directory path. Sets the root
directory for executed processes, with
the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
system call. If this is used, it must
be ensured that the process and all
its auxiliary files are available in
<para>
See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details about environment variables.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>tty</option>,
<option>tty-force</option>,
<option>tty-fail</option> or
- <option>socket</option>. If
- <option>null</option> is selected,
- standard input will be connected to
+ <option>socket</option>.</para>
+
+ <para>If <option>null</option> is
+ selected, standard input will be
+ connected to
<filename>/dev/null</filename>,
i.e. all read attempts by the process
- will result in immediate EOF. If
- <option>tty</option> is selected,
- standard input is connected to a TTY
- (as configured by
+ will result in immediate EOF.</para>
+
+ <para>If <option>tty</option> is
+ selected, standard input is connected
+ to a TTY (as configured by
<varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
below) and the executed process
becomes the controlling process of the
terminal. If the terminal is already
- being controlled by another process, the
- executed process waits until the current
- controlling process releases the
- terminal.
- <option>tty-force</option>
- is similar to <option>tty</option>,
- but the executed process is forcefully
- and immediately made the controlling
+ being controlled by another process,
+ the executed process waits until the
+ current controlling process releases
+ the terminal.</para>
+
+ <para><option>tty-force</option> is similar
+ to <option>tty</option>, but the
+ executed process is forcefully and
+ immediately made the controlling
process of the terminal, potentially
removing previous controlling
processes from the
- terminal. <option>tty-fail</option> is
+ terminal.</para>
+
+ <para><option>tty-fail</option> is
similar to <option>tty</option> but if
the terminal already has a controlling
process start-up of the executed
- process fails. The
- <option>socket</option> option is only
- valid in socket-activated services,
- and only when the socket configuration
- file (see
+ process fails.</para>
+
+ <para>The <option>socket</option>
+ option is only valid in
+ socket-activated services, and only
+ when the socket configuration file
+ (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details) specifies a single socket
only. If this option is set, standard
with daemons designed for use with the
traditional
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- daemon. This setting defaults to
+ daemon.</para>
+
+ <para>This setting defaults to
<option>null</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
of <option>inherit</option>,
<option>null</option>,
<option>tty</option>,
+ <option>journal</option>,
<option>syslog</option>,
<option>kmsg</option>,
- <option>journal</option>,
+ <option>journal+console</option>,
<option>syslog+console</option>,
- <option>kmsg+console</option>,
- <option>journal+console</option> or
- <option>socket</option>. If set to
- <option>inherit</option>, the file
- descriptor of standard input is
- duplicated for standard output. If set
- to <option>null</option>, standard
- output will be connected to
+ <option>kmsg+console</option> or
+ <option>socket</option>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>inherit</option>
+ duplicates the file descriptor of
+ standard input for standard
+ output.</para>
+
+ <para><option>null</option> connects
+ standard output to
<filename>/dev/null</filename>,
i.e. everything written to it will be
- lost. If set to <option>tty</option>,
- standard output will be connected to a
- tty (as configured via
+ lost.</para>
+
+ <para><option>tty</option> connects
+ standard output to a tty (as
+ configured via
<varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
below). If the TTY is used for output
only, the executed process will not
become the controlling process of the
terminal, and will not fail or wait
for other processes to release the
- terminal. <option>syslog</option>
- connects standard output to the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- system syslog
- service. <option>kmsg</option>
- connects it with the kernel log buffer
- which is accessible via
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dmesg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. <option>journal</option>
- connects it with the journal which is
- accessible via
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- (Note that everything that is written
- to syslog or kmsg is implicitly stored
- in the journal as well, those options
- are hence supersets of this
- one). <option>syslog+console</option>,
- <option>journal+console</option> and
- <option>kmsg+console</option> work
- similarly but copy the output to the
- system console as
- well. <option>socket</option> connects
- standard output to a socket from
- socket activation, semantics are
- similar to the respective option of
- <varname>StandardInput=</varname>.
- This setting defaults to the value set
- with
+ terminal.</para>
+
+ <para><option>journal</option>
+ connects standard output with the
+ journal which is accessible via
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Note that everything that is written
+ to syslog or kmsg (see below) is
+ implicitly stored in the journal as
+ well, the specific two options listed
+ below are hence supersets of this
+ one.</para>
+
+ <para><option>syslog</option> connects
+ standard output to the <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ system syslog service, in addition to
+ the journal. Note that the journal
+ daemon is usually configured to
+ forward everything it receives to
+ syslog anyway, in which case this
+ option is no different from
+ <option>journal</option>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>kmsg</option> connects
+ standard output with the kernel log
+ buffer which is accessible via
+ <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>dmesg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ in addition to the journal. The
+ journal daemon might be configured to
+ send all logs to kmsg anyway, in which
+ case this option is no different from
+ <option>journal</option>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>journal+console</option>,
+ <option>syslog+console</option> and
+ <option>kmsg+console</option> work in
+ a similar way as the three options
+ above but copy the output to the
+ system console as well.</para>
+
+ <para><option>socket</option> connects
+ standard output to a socket acquired
+ via socket activation. The semantics
+ are similar to the same option of
+ <varname>StandardInput=</varname>.</para>
+
+ <para>This setting defaults to the
+ value set with
<option>DefaultStandardOutput=</option>
in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<option>local5</option>,
<option>local6</option> or
<option>local7</option>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. This option is only
useful when
<varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
<option>notice</option>,
<option>info</option>,
<option>debug</option>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. This option is only
useful when
<varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
<varname>User=</varname> setting. If
not set, no PAM session will be opened
for the executed processes. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
capabilities to include in the
capability bounding set for the
executed process. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Takes a whitespace-separated
list of capability names as read by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<term><varname>SecureBits=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Controls the secure
bits set for the executed process. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Takes a list of strings:
<option>keep-caps</option>,
<option>keep-caps-locked</option>,
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Capabilities=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Controls the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
set for the executed process. Take a
capability string describing the
effective, permitted and inherited
<term><varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname></term>
<term><varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets up a new
- file system namespace for executed
+ <listitem><para>Sets up a new file
+ system namespace for executed
processes. These options may be used
to limit access a process might have
to the main file system
processes inside the namespace. Note
that restricting access with these
options does not extend to submounts
- of a directory. You must list
- submounts separately in these settings
- to ensure the same limited
- access. These options may be specified
+ of a directory that are created later
+ on. These options may be specified
more than once in which case all
directories listed will have limited
access from within the namespace. If
the empty string is assigned to this
- option, the specific list is reset, and
- all prior assignments have no
+ option, the specific list is reset,
+ and all prior assignments have no
effect.</para>
<para>Paths in
<varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ReadOnlySystem=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ProtectSystem=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true, mounts the
- <filename>/usr</filename> and
- <filename>/boot</filename> directories
- read-only for processes invoked by
- this unit. This setting ensures that
- any modification of the vendor
- supplied operating system is
+ argument or
+ <literal>full</literal>. If true,
+ mounts the <filename>/usr</filename>
+ directory read-only for processes
+ invoked by this unit. If set to
+ <literal>full</literal>, the
+ <filename>/etc</filename> directory is mounted
+ read-only, too. This setting ensures
+ that any modification of the vendor
+ supplied operating system (and
+ optionally its configuration) is
prohibited for the service. It is
recommended to enable this setting for
all long-running services, unless they
are involved with system updates or
need to modify the operating system in
- other ways. Note however, that
+ other ways. Note however that
processes retaining the CAP_SYS_ADMIN
capability can undo the effect of this
setting. This setting is hence
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ProtectedHome=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ProtectHome=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
argument or
<filename>/run/user</filename> are
made inaccessible and empty for
processes invoked by this unit. If set
- to <literal>read-only</literal> the
- two directores are made read-only
+ to <literal>read-only</literal>, the
+ two directories are made read-only
instead. It is recommended to enable
this setting for all long-running
services (in particular network-facing
- one), to ensure they cannot get access
+ ones), to ensure they cannot get access
to private user data, unless the
services actually require access to
- the user's private data. Note however,
+ the user's private data. Note however
that processes retaining the
CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability can undo the
effect of this setting. This setting
namespace. Note that
<option>slave</option> means that file
systems mounted on the host might stay
- mounted continously in the unit's
+ mounted continuously in the unit's
namespace, and thus keep the device
busy. Note that the file system
namespace related options
(<varname>PrivateTmp=</varname>,
<varname>PrivateDevices=</varname>,
- <varname>ReadOnlySystem=</varname>,
- <varname>ProtectedHome=</varname>,
+ <varname>ProtectSystem=</varname>,
+ <varname>ProtectHome=</varname>,
<varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>,
<varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
and
or
<varname>StandardError=tty</varname>).
See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>termcap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>termcap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<varname>systemd.setenv=</varname> (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>). Additional
variables may also be set through PAM,
- cf. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_env</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ cf. <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam_env</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</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>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>