(i.e. the "keep-alive ping"). If the time
between two such calls is larger than
the configured time, then the service
- is placed in a failed state. By
- setting <varname>Restart=</varname> to
+ is placed in a failed state and it will
+ be terminated with <varname>SIGABRT</varname>.
+ By setting <varname>Restart=</varname> to
<option>on-failure</option> or
<option>always</option>, the service
will be automatically restarted. The
<term><varname>Sockets=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the name of
the socket units this service shall
- inherit the sockets from when the
- service is started. Normally it
- should not be necessary to use this
- setting as all sockets whose unit
+ inherit socket file descriptors
+ from when the service is
+ started. Normally it should not be
+ necessary to use this setting as all
+ socket file descriptors whose unit
shares the same name as the service
- (ignoring the different suffix of course)
- are passed to the spawned
- process.</para>
-
- <para>Note that the same socket may be
- passed to multiple processes at the
- same time. Also note that a different
- service may be activated on incoming
- traffic than that which inherits the
- sockets. Or in other words: the
+ (subject to the different unit name
+ suffix of course) are passed to the
+ spawned process.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the same socket file
+ descriptors may be passed to multiple
+ processes simultaneously. Also note
+ that a different service may be
+ activated on incoming socket traffic
+ than the one which is ultimately
+ configured to inherit the socket file
+ descriptors. Or in other words: the
<varname>Service=</varname> setting of
<filename>.socket</filename> units
does not have to match the inverse of