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                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>Unit configuration files for services, sockets,
-                mount points and swap devices share a subset of
+                mount points, and swap devices share a subset of
                 configuration options which define the execution
                 environment of spawned processes.</para>
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@
                                 <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
                                 directory path. Sets the working
                                 directory for executed processes. If
-                                not set defaults to the root directory
+                                not set, defaults to the root directory
                                 when systemd is running as a system
                                 instance and the respective user's
                                 home directory if run as
                                 directory for executed processes, with
                                 the
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                system call. If this is used it must
+                                system call. If this is used, it must
                                 be ensured that the process and all
                                 its auxiliary files are available in
                                 the <function>chroot()</function>
                                 for this process) and 1000 (to make
                                 killing of this process under memory
                                 pressure very likely). See <ulink
-                                url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt">proc.txt</ulink>
+                                url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt">proc.txt</ulink>
                                 for details.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <term><varname>CPUSchedulingResetOnFork=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true elevated CPU
+                                argument. If true, elevated CPU
                                 scheduling priorities and policies
                                 will be reset when the executed
                                 processes fork, and can hence not leak
                                 <listitem><para>Controls the CPU
                                 affinity of the executed
                                 processes. Takes a space-separated
-                                list of CPU indexes. This option may
+                                list of CPU indices. This option may
                                 be specified more than once in which
                                 case the specificed CPU affinity masks
                                 are merged. If the empty string is
-                                assigned the mask is reset, all
+                                assigned, the mask is reset, all
                                 assignments prior to this will have no
                                 effect. See
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setaffinity</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 option may be specified more than once
                                 in which case all listed variables
                                 will be set. If the same variable is
-                                set twice the later setting will
+                                set twice, the later setting will
                                 override the earlier setting. If the
                                 empty string is assigned to this
-                                option the list of environment
+                                option, the list of environment
                                 variables is reset, all prior
                                 assignments have no effect.
                                 Variable expansion is not performed
                                 inside the strings, however, specifier
-                                expansion is possible. $ character has
+                                expansion is possible. The $ character has
                                 no special meaning.
                                 If you need to assign a value containing spaces
                                 to a variable, use double quotes (")
                                 for the assignment.</para>
 
                                 <para>Example:
-                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>
+                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=$word 5 6"</programlisting>
                                 gives three variables <literal>VAR1</literal>,
-                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>.
+                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>
+                                with the values <literal>word1 word2</literal>,
+                                <literal>word3</literal>, <literal>$word 5 6</literal>.
                                 </para>
 
                                 <para>
                                 absolute filename or wildcard
                                 expression, optionally prefixed with
                                 <literal>-</literal>, which indicates
-                                that if the file does not exist it
-                                won't be read and no error or warning
+                                that if the file does not exist, it
+                                will not be read and no error or warning
                                 message is logged.  This option may be
                                 specified more than once in which case
                                 all specified files are read. If the
                                 empty string is assigned to this
-                                option the list of file to read is
+                                option, the list of file to read is
                                 reset, all prior assignments have no
                                 effect.</para>
 
                                 with
                                 <varname>Environment=</varname>. If
                                 the same variable is set twice from
-                                these files the files will be read in
+                                these files, the files will be read in
                                 the order they are specified and the
                                 later setting will override the
                                 earlier setting.</para></listitem>
                                 <option>tty-force</option>,
                                 <option>tty-fail</option> or
                                 <option>socket</option>. If
-                                <option>null</option> is selected
+                                <option>null</option> is selected,
                                 standard input will be connected to
                                 <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
                                 i.e. all read attempts by the process
                                 will result in immediate EOF. If
-                                <option>tty</option> is selected
+                                <option>tty</option> is selected,
                                 standard input is connected to a TTY
                                 (as configured by
                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
                                 below) and the executed process
                                 becomes the controlling process of the
                                 terminal. If the terminal is already
-                                being controlled by another process the
+                                being controlled by another process, the
                                 executed process waits until the current
                                 controlling process releases the
                                 terminal.
                                 file (see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details) specifies a single socket
-                                only. If this option is set standard
+                                only. If this option is set, standard
                                 input will be connected to the socket
                                 the service was activated from, which
                                 is primarily useful for compatibility
                                 <option>kmsg+console</option>,
                                 <option>journal+console</option> or
                                 <option>socket</option>. If set to
-                                <option>inherit</option> the file
+                                <option>inherit</option>, the file
                                 descriptor of standard input is
                                 duplicated for standard output. If set
-                                to <option>null</option> standard
+                                to <option>null</option>, standard
                                 output will be connected to
                                 <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
                                 i.e. everything written to it will be
-                                lost. If set to <option>tty</option>
+                                lost. If set to <option>tty</option>,
                                 standard output will be connected to a
                                 tty (as configured via
                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
                                 below). If the TTY is used for output
-                                only the executed process will not
+                                only, the executed process will not
                                 become the controlling process of the
                                 terminal, and will not fail or wait
                                 for other processes to release the
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>StandardError=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Controls where file
-                                descriptor 2 (STDERR) of the executed
-                                processes is connected to. The
-                                available options are identical to
+                                descriptor 2 (STDERR) of the
+                                executed processes is connected to.
+                                The available options are identical to
                                 those of
                                 <varname>StandardOutput=</varname>,
                                 with one exception: if set to
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>TTYPath=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Sets the terminal
-                                device node to use if standard input,
-                                output or stderr are connected to a
+                                device node to use if standard input, output,
+                                or error are connected to a
                                 TTY (see above). Defaults to
                                 <filename>/dev/console</filename>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 <listitem><para>If the terminal
                                 device specified with
                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname> is a
-                                virtual console terminal try to
+                                virtual console terminal, try to
                                 deallocate the TTY before and after
                                 execution. This ensures that the
                                 screen and scrollback buffer is
                                 <term><varname>SyslogIdentifier=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Sets the process name
                                 to prefix log lines sent to syslog or
-                                the kernel log buffer with. If not set
+                                the kernel log buffer with. If not set,
                                 defaults to the process name of the
                                 executed process. This option is only
                                 useful when
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PAMName=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Sets the PAM service
-                                name to set up a session as. If set
+                                name to set up a session as. If set,
                                 the executed process will be
                                 registered as a PAM session under the
                                 specified service name. This is only
                                 useful in conjunction with the
                                 <varname>User=</varname> setting. If
-                                not set no PAM session will be opened
+                                not set, no PAM session will be opened
                                 for the executed processes. See
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details.</para></listitem>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>TCPWrapName=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>If this is a
-                                socket-activated service this sets the
+                                socket-activated service, this sets the
                                 tcpwrap service name to check the
                                 permission for the current connection
                                 with. This is only useful in
                                 socket types (e.g. datagram/UDP) and
                                 on processes unrelated to socket-based
                                 activation. If the tcpwrap
-                                verification fails daemon start-up
+                                verification fails, daemon start-up
                                 will fail and the connection is
                                 terminated. See
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tcpd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 Capabilities listed will be included
                                 in the bounding set, all others are
                                 removed. If the list of capabilities
-                                is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>
+                                is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>,
                                 all but the listed capabilities will
                                 be included, the effect of the
                                 assignment inverted. Note that this
                                 permitted and inheritable capability
                                 sets, on top of what
                                 <varname>Capabilities=</varname>
-                                does. If this option is not used the
+                                does. If this option is not used, the
                                 capability bounding set is not
                                 modified on process execution, hence
                                 no limits on the capabilities of the
                                 appear more than once in which case
                                 the bounding sets are merged. If the
                                 empty string is assigned to this
-                                option the bounding set is reset to
+                                option, the bounding set is reset to
                                 the empty capability set, and all
                                 prior settings have no effect. If set
                                 to <literal>~</literal> (without any
-                                further argument) the bounding set is
+                                further argument), the bounding set is
                                 reset to the full set of available
                                 capabilities, also undoing any
                                 previous settings.</para></listitem>
                                 option may appear more than once in
                                 which case the secure bits are
                                 ORed. If the empty string is assigned
-                                to this option the bits are reset to
+                                to this option, the bits are reset to
                                 0.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 setting.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>ControlGroup=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Controls the control
-                                groups the executed processes shall be
-                                made members of. Takes a
-                                space-separated list of cgroup
-                                identifiers. A cgroup identifier is
-                                formatted like
-                                <filename noindex='true'>cpu:/foo/bar</filename>,
-                                where "cpu" indicates the kernel
-                                control group controller used, and
-                                <filename noindex='true'>/foo/bar</filename> is the
-                                control group path. The controller
-                                name and ":" may be omitted in which
-                                case the named systemd control group
-                                hierarchy is implied. Alternatively,
-                                the path and ":" may be omitted, in
-                                which case the default control group
-                                path for this unit is implied.</para>
-
-                                <para>This option may be used to place
-                                executed processes in arbitrary groups
-                                in arbitrary hierarchies -- which may
-                                then be externally configured with
-                                additional execution limits. By
-                                default systemd will place all
-                                executed processes in separate
-                                per-unit control groups (named after
-                                the unit) in the systemd named
-                                hierarchy. This option is primarily
-                                intended to place executed processes
-                                in specific paths in specific kernel
-                                controller hierarchies. It is not
-                                recommended to manipulate the service
-                                control group path in the private
-                                systemd named hierarchy
-                                (i.e. <literal>name=systemd</literal>),
-                                and doing this might result in
-                                undefined behaviour. For details about
-                                control groups see <ulink
-                                url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>.</para>
-
-                                <para>This option may appear more than
-                                once, in which case the list of
-                                control group assignments is
-                                merged. If the same hierarchy gets two
-                                different paths assigned only the
-                                later setting will take effect. If the
-                                empty string is assigned to this
-                                option the list of control group
-                                assignments is reset, all previous
-                                assignments will have no
-                                effect.</para>
-
-                                <para>Note that the list of control
-                                group assignments of a unit is
-                                extended implicitly based on the
-                                settings of
-                                <varname>DefaultControllers=</varname>
-                                of
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                                but a unit's
-                                <varname>ControlGroup=</varname>
-                                setting for a specific controller
-                                takes precedence.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>ControlGroupModify=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true, the control groups
-                                created for this unit will be owned by
-                                the user specified with
-                                <varname>User=</varname> (and the
-                                appropriate group), and he/she can create
-                                subgroups as well as add processes to
-                                the group.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>ControlGroupPersistent=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true, the control groups
-                                created for this unit will be marked
-                                to be persistent, i.e. systemd will
-                                not remove them when stopping the
-                                unit. The default is false, meaning
-                                that the control groups will be
-                                removed when the unit is stopped. For
-                                details about the semantics of this
-                                logic see <ulink
-                                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PaxControlGroups">PaxControlGroups</ulink>.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>ControlGroupAttribute=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Set a specific control
-                                group attribute for executed
-                                processes, and (if needed) add the
-                                executed processes to a cgroup in the
-                                hierarchy of the controller the
-                                attribute belongs to. Takes two
-                                space-separated arguments: the
-                                attribute name (syntax is
-                                <literal>cpu.shares</literal> where
-                                <literal>cpu</literal> refers to a
-                                specific controller and
-                                <literal>shares</literal> to the
-                                attribute name), and the attribute
-                                value. Example:
-                                <literal>ControlGroupAttribute=cpu.shares
-                                512</literal>. If this option is used
-                                for an attribute that belongs to a
-                                kernel controller hierarchy the unit
-                                is not already configured to be added
-                                to (for example via the
-                                <literal>ControlGroup=</literal>
-                                option) then the unit will be added to
-                                the controller and the default unit
-                                cgroup path is implied. Thus, using
-                                <varname>ControlGroupAttribute=</varname>
-                                is in most cases sufficient to make
-                                use of control group enforcements,
-                                explicit
-                                <varname>ControlGroup=</varname> are
-                                only necessary in case the implied
-                                default control group path for a
-                                service is not desirable. For details
-                                about control group attributes see
-                                <ulink
-                                url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>. This
-                                option may appear more than once, in
-                                order to set multiple control group
-                                attributes. If this option is used
-                                multiple times for the same cgroup
-                                attribute only the later setting takes
-                                effect. If the empty string is
-                                assigned to this option the list of
-                                attributes is reset, all previous
-                                cgroup attribute settings have no
-                                effect, including those done with
-                                <varname>CPUShares=</varname>,
-                                <varname>MemoryLimit=</varname>,
-                                <varname>MemorySoftLimit</varname>,
-                                <varname>DeviceAllow=</varname>,
-                                <varname>DeviceDeny=</varname>,
-                                <varname>BlockIOWeight=</varname>,
-                                <varname>BlockIOReadBandwidth=</varname>,
-                                <varname>BlockIOWriteBandwidth=</varname>.
-                                </para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname></term>
                                 directories listed will have limited
                                 access from within the namespace. If
                                 the empty string is assigned to this
-                                option the specific list is reset, and
+                                option, the specific list is reset, and
                                 all prior assignments have no
-                                effect.</para></listitem>
+                                effect.</para>
+                                <para>Paths in
+                                <varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>
+                                and
+                                <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
+                                may be prefixed with
+                                <literal>-</literal>, in which case
+                                they will be ignored when they do not
+                                exist.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PrivateTmp=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true sets up a new file
+                                argument. If true, sets up a new file
                                 system namespace for the executed
                                 processes and mounts private
                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> and
-                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directories
-                                inside it, that are not shared by
-                                processes outside of the
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+                                directories inside it that is not
+                                shared by processes outside of the
                                 namespace. This is useful to secure
                                 access to temporary files of the
                                 process, but makes sharing between
                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> or
                                 <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
                                 impossible. All temporary data created
-                                by service will be removed after service
-                                is stopped. Defaults to
-                                false.</para></listitem>
+                                by service will be removed after
+                                the service is stopped. Defaults to
+                                false. Note that it is possible to run
+                                two or more units within the same
+                                private <filename>/tmp</filename> and
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+                                namespace by using the
+                                <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
+                                directive, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true sets up a new
+                                argument. If true, sets up a new
                                 network namespace for the executed
                                 processes and configures only the
                                 loopback network device
                                 available to the executed process.
                                 This is useful to securely turn off
                                 network access by the executed
+                                process. Defaults to false. Note that
+                                it is possible to run two or more
+                                units within the same private network
+                                namespace by using the
+                                <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
+                                directive, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>PrivateDevices=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If true, sets up a new /dev
+                                namespace for the executed processes
+                                and only adds API pseudo devices such
+                                as <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
+                                <filename>/dev/zero</filename> or
+                                <filename>/dev/random</filename> to
+                                it, but no physical devices such as
+                                <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. This is
+                                useful to securely turn off physical
+                                device access by the executed
                                 process. Defaults to
                                 false.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 entries must be created and cleared
                                 before and after execution. If the
                                 configured string is longer than four
-                                characters it is truncated and the
+                                characters, it is truncated and the
                                 terminal four characters are
                                 used. This setting interprets %I style
                                 string replacements. This setting is
                                 this service.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>SELinuxContext=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Set the SELinux
+                                security context of the executed
+                                process. If set, this will override
+                                the automated domain
+                                transition. However, the policy still
+                                needs to autorize the transition. This
+                                directive is ignored if SELinux is
+                                disabled. If prefixed by
+                                <literal>-</literal>, all errors will
+                                be ignored. See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setexeccon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>IgnoreSIGPIPE=</varname></term>
 
                                 list of system call
                                 names. If this setting is used, all
                                 system calls executed by the unit
-                                process except for the listed ones
+                                processes except for the listed ones
                                 will result in immediate process
                                 termination with the
                                 <constant>SIGSYS</constant> signal
                                 (whitelisting). If the first character
-                                of the list is <literal>~</literal>
+                                of the list is <literal>~</literal>,
                                 the effect is inverted: only the
                                 listed system calls will result in
                                 immediate process termination
-                                (blacklisting). If this option is used
+                                (blacklisting). If this option is used,
                                 <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
                                 is implied. This feature makes use of
                                 the Secure Computing Mode 2 interfaces
                                 <function>sigreturn</function>,
                                 <function>exit_group</function>,
                                 <function>exit</function> system calls
-                                are implicitly whitelisted and don't
+                                are implicitly whitelisted and do not
                                 need to be listed explicitly. This
                                 option may be specified more than once
                                 in which case the filter masks are
                                 merged. If the empty string is
-                                assigned the filter is reset, all
+                                assigned, the filter is reset, all
                                 prior assignments will have no
-                                effect.</para></listitem>
+                                effect.</para>
+
+                                <para>If you specify both types of
+                                this option (i.e. whitelisting and
+                                blacklisting), the first encountered
+                                will take precedence and will dictate
+                                the default action (termination or
+                                approval of a system call). Then the
+                                next occurrences of this option will
+                                add or delete the listed system calls
+                                from the set of the filtered system
+                                calls, depending of its type and the
+                                default action. (For example, if you have started
+                                with a whitelisting of
+                                <function>read</function> and
+                                <function>write</function>, and right
+                                after it add a blacklisting of
+                                <function>write</function>, then
+                                <function>write</function> will be
+                                removed from the set.)
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>SystemCallErrorNumber=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes an
+                                <literal>errno</literal> error number
+                                name to return when the system call
+                                filter configured with
+                                <varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname>
+                                is triggered, instead of terminating
+                                the process immediately. Takes an
+                                error name such as
+                                <constant>EPERM</constant>,
+                                <constant>EACCES</constant> or
+                                <constant>EUCLEAN</constant>. When this
+                                setting is not used, or when the empty
+                                string is assigned, the process will be
+                                terminated immediately when the filter
+                                is triggered.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a space
+                                separated list of architecture
+                                identifiers to include in the system
+                                call filter. The known architecture
+                                identifiers are
+                                <constant>x86</constant>,
+                                <constant>x86-64</constant>,
+                                <constant>x32</constant>,
+                                <constant>arm</constant> as well as the
+                                special identifier
+                                <constant>native</constant>. Only system
+                                calls of the specified architectures
+                                will be permitted to processes of this
+                                unit. This is an effective way to
+                                disable compatibility with non-native
+                                architectures for processes, for
+                                example to prohibit execution of
+                                32-bit x86 binaries on 64-bit x86-64
+                                systems. The special
+                                <constant>native</constant> identifier
+                                implicitly maps to the native
+                                architecture of the system (or more
+                                strictly: to the architecture the
+                                system manager is compiled for). Note
+                                that setting this option to a
+                                non-empty list implies that
+                                <constant>native</constant> is included
+                                too. By default, this option is set to
+                                the empty list, i.e. no architecture
+                                system call filtering is
+                                applied.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>Personality=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Controls which
+                                kernel architecture
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                shall report, when invoked by unit
+                                processes. Takes one of
+                                <constant>x86</constant> and
+                                <constant>x86-64</constant>. This is
+                                useful when running 32bit services on
+                                a 64bit host system. If not specified
+                                the personality is left unmodified and
+                                thus reflects the personality of the
+                                host system's
+                                kernel.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Environment variables in spawned processes</title>
+
+                <para>Processes started by the system are executed in
+                a clean environment in which select variables
+                listed below are set. System processes started by systemd
+                do not inherit variables from PID 1, but processes
+                started by user systemd instances inherit all
+                environment variables from the user systemd instance.
+                </para>
+
+                <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$PATH</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Colon-separated list
+                                of directiories to use when launching
+                                executables. Systemd uses a fixed
+                                value of
+                                <filename>/usr/local/sbin</filename>:<filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>:<filename>/usr/sbin</filename>:<filename>/usr/bin</filename>:<filename>/sbin</filename>:<filename>/bin</filename>.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$LANG</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Locale. Can be set in
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                or on the kernel command line (see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                and
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$USER</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>$LOGNAME</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>$HOME</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>$SHELL</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>User name (twice), home
+                                directory, and the login shell.
+                                The variables are set for the units that
+                                have <varname>User=</varname> set,
+                                which includes user
+                                <command>systemd</command> instances.
+                                See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>The directory for volatile
+                                state. Set for the user <command>systemd</command>
+                                instance, and also in user sessions.
+                                See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>The identifier of the
+                                session, the seat name, and
+                                virtual terminal of the session. Set
+                                by
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for login sessions.
+                                <varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname> and
+                                <varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname> will
+                                only be set when attached to a seat and a
+                                tty.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$MAINPID</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>The PID of the units
+                                main process if it is known. This is
+                                only set for control processes as
+                                invoked by
+                                <varname>ExecReload=</varname> and
+                                similar.  </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$MANAGERPID</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>The PID of the user
+                                <command>systemd</command> instance,
+                                set for processes spawned by it.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Information about file
+                                descriptors passed to a service for
+                                socket activation.  See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$TERM</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Terminal type, set
+                                only for units connected to a terminal
+                                (<varname>StandardInput=tty</varname>,
+                                <varname>StandardOutput=tty</varname>,
+                                or
+                                <varname>StandardError=tty</varname>).
+                                See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>termcap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
+
+                <para>Additional variables may be configured by the
+                following means: for processes spawned in specific
+                units, use the <varname>Environment=</varname> and
+                <varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname> options above; to
+                specify variables globally, use
+                <varname>DefaultEnvironment=</varname> (see
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
+                or the kernel option
+                <varname>systemd.setenv=</varname> (see
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>). Additional
+                variables may also be set through PAM,
+                c.f. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_env</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>