---
name: "systemd-sysv-generator"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemd"
version: "257.13-1~deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/systemd-sysv-generator"
---

# systemd-sysv-generator(8)

Unit generator for SysV init scripts

## NAME

systemd-sysv-generator - Unit generator for SysV init scripts

## SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-sysv-generator

## DESCRIPTION

*Note: this component is deprecated and scheduled for removal. Please replace remaining SysV init scripts with native unit files.*

systemd-sysv-generator is a generator that creates wrapper .service units for **System V init**\[1\] scripts in /etc/init.d/\* at boot and when configuration of the system manager is reloaded. This allows [**systemd**(1)](/systemd/1.md) to support them similarly to native units.

**LSB headers**\[2\] in SysV init scripts are interpreted, and the ordering specified in the header is turned into dependencies between the generated unit and other units. The LSB facilities "$remote\_fs", "$network", "$named", "$portmap", "$time" are supported and will be turned into dependencies on specific native systemd targets. See [**systemd.special**(7)](/systemd.special/7.md) for more details.

Note that compatibility is quite comprehensive but not 100%, for more details see **Compatibility with SysV**\[3\].

SysV runlevels have corresponding systemd targets (runlevel*X*.target). The wrapper unit that is generated will be wanted by those targets which correspond to runlevels for which the script is enabled.

**systemd** does not support SysV scripts as part of early boot, so all wrapper units are ordered after basic.target.

systemd-sysv-generator implements [**systemd.generator**(7)](/systemd.generator/7.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**systemd**(1)](/systemd/1.md), [**systemd.service**(5)](/systemd.service/5.md), [**systemd.target**(5)](/systemd.target/5.md)

## NOTES

- 1\.

  System V init

  https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit

- 2\.

  LSB headers

  http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB\_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html

- 3\.

  Compatibility with SysV

  https://systemd.io/INCOMPATIBILITIES