LICENSE:
LGPLv2.1+ for all code
- except sd-daemon.[ch] and sd-readahead.[ch] which are MIT
- - except src/udev/ which is GPLv2.0+
+ - except src/udev/ which is (currently still) GPLv2+
REQUIREMENTS:
Linux kernel >= 2.6.39
- with devtmpfs
- with cgroups (but it's OK to disable all controllers)
- optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6
+ CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
+ CONFIG_CGROUPS (it's OK to disable all controllers)
+ CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
+ CONFIG_SIGNALFD
+ CONFIG_TIMERFD
+ CONFIG_EPOLL
+ CONFIG_NET
+ CONFIG_SYSFS
+
+ Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support
+
+ Udev will fail to work with the legacy layout:
+ CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n
+
+ Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev:
+ CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH=""
+
+ Userspace firmware loading is deprecated, will go away, and
+ sometimes causes problems:
+ CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n
+
+ Some udev rules and virtualization detection relies on it:
+ CONFIG_DMIID
+
+ Mount and bind mount handling might require it:
+ CONFIG_FHANDLE
+
+ Optional but strongly recommended:
+ CONFIG_IPV6
+ CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS
+ CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
+ CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
+ CONFIG_SECCOMP
+
+ For systemd-bootchart a kernel with procfs support and several
+ proc output options enabled is required:
+ CONFIG_PROC_FS
+ CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
+ CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
+
+ For UEFI systems:
+ CONFIG_EFI_VARS
+ CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
+
dbus >= 1.4.0
libcap
+ libblkid >= 2.20 (from util-linux) (optional)
+ libkmod >= 5 (optional)
PAM >= 1.1.2 (optional)
libcryptsetup (optional)
libaudit (optional)
+ libacl (optional)
+ libattr (optional)
libselinux (optional)
+ liblzma (optional)
tcpwrappers (optional)
+ libgcrypt (optional)
+ libqrencode (optional)
+ libmicrohttpd (optional)
+ libpython (optional)
+ make, gcc, and similar tools
+
+ During runtime you need the following additional dependencies:
+
+ util-linux >= v2.19 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s)
+ sulogin (from util-linux >= 2.22 or sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended)
+ dracut (optional)
+ PolicyKit (optional)
- When you build from git you need the following additional dependencies:
+ When building from git you need the following additional dependencies:
docbook-xsl
xsltproc
automake
autoconf
libtool
+ intltool
gperf
- make, gcc, and similar tools
-
- During runtime you need the following dependencies:
-
- util-linux > v2.18 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s)
- sulogin (from sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended)
- plymouth (optional)
- dracut (optional)
+ gtkdocize (optional)
+ python (optional)
+ sphinx (optional)
+ python-lxml (entirely optional)
When systemd-hostnamed is used it is strongly recommended to
install nss-myhostname to ensure that in a world of
- dynamically changing hostnames the hostname stays resolveable
+ dynamically changing hostnames the hostname stays resolvable
under all circumstances. In fact, systemd-hostnamed will warn
- if nss-myhostname is not installed. Packagers are encouraged to
- add a dependency on nss-myhostname to the package that
- includes systemd-hostnamed.
+ if nss-myhostname is not installed.
Note that D-Bus can link against libsystemd-login.so, which
- results in a cyclic build dependency. To accomodate for this
+ results in a cyclic build dependency. To accommodate for this
please build D-Bus without systemd first, then build systemd,
then rebuild D-Bus with systemd support.
+ To build HTML documentation for python-systemd using sphinx,
+ please first install systemd (using 'make install'), and then
+ invoke sphinx-build with 'make sphinx-<target>', with <target>
+ being 'html' or 'latexpdf'. If using DESTDIR for installation,
+ pass the same DESTDIR to 'make sphinx-html' invocation.
+
+USERS AND GROUPS:
+ Default udev rules use the following standard system group
+ names, which need to be resolvable by getgrnam() at any time,
+ even in the very early boot stages, where no other databases
+ and network are available:
+
+ tty, dialout, kmem, video, audio, lp, floppy, cdrom, tape, disk
+
+ During runtime the journal daemon requires the
+ "systemd-journal" system group to exist. New journal files will
+ be readable by this group (but not writable) which may be used
+ to grant specific users read access.
+
+ It is also recommended to grant read access to all journal
+ files to the system groups "wheel" and "adm" with a command
+ like the following in the post installation script of the
+ package:
+
+ # setfacl -nm g:wheel:rx,d:g:wheel:rx,g:adm:rx,d:g:adm:rx /var/log/journal/
+
+ The journal gateway daemon requires the
+ "systemd-journal-gateway" system user and group to
+ exist. During execution this network facing service will drop
+ privileges and assume this uid/gid for security reasons.
+
WARNINGS:
systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a
For more information on this issue consult
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
-ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES:
- ProFUSION <http://profusion.mobi> offers professional
- engineering and consulting services for systemd for embedded
- and other use. Please contact Gustavo Barbieri
- <barbieri@profusion.mobi> for more information.
-
- Disclaimer: This notice is not a recommendation or official
- endorsement. However, ProFUSION's upstream work has been very
- beneficial for the systemd project.
+ To run systemd under valgrind, compile with VALGRIND defined
+ (e.g. ./configure CPPFLAGS='... -DVALGRIND=1'). Otherwise,
+ false positives will be triggered by code which violates
+ some rules but is actually safe.
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