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-rw-r--r--src/core/manager.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 14ee68a3d2..e739795e70 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -1333,8 +1333,12 @@ int manager_load_unit_prepare(
t = unit_name_to_type(name);
- if (t == _UNIT_TYPE_INVALID || !unit_name_is_valid(name, UNIT_NAME_PLAIN|UNIT_NAME_INSTANCE))
+ if (t == _UNIT_TYPE_INVALID || !unit_name_is_valid(name, UNIT_NAME_PLAIN|UNIT_NAME_INSTANCE)) {
+ if (unit_name_is_valid(name, UNIT_NAME_TEMPLATE))
+ return sd_bus_error_setf(e, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Unit name %s is missing the instance name.", name);
+
return sd_bus_error_setf(e, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Unit name %s is not valid.", name);
+ }
ret = manager_get_unit(m, name);
if (ret) {