systemctl-unmask

Unmask a service

$ systemctl unmask service_name

$ systemctl unmask --now service_name

$ systemctl unmask --user service_name

systemctl unmask [OPTIONS] UNIT...

systemctl unmask removes the mask from units, making them startable again. This undoes the effect of "systemctl mask" which completely disables units by linking them to /dev/null.

UNIT

One or more unit names to unmask

Also start the unit after unmasking

Operate on user units instead of system units

Only unmask temporarily until next reboot

Unmasking a unit does not automatically start it unless --now is used. If a unit was masked at runtime, it can only be unmasked at runtime. Masked units cannot be started even manually.

systemctl unmask is part of systemd, providing unit masking/unmasking to completely disable or re-enable services.

systemctl(1), systemctl-mask(1), systemctl-enable(1)