Discovering the Default Boot Target with Systemctl

What command would you use to see which boot target is set as the default?

a. systemctl get-default

b. systemctl set-default multi-user.target

c. systemctl isolate multi-user.target

d. systemctl get-default boot.target

The command you would use to see which boot target is set as the default is: systemctl get-default.

What is systemctl?

Systemctl is a command line utility used to control the state of services and daemons running on Linux systems. It can be used to start, stop, restart, enable, disable, and check the status of services and daemons. It is the primary tool for managing services and daemons on Linux systems and is included with most major distributions. Systemctl is part of the systemd project, which provides a suite of tools for managing systems and services.

This command will show you which target is currently set as the default. If the target being returned is not multi-user.target, then you can use the command systemctl set-default multi-user.target to set it as the default. Once the default has been set, you can then use the command systemctl isolate multi-user.target to ensure that the system boots to the multi-user.target unit each time it is rebooted.