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>
<para>The files listed with this
directive will be read shortly before
- the process is executed. Settings from
- these files override settings made
- with
+ the process is executed (more
+ specifically, after all
+ processes from a previous unit state
+ terminated. This means you can
+ generate these files in one unit
+ state, and read it with this option in
+ the next). Settings from these files
+ override settings made with
<varname>Environment=</varname>. If
the same variable is set twice from
these files, the files will be read in
<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>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TCPWrapName=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>If this is a
- socket-activated service, this sets the
- tcpwrap service name to check the
- permission for the current connection
- with. This is only useful in
- conjunction with socket-activated
- services, and stream sockets (TCP) in
- particular. It has no effect on other
- socket types (e.g. datagram/UDP) and
- on processes unrelated to socket-based
- activation. If the tcpwrap
- verification fails, daemon start-up
- will fail and the connection is
- terminated. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tcpd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Note that this option may
- be used to do access control checks
- only. Shell commands and commands
- described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hosts_options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- are not supported.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname></term>
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>,
<varlistentry>
<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>
- for details. Takes a list of strings:
+ bits set for the executed process.
+ Takes a space-separated combination of
+ options from the following list:
<option>keep-caps</option>,
<option>keep-caps-locked</option>,
<option>no-setuid-fixup</option>,
<option>no-setuid-fixup-locked</option>,
- <option>noroot</option> and/or
+ <option>noroot</option>, and
<option>noroot-locked</option>. This
option may appear more than once in
- which case the secure bits are
- ORed. If the empty string is assigned
- to this option, the bits are reset to
- 0.</para></listitem>
+ which case the secure bits are ORed.
+ If the empty string is assigned to
+ this option, the bits are reset to 0.
+ See <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<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
capability sets as documented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_text</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
Note that these capability sets are
- usually influenced by the capabilities
+ usually influenced (and filtered) by the capabilities
attached to the executed file. Due to
that
<varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>
- is probably the much more useful
+ is probably a much more useful
setting.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<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>
may be prefixed with
<literal>-</literal>, in which case
they will be ignored when they do not
- exist.</para></listitem>
+ exist. Note that using this
+ setting will disconnect propagation of
+ mounts from the service to the host
+ (propagation in the opposite direction
+ continues to work). This means that
+ this setting may not be used for
+ services which shall be able to
+ install mount points in the main mount
+ namespace.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
processes via
<filename>/tmp</filename> or
<filename>/var/tmp</filename>
- impossible. All temporary data created
- by service will be removed after
- the service is stopped. Defaults to
- false. Note that it is possible to run
- two or more units within the same
- private <filename>/tmp</filename> and
+ impossible. If this is enabled, all
+ temporary files created by a service
+ in these directories will be removed
+ after the service is stopped. Defaults
+ to false. It is possible to run two or
+ more units within the same private
+ <filename>/tmp</filename> and
<filename>/var/tmp</filename>
namespace by using the
<varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
directive, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ for details. Note that using this
+ setting will disconnect propagation of
+ mounts from the service to the host
+ (propagation in the opposite direction
+ continues to work). This means that
+ this setting may not be used for
+ services which shall be able to install
+ mount points in the main mount
+ namespace.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PrivateDevices=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+ argument. If true, sets up a new /dev
+ namespace for the executed processes
+ and only adds API pseudo devices such
+ as <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
+ <filename>/dev/zero</filename> or
+ <filename>/dev/random</filename> (as
+ well as the pseudo TTY subsystem) to
+ it, but no physical devices such as
+ <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. This is
+ useful to securely turn off physical
+ device access by the executed
+ process. Defaults to false. Enabling
+ this option will also remove
+ <constant>CAP_MKNOD</constant> from
+ the capability bounding set for the
+ unit (see above), and set
+ <varname>DevicePolicy=closed</varname>
+ (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). Note that using this
+ setting will disconnect propagation of
+ mounts from the service to the host
+ (propagation in the opposite direction
+ continues to work). This means that
+ this setting may not be used for
+ services which shall be able to
+ install mount points in the main mount
+ namespace.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
available to the executed process.
This is useful to securely turn off
network access by the executed
- process. Defaults to false. Note that
- it is possible to run two or more
- units within the same private network
+ process. Defaults to false. It is
+ possible to run two or more units
+ within the same private network
namespace by using the
<varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
directive, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ for details. Note that this option
+ will disconnect all socket families
+ from the host, this includes
+ AF_NETLINK and AF_UNIX. The latter has
+ the effect that AF_UNIX sockets in the
+ abstract socket namespace will become
+ unavailable to the processes (however,
+ those located in the file system will
+ continue to be
+ accessible).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>PrivateDevices=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ProtectSystem=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true, sets up a new /dev
- namespace for the executed processes
- and only adds API pseudo devices such
- as <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
- <filename>/dev/zero</filename> or
- <filename>/dev/random</filename> to
- it, but no physical devices such as
- <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. This is
- useful to securely turn off physical
- device access by the executed
- process. Defaults to false. Note that
- enabling this option implies that
- <constant>CAP_MKNOD</constant> is
- removed from the capability bounding
- set for the unit.</para></listitem>
+ 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
+ processes retaining the CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+ capability can undo the effect of this
+ setting. This setting is hence
+ particularly useful for daemons which
+ have this capability removed, for
+ example with
+ <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>. Defaults
+ to off.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ProtectHome=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+ argument or
+ <literal>read-only</literal>. If true,
+ the directories
+ <filename>/home</filename> and
+ <filename>/run/user</filename> are
+ made inaccessible and empty for
+ processes invoked by this unit. If set
+ 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
+ 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
+ that processes retaining the
+ CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability can undo the
+ effect of this setting. This setting
+ is hence particularly useful for
+ daemons which have this capability
+ removed, for example with
+ <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>. Defaults
+ to off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<option>shared</option>,
<option>slave</option> or
<option>private</option>, which
- control whether the file system
- namespace set up for this unit's
- processes will receive or propagate
- new mounts. See
+ control whether mounts in the file
+ system namespace set up for this
+ unit's processes will receive or
+ propagate mounts or unmounts. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Default to
- <option>shared</option>.</para></listitem>
+ for details. Defaults to
+ <option>shared</option>. Use
+ <option>shared</option> to ensure that
+ mounts and unmounts are propagated
+ from the host to the container and
+ vice versa. Use <option>slave</option>
+ to run processes so that none of their
+ mounts and unmounts will propagate to
+ the host. Use <option>private</option>
+ to also ensure that no mounts and
+ unmounts from the host will propagate
+ into the unit processes'
+ namespace. Note that
+ <option>slave</option> means that file
+ systems mounted on the host might stay
+ 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>ProtectSystem=</varname>,
+ <varname>ProtectHome=</varname>,
+ <varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>,
+ <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
+ and
+ <varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname>)
+ require that mount and unmount
+ propagation from the unit's file
+ system namespace is disabled, and
+ hence downgrade
+ <option>shared</option> to
+ <option>slave</option>.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>AppArmorProfile=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Take a profile name as argument.
+ <listitem><para>Takes a profile name as argument.
The process executed by the unit will switch to
this profile when started. Profiles must already
be loaded in the kernel, or the unit will fail.
(which creates connected AF_UNIX
sockets only) are unaffected. Note
that this option has no effect on
- 32bit x86 and is ignored (but works
+ 32-bit 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
+ is implied. By default, no
restriction applies, all address
families are accessible to
processes. If assigned the empty
- string any previous list changes are
+ 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
+ cases, the local
<constant>AF_UNIX</constant> address
family should be included in the
configured whitelist as it is
processes. Takes one of
<constant>x86</constant> and
<constant>x86-64</constant>. This is
- useful when running 32bit services on
- a 64bit host system. If not specified
+ useful when running 32-bit services on
+ a 64-bit host system. If not specified,
the personality is left unmodified and
thus reflects the personality of the
host system's
<term><varname>RuntimeDirectoryMode=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a list of
- directory names. If set one or more
+ 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
+ started, and removed when the unit is
stopped. The directories will have the
access mode specified in
<varname>RuntimeDirectoryMode=</varname>,
<literal>/</literal>, i.e. must refer
to simple directories to create or
remove. This is particularly useful
- for unpriviliges daemons that cannot
+ for unprivileged daemons that cannot
create runtime directories in
<filename>/run</filename> due to lack
of privileges, and to make sure the
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,
- c.f. <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>