Systemd Manager

Systemd Manager is a Gnome Shell Extension which allows you to start/stop systemd services via a menu in the status area in the top panel. You can preselect which services should be shown in the extension preferences dialog.

Install

Copy folder [email protected] into ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions.

Gnome Shell Extensions

The easiest way to install this extension is via the official Gnome Shell Extensions resource page here.

Packages

Arch Linux: AUR package

Authorization

Done via a password prompt from the command pkexec of the polkit package. This command usually pops up a graphical password prompt.

Without Password Prompt

If you would like to be able to start services without getting prompted for a password, you need to configure a polkit policy.

Using pkexec (default)

The policy file org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.systemctl.policy allows the execution of systemctl [start|stop] without a password confirmation. Copy the file in your polkit policy folder (usually: /usr/share/polkit-1/actions).

Using systemctl

You can also choose to use systemctl natively and bypass a password prompt. To do this, add the policy file 10-service_status.rules to /etc/polkit-1/rules.d.

Feel free to change the wheel group noted in the file to any other group that you see fit.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/hardpixel/systemd-manager.

License

Systemd Manager is available as open source under the terms of the GPLv3

Credits

Fork of the Gnome Shell extension Services Systemd.