* A new component "systemd-networkd" has been added that can
be used to configure local network interfaces statically or
via DHCP. It is capable of bringing up bridges, VLANs and
- bonding. Currently no hookups for interactive network
- configuration are privided. Use this for your initrd,
- container, embedded or server setup, if you need a simple,
+ bonding. Currently, no hookups for interactive network
+ configuration are provided. Use this for your initrd,
+ container, embedded or server setup if you need a simple,
yet powerful network configuration solution. This
- configuration subsystem is quite nifty as it allows wildcard
+ configuration subsystem is quite nifty, as it allows wildcard
hotplug matching in interfaces. For example, with a single
- configuration snippet you can configure that all ethernet
+ configuration snippet, you can configure that all Ethernet
interfaces showing up are automatically added to a bridge,
or similar. It supports link-sensing and more.
* machinectl gained a new command "login" to open a getty
login in any local container. This works with any container
that is registered with machined (such as those created by
- libvirt-lxc or nspawn), and which run systemd inside.
+ libvirt-lxc or nspawn), and which runs systemd inside.
* machinectl gained a new "reboot" command that may be used to
trigger a reboot on a specific container that is registered
* PID1 will now export on the bus profile data of the security
policy upload process (such as the SELinux policy upload to
- the kernel) .
+ the kernel).
- * journald: when forwarding logs to the console include
+ * journald: when forwarding logs to the console, include
timestamps (following the setting in
/sys/module/printk/parameters/time).
sd_session_get_remote_host() to query information about
remote sessions.
- * The udev device database now also carries vendor/product
- information about SDIO devices.
+ * The udev hardware database now also carries vendor/product
+ information of SDIO devices.
* The "sd-daemon.h" API gained a new sd_watchdog_enabled() to
determine whether watchdog notifications are requested by
* tmpfiles gained a new "--boot" option. When this is not used,
only lines where the command character is not suffixed with
- "!" are executed. When this option is specified those
+ "!" are executed. When this option is specified, those
options are executed too. This partitions tmpfiles
directives into those that can be safely executed at any
time, and those which should be run only at boot (for
example, a line that creates /run/nologin).
- * A new API "sd-resolv.h" has been added which provides a simple
+ * A new API "sd-resolve.h" has been added which provides a simple
asynchronous wrapper around glibc NSS host name resolution
calls, such as getaddrinfo(). In contrast to glibc's
getaddrinfo_a(), it does not use signals. In contrast to most
"sd-resolve.h", "sd-utf8.h" are found in this library as
well, however are subject to the --enable-kdbus switch (see
below). Note that "sd-dhcp.h" and "sd-daemon.h" are not part
- of this libraries (the former because it only consumes,
+ of this library (the former because it only consumes,
never provides services of/to other APIs, and the latter
because it is completely standalone). To make the transition
from the separate libraries to the unified one easy, we
* Boot-time status output is now enabled automatically after a
short timeout if boot does not progress, in order to give
- the user an indication what he or she is waiting for.
+ the user an indication what she or he is waiting for.
* The boot-time output has been improved to show how much time
remains until jobs expire.
* The KillMode= switch in service units gained a new possible
- value "mixed". If set and the unit is shutdown, then the
+ value "mixed". If set and the unit is shut down, then the
initial SIGTERM signal is sent only to the main daemon
- process, while the following SIGKILL signal is then sent to
+ process, while the following SIGKILL signal is sent to
all remaining processes of the service.
* When a scope unit is registered, a new property "Controller"
marked executable or world-writable.
* systemd-nspawn gained a new "--setenv=" switch to set
- container-wide environment variables. Similar option in
+ container-wide environment variables. A similar option in
systemd-activate was renamed from "--environment=" to
"--setenv=" for consistency.
* systemd-nspawn gained a new --register= switch to control
whether the container is registered with systemd-machined or
- not. This is useful for containers that do not register full
+ not. This is useful for containers that do not run full
OS images, but only specific apps.
* systemd-nspawn gained a new --keep-unit which may be used
* For usage together with SystemCallFilter=, a new
SystemCallErrorNumber= setting has been introduce that
- allows configuration if a system error number to return on
+ allows configuration of a system error number to return on
filtered syscalls, instead of immediately killing the
process. Also, SystemCallArchitectures= has been added to
limit access to system calls of a particular architecture