What are user services on Linux

User services on Linux are programs or processes that run on behalf of a particular user and run in the user's session. They are designed to perform various tasks and functionality related to the user, including autorun at logon, background processes, and other user-related operations.

What are Linux user services

User services on Linux often include the following types of programs or processes:

1. Autoruns: can be configured to start automatically when a user logs in. This may include running programs and scripts that will run in the background after the user logs in.
2. Task Scheduler: can be used to run scheduled tasks. For example, a program can be set to perform certain actions every week or every day a certain time.
3. System Notifications: responsible for notifying the user of system events, such as new e-mail messages, notifications of software updates or other important events,

How to manage services

To manage user services on Linux, you can use the systemctl command.

Some basic commands to manage services are:

1. Start service:

systemctl start

Starts the service with the specified name.

2. stop service:

systemctl stop

3. stops the service with the specified name. Restarting the service:

systemctl restart

4. Restarts the service with the specified name. It will be stopped and then restarted again.4. Enabling the service at system boot:

systemctl enable 

Automatically starts the service when the operating system boots.

5. Disabling the service from autostart:

systemctl disable

Excludes the service from automatically starting at system boot.

6. Check Service Status:

systemctl status

Shows the current status of the service, including information about its operation, errors.