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   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  General Public License for more details.
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
 
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
                                 <command>systemctl</command> will
                                 query the user on the terminal for the
                                 necessary secrets. Use this option to
                                 <command>systemctl</command> 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.</para></listitem>
+                                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. This also disables querying the
+                                user for authentication for privileged
+                                operations.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <command>halt</command>,
                                 <command>poweroff</command>,
                                 <command>reboot</command> or
                                 <command>halt</command>,
                                 <command>poweroff</command>,
                                 <command>reboot</command> or
-                                <command>kexec</command> execute
+                                <command>kexec</command> 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
                                 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.</para></listitem>
+                                immediate reboot. If
+                                <option>--force</option> is specified
+                                twice for these operations, they will
+                                be executed immediately without
+                                terminating any processes or umounting
+                                any file systems. Warning: specifying
+                                <option>--force</option> twice with
+                                any of these operations might result
+                                in data loss.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 PolicyKit before executing the
                                 operation.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 PolicyKit before executing the
                                 operation.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-n</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                                <command>status</command> controls the
+                                number of journal lines to show,
+                                counting from the most recent
+                                ones. Takes a positive integer
+                                argument. Defaults to
+                                10.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--follow</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-f</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                                <command>status</command> continously
+                                prints new journal entries as they are
+                                appended to the
+                                journal.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-o</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                                <command>status</command> controls the
+                                formatting of the journal entries that
+                                are shown. For the available choices
+                                see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Defaults
+                                to
+                                <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
-                                units. This function is intended to
-                                generate human-readable output. If you
-                                are looking for computer-parsable
-                                output, use <command>show</command>
-                                instead. If a PID is passed
-                                information about the unit the process
-                                of the PID belongs to is
-                                shown.</para></listitem>
+                                units, followed by its most recent log
+                                data from the journal. This function
+                                is intended to generate human-readable
+                                output. If you are looking for
+                                computer-parsable output, use
+                                <command>show</command> instead. If a
+                                PID is passed information about the
+                                unit the process of the PID belongs to
+                                is shown.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term>
                                 command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>list-unit-files</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>List installed unit files.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term>
 
                                 system. This is mostly equivalent to
                                 <command>start halt.target</command>
                                 but also prints a wall message to all
                                 system. This is mostly equivalent to
                                 <command>start halt.target</command>
                                 but also prints a wall message to all
-                                users.  If
-                                combined with <option>--force</option>
-                                shutdown of all running services is
-                                skipped, however all processes are killed
-                                and all file systems are unmounted or
+                                users.  If combined with
+                                <option>--force</option> shutdown of
+                                all running services is skipped,
+                                however all processes are killed and
+                                all file systems are unmounted or
                                 mounted read-only, immediately
                                 mounted read-only, immediately
-                                followed by the
-                                system halt.</para></listitem>
+                                followed by the system halt.  If
+                                <option>--force</option> is specified
+                                twice the the operation is immediately
+                                executed without terminating any
+                                processes or unmounting any file
+                                systems. This may result in data
+                                loss.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
                                 power-off the system. This is mostly
                                 equivalent to <command>start
                                 poweroff.target</command> but also
                                 power-off the system. This is mostly
                                 equivalent to <command>start
                                 poweroff.target</command> but also
-                                prints a wall message to all
-                                users. If
+                                prints a wall message to all users. If
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 shutdown of all running services is
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 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.</para></listitem>
+                                skipped, however all processes are
+                                killed and all file systems are
+                                unmounted or mounted read-only,
+                                immediately followed by the powering
+                                off. If <option>--force</option> is
+                                specified twice the the operation is
+                                immediately executed without
+                                terminating any processes or
+                                unmounting any file systems. This may
+                                result in data loss.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Shut down and
-                                reboot the system. This is mostly
-                                equivalent to <command>start
+                                <listitem><para>Shut down and reboot
+                                the system. This is mostly equivalent
+                                to <command>start
                                 reboot.target</command> but also
                                 reboot.target</command> but also
-                                prints a wall message to all
-                                users. If
+                                prints a wall message to all users. If
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 shutdown of all running services is
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 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.</para></listitem>
+                                skipped, however all processes are
+                                killed and all file systems are
+                                unmounted or mounted read-only,
+                                immediately followed by the reboot. If
+                                <option>--force</option> is specified
+                                twice the the operation is immediately
+                                executed without terminating any
+                                processes or unmounting any file
+                                systems. This may result in data
+                                loss.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>kexec</command></term>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>kexec</command></term>
                                 <option>--user</option> option) and
                                 will fail otherwise.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 <option>--user</option> option) and
                                 will fail otherwise.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>suspend</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Suspend the system.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>hibernate</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Hibernate the system.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
         </refsect1>
                 </variablelist>
 
         </refsect1>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>