Timeout systemctl systemd
systemctl cat Then you need to create a {service}.service file to override your settings with information from [Service] section from systemctl cat {service} command and restart daemon after that: echo «[Service] TimeoutSec=15min ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/ start ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/ stop ExecReload=/etc/rc.d/init.d/ reload» > /lib/systemd/system/{service}.service sudo systemctl daemon-reload Timeout set by systemd systemctl show SERVICE_NAME.service -p TimeoutStopUSec