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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 768f3add5..3266333be 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
systemctl
- Control the systemd system and session manager
+ Control the systemd system and service manager
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
systemctl may be used to
introspect and control the state of the
systemd1
- system and session manager.
+ system and service manager.
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@
text and exits.
+
+
+
+ Prints a short version
+ string and exits.
+
+
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@
When showing
- unit/job/manager information, limit
+ unit/job/manager properties, limit
display to certain properties as
specified as argument. If not
specified all set properties are
@@ -114,11 +121,20 @@
When listing units,
show all units, regardless of their
state, including inactive units. When
- showing unit/job/manager information,
+ showing unit/job/manager properties,
show all properties regardless whether
they are set or not.
+
+
+
+ When listing units,
+ show only failed units. Do not confuse
+ with
+ .
+
+
@@ -137,7 +153,24 @@
unfinished job, fail the command. If
this is not specified the requested
operation will replace the pending job,
- if necessary.
+ if necessary. Do not confuse
+ with
+ .
+
+
+
+
+
+ When enqueuing a new
+ job ignore all its dependencies and
+ execute it immediately. If passed no
+ required units of the unit passed will
+ be pulled in, and no ordering
+ dependencies will be honoured. This is
+ mostly a debugging and rescue tool for
+ the administrator and should not be
+ used by
+ applications.
@@ -147,7 +180,7 @@
Suppress output to
STDOUT in
snapshot,
- check,
+ is-active,
enable and
disable.
@@ -155,13 +188,29 @@
- Do not synchronously wait for
- the requested operation to finish. If this is
- not specified the job will be verified,
- enqueued and systemctl will
- wait until it is completed. By passing this
- argument it is only verified and
- enqueued.
+ Do not synchronously wait for
+ the requested operation to finish. If this is
+ not specified the job will be verified,
+ enqueued and systemctl will
+ wait until it is completed. By passing this
+ argument it is only verified and
+ enqueued.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Do not print a legend, i.e.
+ the column headers and the footer with hints.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Do not pipe output into a
+ pager.
+
@@ -171,10 +220,10 @@
-
+ Talk to the systemd
- session manager of the calling user.
+ manager of the calling user.
@@ -217,10 +266,10 @@
When used with
enable and
disable, operate on the
- global session configuŕation
+ global user configuration
directory, thus enabling or disabling
a unit file globally for all future
- sessions of all users.
+ logins of all users.
@@ -234,25 +283,136 @@
changes.
+
+
+
+ When used with
+ start and related
+ commands, disables asking for
+ passwords. Background services may
+ require input of a password or
+ passphrase string, for example to
+ unlock system hard disks or
+ cryptographic certificates. Unless
+ this option is specified and the
+ command is invoked from a terminal
+ systemctl will
+ query the user on the terminal for the
+ necessary secrets. Use this option to
+ switch this behavior off. In this
+ case the password must be supplied by
+ some other means (for example
+ graphical password agents) or the
+ service might fail.
+
+
+
+
+
+ When used with
+ kill, choose which
+ processes to kill. Must be one of
+ ,
+ or
+ to select whether
+ to kill only the main process of the
+ unit, the control process or all
+ processes of the unit. If omitted
+ defaults to
+ .
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ When used with
+ kill, choose which
+ signal to send to selected
+ processes. Must be one of the well
+ known signal specifiers such as
+ SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If
+ omitted defaults to
+ .
+
+
+ When used with
enable, override any
existing conflicting
symlinks.
+
+ When used with
+ halt,
+ poweroff,
+ reboot or
+ kexec execute the
+ selected operation without shutting
+ down all units. However, all processes
+ will be killed forcibly and all file
+ systems are unmounted or remounted
+ read-only. This is hence a drastic but
+ relatively safe option to request an
+ immediate reboot. If
+ is specified
+ twice for these operations, they will
+ be executed immediately without
+ terminating any processes or umounting
+ any file systems. Warning: specifying
+ twice with
+ any of these operations might result
+ in data loss.
+
+
+
+
+
+ When used with
+ enable/disable/is-enabled (and
+ related commands), use alternative
+ root path when looking for unit
+ files.
-
+ When used with
- disable, ensures
- that only the symlinks created by
- enable are removed,
- not all symlinks pointing to the unit
- file that shall be
- disabled.
+ enable/disable/is-enabled (and related commands), make
+ changes only temporarily, so that they
+ are dropped on the next reboot. This
+ will have the effect that changes are
+ not made in subdirectories of
+ /etc but in
+ /run, with
+ identical immediate effects, however,
+ since the latter is lost on reboot,
+ the changes are lost
+ too.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Execute operation
+ remotely. Specify a hostname, or
+ username and hostname separated by @,
+ to connect to. This will use SSH to
+ talk to the remote systemd
+ instance.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Acquire privileges via
+ PolicyKit before executing the
+ operation.
@@ -319,41 +479,73 @@
Restart one or more
units specified on the command
- line. If the units are not running yet
- the operation will
- fail.
+ line if the units are running. Do
+ nothing if units are not running.
+ Note that for compatibility
+ with Red Hat init scripts
+ condrestart is
+ equivalent to this command.
reload-or-restart [NAME...]
+
+ Reload one or more
+ units if they support it. If not,
+ restart them instead. If the units
+ are not running yet they will be
+ started.
+
+ reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]Reload one or more
units if they support it. If not,
- restart them instead. Note that for
- compatibility with SysV and Red Hat
- init scripts
- force-reload and
- condrestart may be
- used as equivalent commands to
- reload-or-try-restart.
+ restart them instead. Do nothing if
+ the units are not running. Note that
+ for compatibility with SysV init
+ scripts
+ force-reload is
+ equivalent to this
+ command.
isolate [NAME]Start the unit
specified on the command line and its
- dependencies and stop all others. Note
- that this works only on units where
- is
+ dependencies and stop all others.
+
+ This is similar to changing the
+ runlevel in a traditional init system. The
+ isolate command will
+ immediately stop processes that are not
+ enabled in the new unit, possibly including
+ the graphical environment or terminal you
+ are currently using.
+
+ Note that this works only on units
+ where is
enabled. See
systemd.unit5
for details.
+
+ kill [NAME...]
+
+ Send a signal to one
+ or more processes of the unit. Use
+ to select
+ which process to kill. Use
+ to
+ select the kill mode and
+ to select
+ the signal to send.
+ is-active [NAME...]Check whether any of
- the specified units is active
+ the specified units are active
(i.e. running). Returns an exit code
0 if at least one is active, non-zero
otherwise. Unless
@@ -418,6 +610,13 @@
command.
+
+ list-unit-files
+
+ List installed unit files.
+
+
+
enable [NAME...]
@@ -436,7 +635,7 @@
does not have the effect that any of
the units enabled are also started at
the same time. If this is desired a
- seperate start
+ separate start
command must be invoked for the
unit.
@@ -453,7 +652,7 @@
administrator is free to make
additional changes manually, by
placing or removing symlinks in the
- directory. This is particular useful
+ directory. This is particularly useful
to create configurations that deviate
from the suggested default
installation. In this case the
@@ -482,11 +681,11 @@
Depending on whether
,
- or
+ or
is specified
this enables the unit for the system,
- for sessions of the calling user only
- or for all future session of all
+ for the calling user only
+ or for all future logins of all
users. Note that in the latter case no
systemd daemon configuration is
reloaded.
@@ -502,14 +701,11 @@
configuration directory, and hence
undoes the changes made by
enable. Note
- however that this by default removes
+ however that this removes
all symlinks to the unit files
(i.e. including manual additions), not
just those actually created by
- enable. If only the
- symlinks that are suggested by default
- shall be removed, pass
- . This
+ enable. This call
implicitly reloads the systemd daemon
configuration after completing the
disabling of the units. Note that this
@@ -525,9 +721,9 @@
.
- This command honours
+ This command honors
,
- ,
+ ,
in a similar
way as
enable.
@@ -541,8 +737,85 @@
(as with
enable). Returns an
exit code of 0 if at least one is
- enabled, non-zero
- otherwise.
+ enabled, non-zero otherwise. Prints
+ the current enable status. To suppress
+ this output use
+ .
+
+
+
+ reenable [NAME...]
+
+ Reenable one or more
+ unit files, as specified on the
+ command line. This is a combination of
+ disable and
+ enable and is
+ useful to reset the symlinks a unit is
+ enabled with to the defaults
+ configured in the
+ [Install] section
+ of the unit file.
+
+
+
+
+ preset [NAME...]
+
+ Reset one or more unit
+ files, as specified on the command
+ line, to the defaults configured in a
+ preset file. This has the same effect
+ as disable or
+ enable, depending
+ how the unit is listed in the preset
+ files.
+
+
+
+
+ mask [NAME...]
+
+ Mask one or more unit
+ files, as specified on the command
+ line. This will link these units to
+ /dev/null, making
+ it impossible to start them. This is a stronger version
+ of disable, since
+ it prohibits all kinds of activation
+ of the unit, including manual
+ activation. Use this option with
+ care.
+
+
+
+
+ unmask [NAME...]
+
+ Unmask one or more
+ unit files, as specified on the
+ command line. This will undo the
+ effect of
+ mask.
+
+
+
+
+ link [NAME...]
+
+ Link a unit file that
+ is not in the unit file search paths
+ into the unit file search path. This
+ requires an absolute path to a unit
+ file. The effect of this can be undone
+ with disable. The
+ effect of this command is that a unit
+ file is available for
+ start and other
+ commands although it isn't installed
+ directly in the unit search
+ path.
+
@@ -584,17 +857,7 @@
Cancel one or more
jobs specified on the command line by
their numeric job
- IDs. If not job id is specified cancels all jobs that are pending.
-
-
- monitor
-
- Monitor unit/job
- changes. This is mostly useful for
- debugging purposes and prints a line
- each time systemd loads or unloads a
- unit configuration file, or a unit
- property changes.
+ IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs.
dump
@@ -640,7 +903,7 @@
A snapshot refers to a saved
state of the systemd manager. It is
- implemented itself as unit that is
+ implemented itself as a unit that is
generated dynamically with this
command and has dependencies on all
units active at the time. At a later
@@ -695,16 +958,6 @@
configuration will stay
accessible.
-
- daemon-exit
-
- Ask the systemd
- manager to quit. This is only
- supported for session managers
- (i.e. in conjunction with the
- option) and
- will fail otherwise.
- show-environment
@@ -737,36 +990,6 @@
is only removed if it has the
specified value.
-
-
- halt
-
- Shut down and halt the
- system. This is mostly equivalent to
- start halt.target
- but also prints a wall message to all
- users.
-
-
- poweroff
-
- Shut down and
- power-off the system. This is mostly
- equivalent to start
- poweroff.target but also
- prints a wall message to all
- users.
-
-
- reboot
-
- Shut down and
- reboot the system. This is mostly
- equivalent to start
- reboot.target but also
- prints a wall message to all
- users.
- default
@@ -795,6 +1018,95 @@
prints a wall message to all
users.
+
+ halt
+
+ Shut down and halt the
+ system. This is mostly equivalent to
+ start halt.target
+ but also prints a wall message to all
+ users. If combined with
+ shutdown of
+ all running services is skipped,
+ however all processes are killed and
+ all file systems are unmounted or
+ mounted read-only, immediately
+ followed by the system halt. If
+ is specified
+ twice the the operation is immediately
+ executed without terminating any
+ processes or unmounting any file
+ systems. This may result in data
+ loss.
+
+
+ poweroff
+
+ Shut down and
+ power-off the system. This is mostly
+ equivalent to start
+ poweroff.target but also
+ prints a wall message to all users. If
+ combined with
+ shutdown of all running services is
+ skipped, however all processes are
+ killed and all file systems are
+ unmounted or mounted read-only,
+ immediately followed by the powering
+ off. If is
+ specified twice the the operation is
+ immediately executed without
+ terminating any processes or
+ unmounting any file systems. This may
+ result in data loss.
+
+
+ reboot
+
+ Shut down and reboot
+ the system. This is mostly equivalent
+ to start
+ reboot.target but also
+ prints a wall message to all users. If
+ combined with
+ shutdown of all running services is
+ skipped, however all processes are
+ killed and all file systems are
+ unmounted or mounted read-only,
+ immediately followed by the reboot. If
+ is specified
+ twice the the operation is immediately
+ executed without terminating any
+ processes or unmounting any file
+ systems. This may result in data
+ loss.
+
+
+ kexec
+
+ Shut down and reboot
+ the system via kexec. This is mostly
+ equivalent to start
+ kexec.target but also prints
+ a wall message to all users. If
+ combined with
+ shutdown of all running services is
+ skipped, however all processes are killed
+ and all file systems are unmounted or
+ mounted read-only, immediately
+ followed by the
+ reboot.
+
+
+ exit
+
+ Ask the systemd
+ manager to quit. This is only
+ supported for user service managers
+ (i.e. in conjunction with the
+ option) and
+ will fail otherwise.
+
@@ -806,11 +1118,28 @@
code otherwise.
+
+ Environment
+
+
+
+ $SYSTEMD_PAGER
+ Pager to use when
+ is not given;
+ overrides $PAGER. Setting
+ this to an empty string or the value
+ cat is equivalent to passing
+ .
+
+
+
+
See Alsosystemd1,
systemadm1,
+ systemd-loginctl1,
systemd.unit5,
systemd.special7,
wall1