command), forward secure sealing (FSS)
for all persistent journal files is
enabled. FSS is based on <ulink
- url="http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/397">Seekable
+ url="https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/397">Seekable
Sequential Key Generators</ulink> by
G. A. Marson and B. Poettering and
may be used to protect journal files
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SyncIntervalSec=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>The timeout before synchronizing journal
- data to disk. After syncing, journal files have
- the OFFLINE state. Default timeout is 5 minutes.
+ <listitem><para>The timeout before
+ synchronizing journal files to
+ disk. After syncing, journal files are
+ placed in the OFFLINE state. Note that
+ syncing is unconditionally done
+ immediately after a log message of
+ priority CRIT, ALERT or EMERG has been
+ logged. This setting hence applies
+ only to messages of the levels ERR,
+ WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG. The
+ default timeout is 5 minutes.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>