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+# Maintenance Mode {#sec-maintenance-mode}
+
+You can enter rescue mode by running:
+
+```ShellSession
+# systemctl rescue
+```
+
+This will eventually give you a single-user root shell. Systemd will
+stop (almost) all system services. To get out of maintenance mode, just
+exit from the rescue shell.