unit proc-fs-nfsd.mount is …

Aug 2, 2016 · I've read a couple of articles like this old one how to change umask mode but still can't figure it out 100% I have Ubuntu 14.04 running with Xenial kernel with default umask 0002 and my …

Sep 28, 2021 · I am trying to install phpMyAdmin and it complained about not able to connect to MySQL server. It seems that the relevant services are not started but I cannot start it. Here is the results of …