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man: reference $TMPDIR, not $TMP in file-hierarchy(7)
[elogind.git] / man / systemd.socket.xml
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                         </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>
+                                <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>
                                 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
                                 <term><varname>ReceiveBuffer=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>SendBuffer=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes an integer
-                                argument controlling the receive
-                                or send buffer sizes of this
-                                socket, respectively. This controls the SO_RCVBUF
-                                and 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>
 
                         <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
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fcntl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</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>
                                 option.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <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>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