systemd-factory-reset - Man Page

/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-factory-reset

systemd-factory-reset-request.service

systemd-factory-reset-complete.service

systemd-factory-reset.socket

systemd-factory-reset@.service

systemd-factory-reset is a tool that can query the current factory reset state, request factory request operations or complete them.

Some of the functionality is also available via the /run/systemd/io.systemd.FactoryReset Varlink service (implemented via the systemd-factory-reset.socket/systemd-factory-reset@.service units.

See Factory Reset^[1] for an overview of the factory reset logic.

The /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-factory-reset executable may also be invoked from the command line, taking one of the following command arguments:

status

Report current factory reset state. Reports one of "unsupported" (if the OS does not support a factory reset logic), "unspecified" (if no factory reset was requested, but it wasn't turned off explicitly either), "off" (if the factory reset logic was explicitly turned off via the kernel command line option), "on" (if the factory reset is currently enabled and executed), "complete" (if the factory reset logic ran during the current boot but is complete now), "pending" (if a factory reset has been requested for the next boot).

Returns with an exit status of 0 if the factory reset mechanism is currently not in effect, 10 if a factory reset is currently being executed, or 11 if it is pending for the next boot.

Added in version 258.

request

Request a factory reset operation to be executed on next boot.

Note that this is a relatively low-level operation. The primary interface for requesting a factory reset operation is by starting the factory-reset.target unit.

This sets the FactoryResetRequested EFI variable, see below.

This operation is executed when the systemd-factory-reset-request.service unit is started (which is typically one of the services hooked into and ordered before factory-reset.target).

Added in version 258.

cancel

Cancel any previously requested (but not yet executed) factory reset operation.

Added in version 258.

complete

Mark an ongoing factory reset operation as complete.

This operation is executed when the systemd-factory-reset-complete.service unit is started (which is typically one of the services hooked into and ordered after factory-reset-now.target).

Added in version 258.

The following options are understood:

--retrigger

When used with the complete command retriggers all block devices, which might result in auto-discovered devices being usable that previously weren't because the factory reset logic was in place.

Added in version 258.

--quiet,  -q

Suppresses the state output of status, but still sets the exit status as documented.

Added in version 258.

-h,  --help

Print a short help text and exit.

--version

Print a short version string and exit.

The following EFI variable is set and read by systemd-factory-reset, under the vendor UUID "8cf2644b-4b0b-428f-9387-6d876050dc67", for communication between this boot and the next.

FactoryResetRequest

Set whenever a factory reset is requested from the next boot, deleted once the factory reset is complete. Contains JSON data describing the requesting OS, in order to avoid confusion in multi-boot systems.

Added in version 258.

systemd(1), systemd-factory-reset-generator(8), systemd.special(7), Factory Reset^[1]

1.

Factory Reset
https://systemd.io/FACTORY_RESET

systemd.directives(7), systemd-factory-reset-generator(8), systemd.index(7).

The man pages systemd-factory-reset-complete.service(8), systemd-factory-reset-request.service(8), systemd-factory-reset@.service(8) and systemd-factory-reset.socket(8) are aliases of systemd-factory-reset(8).