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core: introduce new RuntimeDirectory= and RuntimeDirectoryMode= unit settings
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                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated
-                                list of system call
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a
+                                space-separated list of system call
                                 names. If this setting is used, all
                                 system calls executed by the unit
                                 processes except for the listed ones
                                 names. If this setting is used, all
                                 system calls executed by the unit
                                 processes except for the listed ones
                                 the effect is inverted: only the
                                 listed system calls will result in
                                 immediate process termination
                                 the effect is inverted: only the
                                 listed system calls will result in
                                 immediate process termination
-                                (blacklisting). If this option is used,
+                                (blacklisting). If running in user
+                                mode and this option is used,
                                 <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
                                 <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
-                                is implied. This feature makes use of
-                                the Secure Computing Mode 2 interfaces
-                                of the kernel ('seccomp filtering')
-                                and is useful for enforcing a minimal
+                                is implied. This feature makes use of the
+                                Secure Computing Mode 2 interfaces of
+                                the kernel ('seccomp filtering') and
+                                is useful for enforcing a minimal
                                 sandboxing environment. Note that the
                                 <function>execve</function>,
                                 <function>rt_sigreturn</function>,
                                 sandboxing environment. Note that the
                                 <function>execve</function>,
                                 <function>rt_sigreturn</function>,
                                 <constant>x86</constant>,
                                 <constant>x86-64</constant>,
                                 <constant>x32</constant>,
                                 <constant>x86</constant>,
                                 <constant>x86-64</constant>,
                                 <constant>x32</constant>,
-                                <constant>arm</constant> as well as the
-                                special identifier
-                                <constant>native</constant>. Only system
-                                calls of the specified architectures
-                                will be permitted to processes of this
-                                unit. This is an effective way to
-                                disable compatibility with non-native
-                                architectures for processes, for
-                                example to prohibit execution of
-                                32-bit x86 binaries on 64-bit x86-64
-                                systems. The special
+                                <constant>arm</constant> as well as
+                                the special identifier
+                                <constant>native</constant>. Only
+                                system calls of the specified
+                                architectures will be permitted to
+                                processes of this unit. This is an
+                                effective way to disable compatibility
+                                with non-native architectures for
+                                processes, for example to prohibit
+                                execution of 32-bit x86 binaries on
+                                64-bit x86-64 systems. The special
                                 <constant>native</constant> identifier
                                 implicitly maps to the native
                                 architecture of the system (or more
                                 strictly: to the architecture the
                                 <constant>native</constant> identifier
                                 implicitly maps to the native
                                 architecture of the system (or more
                                 strictly: to the architecture the
-                                system manager is compiled for). Note
-                                that setting this option to a
-                                non-empty list implies that
-                                <constant>native</constant> is included
-                                too. By default, this option is set to
-                                the empty list, i.e. no architecture
-                                system call filtering is
+                                system manager is compiled for). If
+                                running in user mode and this option
+                                is used,
+                                <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
+                                is implied. Note that setting this
+                                option to a non-empty list implies
+                                that <constant>native</constant> is
+                                included too. By default, this option
+                                is set to the empty list, i.e. no
+                                architecture system call filtering is
                                 applied.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 applied.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>RestrictAddressFamilies=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Restricts the set of
+                                socket address families accessible to
+                                the processes of this unit. Takes a
+                                space-separated list of address family
+                                names to whitelist, such as
+                                <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>,
+                                <constant>AF_INET</constant> or
+                                <constant>AF_INET6</constant>. When
+                                prefixed with <constant>~</constant>
+                                the listed address families will be
+                                applied as blacklist, otherwise as
+                                whitelist. Note that this restricts
+                                access to the
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                system call only. Sockets passed into
+                                the process by other means (for
+                                example, by using socket activation
+                                with socket units, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
+                                are unaffected. Also, sockets created
+                                with <function>socketpair()</function>
+                                (which creates connected AF_UNIX
+                                sockets only) are unaffected. Note
+                                that this option has no effect on
+                                32bit x86 and is ignored (but works
+                                correctly on x86-64). If running in user
+                                mode and this option is used,
+                                <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
+                                is implied. By default no
+                                restriction applies, all address
+                                families are accessible to
+                                processes. If assigned the empty
+                                string any previous list changes are
+                                undone.</para>
+
+                                <para>Use this option to limit
+                                exposure of processes to remote
+                                systems, in particular via exotic
+                                network protocols. Note that in most
+                                cases the local
+                                <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> address
+                                family should be included in the
+                                configured whitelist as it is
+                                frequently used for local
+                                communication, including for
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                logging.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>Personality=</varname></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>Personality=</varname></term>
 
                                 host system's
                                 kernel.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 host system's
                                 kernel.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>RuntimeDirectoryMode=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a list of
+                                directory names. If set one or more
+                                directories by the specified names
+                                will be created below
+                                <filename>/run</filename> (for system
+                                services) or below
+                                <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname>
+                                (for user services) when the unit is
+                                started and removed when the unit is
+                                stopped. The directories will have the
+                                access mode specified in
+                                <varname>RuntimeDirectoryMode=</varname>,
+                                and will be owned by the user and
+                                group specified in
+                                <varname>User=</varname> and
+                                <varname>Group=</varname>. Use this to
+                                manage one or more runtime directories
+                                of the unit and bind their lifetime to
+                                the daemon runtime. The specified
+                                directory names must be relative, and
+                                may not include a
+                                <literal>/</literal>, i.e. must refer
+                                to simple directories to create or
+                                remove. This is particularly useful
+                                for unpriviliges daemons that cannot
+                                create runtime directories in
+                                <filename>/run</filename> due to lack
+                                of privileges, and to make sure the
+                                runtime directory is cleaned up
+                                automatically after use. For runtime
+                                directories that require more complex
+                                or different configuration or lifetime
+                                guarantees, please consider using
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>