and only one service unit is spawned
for all connections (also see
above). This value is ignored for
- datagram sockets and FIFOs where
- a single service unit unconditionally
+ datagram sockets and FIFOs where a
+ single service unit unconditionally
handles all incoming traffic. Defaults
to <option>false</option>. For
performance reasons, it is recommended
to write new daemons only in a way
that is suitable for
- <option>Accept=false</option>. This
- option is mostly useful to allow
- daemons designed for usage with
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <option>Accept=false</option>. A
+ daemon listening on an AF_UNIX socket
+ may, but does not need to, call
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ on the received socket before
+ exiting. However, it must not unlink
+ the socket from a filesystem. It
+ should note invoke
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ on sockets it got with
+ <varname>Accept=false</varname>, but
+ it may do so for sockets it got with
+ <varname>Accept=true</varname> set.
+ Setting <varname>Accept=true</varname>
+ is mostly useful to allow daemons
+ designed for usage with
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
to work unmodified with systemd socket
activation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>