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   Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
 
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         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>systemd.socket</refname>
-                <refpurpose>systemd socket configuration files</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Socket unit configuration</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>systemd.socket</filename></para>
+                <para><filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename></para>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
-                <filename>.socket</filename> encodes information about
+                <literal>.socket</literal> encodes information about
                 an IPC or network socket or a file system FIFO
                 controlled and supervised by systemd, for socket-based
                 activation.</para>
                 <option>ExecStartPre=</option>,
                 <option>ExecStartPost=</option>,
                 <option>ExecStopPre=</option> and
-                <option>ExecStoptPost=</option> commands are executed
-                in.</para>
-
-                <para>For each socket file a matching service file
-                (see
+                <option>ExecStopPost=</option> commands are executed
+                in, and in
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                which define the way the processes are terminated, and
+                in
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                which configure resource control settings for the
+                processes of the socket.</para>
+
+                <para>For each socket file, a matching service file
+                must exist, describing the service to start on
+                incoming traffic on the socket (see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                for details) must exist, describing the service to
-                start on incoming traffic on the socket. Depending on
-                the setting of <option>Accept=</option> (see below),
-                this must either be named like the socket unit, but
-                with the suffix replaced; or it must be a template
-                file named the same way. Example: a socket file
+                for more information about .service files). The name
+                of the .service unit is by default the same as the
+                name of the .socket unit, but can be altered with the
+                <option>Service=</option> option described below.
+                Depending on the setting of the <option>Accept=</option>
+                option described below, this .service unit must either
+                be named like the .socket unit, but with the suffix
+                replaced, unless overridden with
+                <option>Service=</option>; or it must be a template
+                unit named the same way. Example: a socket file
                 <filename>foo.socket</filename> needs a matching
                 service <filename>foo.service</filename> if
                 <option>Accept=false</option> is set. If
-                <option>Accept=true</option> is set a service template
-                file <filename>foo@.service</filename> must exist from
-                which services are instantiated for each incoming
-                connection.</para>
+                <option>Accept=true</option> is set, a service
+                template file <filename>foo@.service</filename> must
+                exist from which services are instantiated for each
+                incoming connection.</para>
 
                 <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
                 is set to <option>false</option>, socket units will
                 boot or late system shutdown should disable this
                 option.</para>
 
+                <para>Socket units will have a
+                <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on the service
+                which they trigger added implicitly. No implicit
+                <varname>WantedBy=</varname> or
+                <varname>RequiredBy=</varname> dependency from the
+                socket to the service is added. This means that the
+                service may be started without the socket, in which
+                case it must be able to open sockets by itself. To
+                prevent this, an explicit <varname>Requires=</varname>
+                dependency may be added.</para>
+
                 <para>Socket units may be used to implement on-demand
                 starting of services, as well as parallelized starting
-                of services.</para>
+                of services. See the blog stories linked at the end
+                for an introduction.</para>
 
                 <para>Note that the daemon software configured for
                 socket activation with socket units needs to be able
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 for details) or via the traditional
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>-style
-                socket passing (i.e. sockets passed in via STDIN and
-                STDOUT, using <varname>StandardInput=socket</varname>
+                socket passing (i.e. sockets passed in via standard input and
+                output, using <varname>StandardInput=socket</varname>
                 in the service file).</para>
         </refsect1>
 
                 supervises. A number of options that may be used in
                 this section are shared with other unit types. These
                 options are documented in
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
                 options specific to the [Socket] section of socket
                 units are the following:</para>
 
-                <variablelist>
+                <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ListenStream=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ListenDatagram=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ListenSequentialPacket=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Specifies an address
                                 to listen on for a stream
-                                (SOCK_STREAM), datagram (SOCK_DGRAM)
-                                resp. sequential packet
-                                (SOCK_SEQPACKET) socket. The address
+                                (<constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant>), datagram (<constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>),
+                                or sequential packet
+                                (<constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant>) socket, respectively. The address
                                 can be written in various formats:</para>
 
                                 <para>If the address starts with a
-                                slash (/), it is read as file system
-                                socket in the AF_UNIX socket
+                                slash (<literal>/</literal>), it is read as file system
+                                socket in the <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket
                                 family.</para>
 
-                                <para>If the address starts with an
-                                ampersand (@) it is read as abstract
-                                namespace socket in the AF_UNIX
-                                family. The @ is replaced with a NUL
-                                character before binding. For details
-                                see
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+                                <para>If the address starts with an at
+                                symbol (<literal>@</literal>), it is read as abstract
+                                namespace socket in the
+                                <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>
+                                family. The <literal>@</literal> is
+                                replaced with a
+                                <constant>NUL</constant> character
+                                before binding. For details, see
+                                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
                                 <para>If the address string is a
-                                single number it is read as port
-                                number to listen on for both IPv4 and
-                                IPv6.</para>
+                                single number, it is read as port
+                                number to listen on via
+                                IPv6. Depending on the value of
+                                <varname>BindIPv6Only=</varname> (see below) this
+                                might result in the service being
+                                available via both IPv6 and IPv4 (default) or
+                                just via IPv6.
+                                </para>
 
                                 <para>If the address string is a
-                                string in the format v.w.x.y:z it is
+                                string in the format v.w.x.y:z, it is
                                 read as IPv4 specifier for listening
                                 on an address v.w.x.y on a port
                                 z.</para>
 
                                 <para>If the address string is a
-                                string in the format [x]:y it is read
-                                as IPv6 address x on a port y.</para>
-
-                                <para>Note that SOCK_SEQPACKET
+                                string in the format [x]:y, it is read
+                                as IPv6 address x on a port y. Note
+                                that this might make the service
+                                available via IPv4, too, depending on
+                                the <varname>BindIPv6Only=</varname>
+                                setting (see below).
+                                </para>
+
+                                <para>Note that <constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant>
                                 (i.e. <varname>ListenSequentialPacket=</varname>)
-                                is only available for AF_UNIX
-                                sockets. SOCK_STREAM
+                                is only available for <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>
+                                sockets. <constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant>
                                 (i.e. <varname>ListenStream=</varname>)
                                 when used for IP sockets refers to TCP
-                                sockets, SOCK_DGRAM
+                                sockets, <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>
                                 (i.e. <varname>ListenDatagram=</varname>)
                                 to UDP.</para>
 
                                 <para>These options may be specified
                                 more than once in which case incoming
-                                traffic on any of the sockets will trigger
-                                service activation, and all listed
-                                sockets will be passed to the service,
-                                regardless whether there is incoming
-                                traffic on them or not.</para>
-
-                                <para>If an IP address is used here, it
-                                is often desirable to listen on it
+                                traffic on any of the sockets will
+                                trigger service activation, and all
+                                listed sockets will be passed to the
+                                service, regardless of whether there is
+                                incoming traffic on them or not. If
+                                the empty string is assigned to any of
+                                these options, the list of addresses
+                                to listen on is reset, all prior uses
+                                of any of these options will have no
+                                effect.</para>
+
+                                <para>It is also possible to have more
+                                than one socket unit for the same
+                                service when using
+                                <varname>Service=</varname>, and the
+                                service will receive all the sockets
+                                configured in all the socket units.
+                                Sockets configured in one unit are
+                                passed in the order of configuration,
+                                but no ordering between socket units
+                                is specified.</para>
+
+                                <para>If an IP address is used here,
+                                it is often desirable to listen on it
                                 before the interface it is configured
                                 on is up and running, and even
-                                regardless whether it will be up and
-                                running ever at all. To deal with this it is
-                                recommended to set the
+                                regardless of whether it will be up and
+                                running at any point. To deal with this,
+                                it is recommended to set the
                                 <varname>FreeBind=</varname> option
                                 described below.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 <listitem><para>Specifies a file
                                 system FIFO to listen on. This expects
                                 an absolute file system path as
-                                argument. Behaviour otherwise is very
+                                argument. Behavior otherwise is very
                                 similar to the
                                 <varname>ListenDatagram=</varname>
                                 directive above.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>ListenSpecial=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Specifies a special
+                                file in the file system to listen
+                                on. This expects an absolute file
+                                system path as argument. Behavior
+                                otherwise is very similar to the
+                                <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname>
+                                directive above. Use this to open
+                                character device nodes as well as
+                                special files in
+                                <filename>/proc</filename> and
+                                <filename>/sys</filename>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>ListenNetlink=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Specifies a Netlink
+                                family to create a socket for to
+                                listen on. This expects a short string
+                                referring to the <constant>AF_NETLINK</constant> family
+                                name (such as <varname>audit</varname>
+                                or <varname>kobject-uevent</varname>)
+                                as argument, optionally suffixed by a
+                                whitespace followed by a multicast
+                                group integer. Behavior otherwise is
+                                very similar to the
+                                <varname>ListenDatagram=</varname>
+                                directive above.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>ListenMessageQueue=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Specifies a POSIX
+                                message queue name to listen on. This
+                                expects a valid message queue name
+                                (i.e. beginning with /). Behavior
+                                otherwise is very similar to the
+                                <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname>
+                                directive above. On Linux message
+                                queue descriptors are actually file
+                                descriptors and can be inherited
+                                between processes.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>BindIPv6Only=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a one of
                                 <option>ipv6-only</option>, they will
                                 be accessible via IPv6 only. If
                                 <option>default</option> (which is the
-                                default, surprise!) the system wide
+                                default, surprise!), the system wide
                                 default setting is used, as controlled
                                 by
-                                <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only</filename>.</para>
+                                <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only</filename>,
+                                which in turn defaults to the
+                                equivalent of
+                                <option>both</option>.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <term><varname>BindToDevice=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Specifies a network
                                 interface name to bind this socket
-                                to. If set traffic will only be
+                                to. If set, traffic will only be
                                 accepted from the specified network
                                 interfaces. This controls the
                                 SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option (see
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>If listening on a file
-                                system socket of FIFO, the parent
-                                directories are automatically created
-                                if needed. This option specifies the
-                                file system access mode used when
-                                creating these directories. Takes an
-                                access mode in octal
-                                notation. Defaults to
-                                0755.</para></listitem>
+                                <term><varname>SocketUser=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>SocketGroup=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a UNIX
+                                user/group name. When specified,
+                                all AF_UNIX sockets and FIFO nodes in
+                                the file system are owned by the
+                                specified user and group. If unset
+                                (the default), the nodes are owned by
+                                the root user/group (if run in system
+                                context) or the invoking user/group
+                                (if run in user context). If only a
+                                user is specified but no group, then
+                                the group is derived from the user's
+                                default group.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>SocketMode=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>If listening on a file
-                                system socket of FIFO, this option
+                                system socket or FIFO, this option
                                 specifies the file system access mode
                                 used when creating the file
                                 node. Takes an access mode in octal
                                 0666.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>If listening on a file
+                                system socket or FIFO, the parent
+                                directories are automatically created
+                                if needed. This option specifies the
+                                file system access mode used when
+                                creating these directories. Takes an
+                                access mode in octal
+                                notation. Defaults to
+                                0755.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>Accept=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
                                 and only one service unit is spawned
                                 for all connections (also see
                                 above). This value is ignored for
-                                datagram sockets and FIFOs where
-                                single service unit unconditionally
+                                datagram sockets and FIFOs where a
+                                single service unit unconditionally
                                 handles all incoming traffic. Defaults
                                 to <option>false</option>. For
                                 performance reasons, it is recommended
                                 to write new daemons only in a way
                                 that is suitable for
-                                <option>Accept=false</option>. This
-                                option is mostly useful to allow
-                                daemons designed for usage with
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                <option>Accept=false</option>. A
+                                daemon listening on an <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket
+                                may, but does not need to, call
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                on the received socket before
+                                exiting. However, it must not unlink
+                                the socket from a file system. It
+                                should not invoke
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                on sockets it got with
+                                <varname>Accept=false</varname>, but
+                                it may do so for sockets it got with
+                                <varname>Accept=true</varname> set.
+                                Setting <varname>Accept=true</varname>
+                                is mostly useful to allow daemons
+                                designed for usage with
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 to work unmodified with systemd socket
                                 activation.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 are coming in, they will be refused
                                 until at least one existing connection
                                 is terminated. This setting has no
-                                effect for sockets configured with
-                                <option>Accept=no</option> or datagram
+                                effect on sockets configured with
+                                <option>Accept=false</option> or datagram
                                 sockets. Defaults to
                                 64.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ReceiveBuffer=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>SendBuffer=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes an integer
-                                argument controlling the receive
-                                resp. send buffer sizes of this
-                                socket. This controls the SO_RCVBUF
-                                resp. SO_SNDBUF socket options (see
+                                argument controlling the receive or
+                                send buffer sizes of this socket,
+                                respectively. This controls the
+                                SO_RCVBUF and SO_SNDBUF socket options
+                                (see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                for details.).</para></listitem>
+                                for details.). The usual suffixes K,
+                                M, G are supported and are understood
+                                to the base of 1024.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 for details.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>ReusePort=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                value. If true, allows multiple <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>s
+                                to this TCP or UDP port.  This
+                                controls the SO_REUSEPORT socket
+                                option.  See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>SmackLabel=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>SmackLabelIPIn=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>SmackLabelIPOut=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a string
+                                value. Controls the extended
+                                attributes
+                                <literal>security.SMACK64</literal>,
+                                <literal>security.SMACK64IPIN</literal>
+                                and
+                                <literal>security.SMACK64IPOUT</literal>,
+                                respectively, i.e. the security label
+                                of the FIFO, or the security label for
+                                the incoming or outgoing connections
+                                of the socket, respectively. See
+                                <ulink
+                                url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/security/Smack.txt">Smack.txt</ulink>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PipeSize=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Takes an integer
-                                value. Controls the pipe buffer size
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a size in
+                                bytes. Controls the pipe buffer size
                                 of FIFOs configured in this socket
-                                unit.  See
+                                unit. See
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fcntl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details. The usual suffixes K, M,
+                                G are supported and are understood to
+                                the base of 1024.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>MessageQueueMaxMessages=</varname>,
+                                <varname>MessageQueueMessageSize=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>These two settings
+                                take integer values and control the
+                                mq_maxmsg field or the mq_msgsize field, respectively, when
+                                creating the message queue. Note that
+                                either none or both of these variables
+                                need to be set. See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mq_setattr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 address. Defaults to <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>Transparent=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                value. Controls the IP_TRANSPARENT
+                                socket option. Defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                value. This controls the SO_BROADCAST
+                                socket option, which allows broadcast
+                                datagrams to be sent from this
+                                socket. Defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>PassCredentials=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                value. This controls the SO_PASSCRED
+                                socket option, which allows <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets to
+                                receive the credentials of the sending
+                                process in an ancillary message.
+                                Defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>PassSecurity=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                value. This controls the SO_PASSSEC
+                                socket option, which allows <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>
+                                sockets to receive the security
+                                context of the sending process in an
+                                ancillary message. Defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>TCPCongestion=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a string
                                 <term><varname>ExecStartPost=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes one or more
                                 command lines, which are executed
-                                before (resp. after) the listening
+                                before or after the listening
                                 sockets/FIFOs are created and
-                                bound. The first token of the command
-                                line must be an absolute file name,
+                                bound, respectively. The first token of the command
+                                line must be an absolute filename,
                                 then followed by arguments for the
                                 process. Multiple command lines may be
                                 specified following the same scheme as
                                 <term><varname>ExecStopPre=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStopPost=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Additional commands
-                                that are executed before (resp. after)
+                                that are executed before or after
                                 the listening sockets/FIFOs are closed
-                                and removed. Multiple command lines
+                                and removed, respectively. Multiple command lines
                                 may be specified following the same
                                 scheme as used for
                                 <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> of
                                 finish. If a command does not exit
                                 within the configured time, the socket
                                 will be considered failed and be shut
-                                down again. All commands still running,
+                                down again. All commands still running
                                 will be terminated forcibly via
-                                SIGTERM, and after another delay of
-                                this time with SIGKILL. (See
-                                <option>KillMode=</option> below.)
+                                <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, and after another delay of
+                                this time with <constant>SIGKILL</constant>. (See
+                                <option>KillMode=</option> in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)
                                 Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or
                                 a time span value such as "5min
-                                20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
-                                logic. Defaults to
-                                60s.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>KillMode=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies how
-                                processes of this socket unit shall be
-                                killed. One of
-                                <option>control-group</option>,
-                                <option>process</option>,
-                                <option>none</option>.</para>
-
-                                <para>This option is mostly equivalent
-                                to the <option>KillMode=</option>
-                                option of service files. See
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                                20s". Pass <literal>0</literal> to disable the timeout
+                                logic. Defaults to <varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the
+                                manager configuration file
+                                (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>KillSignal=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies which signal
-                                to use when killing a process of this
-                                socket. Defaults to SIGTERM.
-                                </para></listitem>
+                                <term><varname>Service=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Specifies the service
+                                unit name to activate on incoming
+                                traffic. This setting is only allowed
+                                for sockets with
+                                <varname>Accept=no</varname>. It
+                                defaults to the service that bears the
+                                same name as the socket (with the
+                                suffix replaced). In most cases, it
+                                should not be necessary to use this
+                                option.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>SendSIGKILL=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies whether to
-                                send SIGKILL to remaining processes
-                                after a timeout, if the normal
-                                shutdown procedure left processes of
-                                the socket around. Takes a boolean
-                                value. Defaults to "yes".
-                                </para></listitem>
+                                <term><varname>RemoveOnStop=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If enabled, any file nodes
+                                created by this socket unit are
+                                removed when it is stopped. This
+                                applies to AF_UNIX sockets in the file
+                                system, POSIX message queues, FIFOs,
+                                as well as any symlinks to
+                                them configured with
+                                <varname>Symlinks=</varname>. Normally,
+                                it should not be necessary to use this
+                                option, and is not recommended as
+                                services might continue to run after
+                                the socket unit has been terminated
+                                and it should still be possible to
+                                communicate with them via their file
+                                system node. Defaults to
+                                off.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>Service=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Specifies the service
-                                unit name to activate on incoming
-                                traffic. This defaults to the service
-                                that bears the same name as the socket
-                                (ignoring the different suffixes). In
-                                most cases it should not be necessary
-                                to use this option.</para></listitem>
+                                <term><varname>Symlinks=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a list of file
+                                system paths. The specified paths will
+                                be created as symlinks to the AF_UNIX
+                                socket path or FIFO path of this
+                                socket unit.  If this setting is used,
+                                only one AF_UNIX socket in the file
+                                system or one FIFO may be configured
+                                for the socket unit. Use this option
+                                to manage one or more symlinked alias
+                                names for a socket, binding their
+                                lifecycle together. Defaults to the
+                                empty list.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                 </variablelist>
+
+                <para>Check
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                and
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                for more settings.</para>
+
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                  </para>
+
+                  <para>
+                          For more extensive descriptions see the "systemd for Developers" series:
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html">Socket Activation</ulink>,
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation2.html">Socket Activation, part II</ulink>,
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/inetd.html">Converting inetd Services</ulink>,
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activated-containers.html">Socket Activated Internet Services and OS Containers</ulink>.
                   </para>
         </refsect1>