<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.unit</refname>
- <refpurpose>systemd unit configuration files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Unit configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<entry>Runtime socket dir</entry>
<entry>This is either /run (for the system manager) or $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (for user managers).</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>%u</literal></entry>
+ <entry>User name</entry>
+ <entry>This is the name of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>%h</literal></entry>
+ <entry>User home directory</entry>
+ <entry>This is the home directory of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>%s</literal></entry>
+ <entry>User shell</entry>
+ <entry>This is the shell of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>BindTo=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>BindsTo=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configures requirement
dependencies, very similar in style to
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>PropagateReloadTo=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>PropagateReloadFrom=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>PropagatesReloadTo=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ReloadPropagatedFrom=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Lists one or more
units where reload requests on the
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Names=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Additional names for
- this unit. The names listed here must
- have the same suffix (i.e. type) as
- the unit file name. This option may be
- specified more than once, in which
- case all listed names are used. Note
- that this option is different from the
- <varname>Alias=</varname> option from
- the [Install] section mentioned
- below. See below for details. Note
- that in almost all cases this option
- is not what you want. A symlink alias
- in the file system is generally
- preferable since it can be used as
- lookup key. If a unit with a symlinked
- alias name is not loaded and needs to
- be it is easily found via the
- symlink. However, if a unit with an
- alias name configured with this
- setting is not loaded it will not be
- discovered. This settings' only use is
- in conjunction with service
- instances.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term><varname>SourcePath=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>A path to a
+ configuration file this unit has been
+ generated from. This is primarily
+ useful for implementation of generator
+ tools that convert configuration from
+ an external configuration file format
+ into native unit files. Thus
+ functionality should not be used in
+ normal units.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
time,
<command>systemctl enable</command>
will create symlinks from these names
- to the unit file name. Note that this
- is different from the
- <varname>Names=</varname> option from
- the [Unit] section mentioned above:
- The names from
- <varname>Names=</varname> apply
- unconditionally if the unit is
- loaded. The names from
- <varname>Alias=</varname> apply only
- if the unit has actually been
- installed with the
- <command>systemctl enable</command>
- command. Also, if systemd searches for a
- unit, it will discover symlinked alias
- names as configured with
- <varname>Alias=</varname>, but not
- names configured with
- <varname>Names=</varname> only. It is
- a common pattern to list a name in
- both options. In this case, a unit
- will be active under all names if
- installed, but also if not installed
- but requested explicitly under its
- main name.</para></listitem>
+ to the unit file name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>WantedBy=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>RequiredBy=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Installs a symlink in
the <filename>.wants/</filename>
+ resp. <filename>.requires/</filename>
subdirectory for a unit. This has the
effect that when the listed unit name
is activated the unit listing it is