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-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml5
-rw-r--r--src/core/dbus-manager.c10
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 755a74f987..1fb056874c 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -888,6 +888,11 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<para>Example: <command>systemctl set-property foobar.service CPUShares=777</command></para>
+ <para>If the specified unit appears to be inactive, the
+ changes will be only stored on disk as described
+ previously hence they will be effective when the unit will
+ be started.</para>
+
<para>Note that this command allows changing multiple
properties at the same time, which is preferable over
setting them individually. Like unit file configuration
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-manager.c b/src/core/dbus-manager.c
index d3bcc795ae..f58ac55009 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-manager.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-manager.c
@@ -630,9 +630,13 @@ static int method_set_unit_properties(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, s
if (r < 0)
return r;
- u = manager_get_unit(m, name);
- if (!u)
- return sd_bus_error_setf(error, BUS_ERROR_NO_SUCH_UNIT, "Unit %s is not loaded.", name);
+ r = manager_load_unit(m, name, NULL, error, &u);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return r;
+
+ r = bus_unit_check_load_state(u, error);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return r;
return bus_unit_method_set_properties(message, u, error);
}