<filename><replaceable>target</replaceable>.target</filename>,
<filename><replaceable>path</replaceable>.path</filename>,
<filename><replaceable>timer</replaceable>.timer</filename>,
- <filename><replaceable>snapshot</replaceable>.snapshot</filename></para>
+ <filename><replaceable>snapshot</replaceable>.snapshot</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>slice</replaceable>.slice</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>scope</replaceable>.scope</filename></para>
<para><literallayout><filename>/etc/systemd/system/*</filename>
<filename>/run/systemd/system/*</filename>
<filename>...</filename>
</literallayout></para>
- <para><literallayout><filename>/etc/systemd/user/*</filename>
+ <para><literallayout><filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>/etc/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>/run/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>...</filename>
<para>A unit configuration file encodes information
about a service, a socket, a device, a mount point, an
automount point, a swap file or partition, a start-up
- target, a file system path, or a timer controlled and
- supervised by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
- syntax is inspired by <ulink
+ target, a watched file system path, a timer controlled
+ and supervised by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ a temporary system state snapshot, a resource
+ management slice or a group of externally created
+ processes. The syntax is inspired by <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/">XDG
- Desktop Entry Specification</ulink> <filename>.desktop</filename> files, which are in turn
+ Desktop Entry Specification</ulink>
+ <filename>.desktop</filename> files, which are in turn
inspired by Microsoft Windows
<filename>.ini</filename> files.</para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.path</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.snapshot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
+ <para>Various settings are allowed to be specified
+ more than once, in which case the interpretation
+ depends on the setting. Often, multiple settings form
+ a list, and setting to an empty value "resets", which
+ means that previous assignments are ignored. When this
+ is allowed, it is mentioned in the description of the
+ setting. Note that using multiple assignments to the
+ same value makes the unit file incompatible with
+ parsers for the XDG <filename>.desktop</filename> file
+ format.</para>
+
<para>Unit files are loaded from a set of paths
determined during compilation, described in the next section.
</para>
<para>Unit files may contain additional options on top
of those listed here. If systemd encounters an unknown
- option it will write a warning log message but
+ option, it will write a warning log message but
continue loading the unit. If an option is prefixed
- with <option>X-</option> it is ignored completely by
+ with <option>X-</option>, it is ignored completely by
systemd. Applications may use this to include
additional information in the unit files.</para>
written in various formats. For positive settings the
strings <option>1</option>, <option>yes</option>,
<option>true</option> and <option>on</option> are
- equivalent. For negative settings the strings
+ equivalent. For negative settings, the strings
<option>0</option>, <option>no</option>,
<option>false</option> and <option>off</option> are
equivalent.</para>
space character. This may be used to wrap long lines.</para>
<para>Along with a unit file
- <filename>foo.service</filename> the directory
+ <filename>foo.service</filename>, the directory
<filename>foo.service.wants/</filename> may exist. All
unit files symlinked from such a directory are
implicitly added as dependencies of type
<varname>Wanted=</varname> to the unit. This is useful
to hook units into the start-up of other units,
without having to modify their unit files. For details
- about the semantics of <varname>Wanted=</varname> see
+ about the semantics of <varname>Wanted=</varname>, see
below. The preferred way to create symlinks in the
<filename>.wants/</filename> directory of a unit file
is with the <command>enable</command> command of the
<filename>.requires/</filename> in this case.</para>
<para>Along with a unit file
- <filename>foo.service</filename> a directory
+ <filename>foo.service</filename>, a directory
<filename>foo.service.d/</filename> may exist. All
- files with the suffix <filename>.conf</filename> from
+ files with the suffix <literal>.conf</literal> from
this directory will be parsed after the file itself is
parsed. This is useful to alter or add configuration
settings to a unit, without having to modify their
directive.</para>
<para>If a line starts with <option>.include</option>
- followed by a file name, the specified file will be
+ followed by a filename, the specified file will be
parsed at this point. Make sure that the file that is
included has the appropriate section headers before
any directives.</para>
in a both simpler and more flexible system.</para>
<para>Some unit names reflect paths existing in the
- file system name space. Example: a device unit
+ file system namespace. Example: a device unit
<filename>dev-sda.device</filename> refers to a device
with the device node <filename noindex='true'>/dev/sda</filename> in
- the file system namespace. If this applies a special
+ the file system namespace. If this applies, a special
way to escape the path name is used, so that the
- result is usable as part of a file name. Basically,
+ result is usable as part of a filename. Basically,
given a path, "/" is replaced by "-", and all
unprintable characters and the "-" are replaced by
C-style "\x20" escapes. The root directory "/" is
<para>Optionally, units may be instantiated from a
template file at runtime. This allows creation of
multiple units from a single configuration file. If
- systemd looks for a unit configuration file it will
+ systemd looks for a unit configuration file, it will
first search for the literal unit name in the
- filesystem. If that yields no success and the unit
- name contains an @ character, systemd will look for a
+ file system. If that yields no success and the unit
+ name contains an <literal>@</literal> character, systemd will look for a
unit template that shares the same name but with the
- instance string (i.e. the part between the @ character
+ instance string (i.e. the part between the <literal>@</literal> character
and the suffix) removed. Example: if a service
<filename>getty@tty3.service</filename> is requested
and no file by that name is found, systemd will look
configuration options. See below for details.</para>
<para>If a unit file is empty (i.e. has the file size
- 0) or is symlinked to <filename>/dev/null</filename>
+ 0) or is symlinked to <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
its configuration will not be loaded and it appears
with a load state of <literal>masked</literal>, and
cannot be activated. Use this as an effective way to
<para>Unit files are loaded from a set of paths
determined during compilation, described in the two
- tables below. Unit files found in directories higher
- in the hierarchy override files with the same name
- lower in the hierarchy, thus allowing overrides.
- </para>
+ tables below. Unit files found in directories listed
+ earlier override files with the same name in
+ directories lower in the list.</para>
<para>When systemd is running in user mode
(<option>--user</option>) and the variable
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/run/systemd/generator.early</filename></entry>
- <entry>Generated units (early)</entry>
- </row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/etc/systemd/system</filename></entry>
<entry>Local configuration</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><filename>/run/systemd/systemd</filename></entry>
- <entry>Volatile units</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/run/systemd/generator</filename></entry>
- <entry>Generated units (middle)</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/usr/local/lib/systemd/system</filename></entry>
- <entry>Units for local packages</entry>
+ <entry><filename>/run/systemd/system</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Runtime units</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system</filename></entry>
- <entry>Units for installed packages</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/run/systemd/generator.late</filename></entry>
- <entry>Generated units (late)</entry>
+ <entry>Units of installed packages</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
<table>
<title>
- Load path when running in session mode (<option>--user</option>).
+ Load path when running in user mode (<option>--user</option>).
</title>
<tgroup cols='2'>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
- <entry><filename>/tmp/systemd-generator.early.<replaceable>XXXXXX</replaceable></filename></entry>
- <entry>Generated units (early)</entry>
+ <entry><filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+ <entry>User configuration</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/etc/systemd/user</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/run/systemd/user</filename></entry>
- <entry>Volatile units</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/tmp/systemd-generator.<replaceable>XXXXXX</replaceable></filename></entry>
- <entry>Generated units (middle)</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/usr/local/lib/systemd/user</filename></entry>
- <entry>Units for local packages</entry>
+ <entry>Runtime units</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user</filename></entry>
- <entry>Units for installed packages</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><filename>/tmp/systemd-generator.late.<replaceable>XXXXXX</replaceable></filename></entry>
- <entry>Generated units (late)</entry>
+ <entry>Units of installed packages</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
<para>Additional units might be loaded into systemd
("linked") from directories not on the unit load
path. See the <command>link</command> command for
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Also,
+ some units are dynamically created via generators
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators/">Generators</ulink>.
</para>
</refsect1>
describing the unit. This is intended
for use in UIs to show descriptive
information along with the unit
- name.</para></listitem>
+ name. The description should contain a name
+ that means something to the end user.
+ <literal>Apache2 Web Server</literal> is a good
+ example. Bad examples are
+ <literal>high-performance light-weight HTTP
+ server</literal> (too generic) or
+ <literal>Apache2</literal> (too specific and
+ meaningless for people who do not know
+ Apache).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Documentation=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>A space separated list
+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
of URIs referencing documentation for
this unit or its
configuration. Accepted are only URIs
<literal>info:</literal>,
<literal>man:</literal>. For more
information about the syntax of these
- URIs see
+ URIs, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>uri</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
URIs should be listed in order of
relevance, starting with the most
what the unit's purpose is, followed
by how it is configured, followed by
any other related documentation. This
- option may be specified more than once
+ option may be specified more than once,
in which case the specified list of
URIs is merged. If the empty string is
- assigned to this option the list is
+ assigned to this option, the list is
reset and all prior assignments will
have no effect.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
of the other units gets deactivated or
its activation fails, this unit will
be deactivated. This option may be
- specified more than once, in which
- case requirement dependencies for all
- listed names are created. Note that
- requirement dependencies do not
+ specified more than once or multiple
+ space-separated units may be specified
+ in one option in which case
+ requirement dependencies for all
+ listed names will be created. Note
+ that requirement dependencies do not
influence the order in which services
are started or stopped. This has to be
configured independently with the
the start-up was pulled in indirectly
by some dependency or automatic
start-up of units that is not
- requested by the user this dependency
+ requested by the user, this dependency
must be fulfilled and otherwise the
transaction fails. Hence, this option
may be used to configure dependencies
<term><varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Similar to
- <varname>Requires=</varname>
- and <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>, respectively. However,
- if a unit listed here is not started
- already it will not be started and the
- transaction fails
- immediately.</para></listitem>
+ <varname>Requires=</varname> and
+ <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>,
+ respectively. However, if the units
+ listed here are not started already,
+ they will not be started and the
+ transaction will fail immediately.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Wants=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A weaker version of
- <varname>Requires=</varname>. A unit
+ <varname>Requires=</varname>. Units
listed in this option will be started
if the configuring unit is. However,
- if the listed unit fails to start up
- or cannot be added to the transaction
+ if the listed units fail to start
+ or cannot be added to the transaction,
this has no impact on the validity of
the transaction as a whole. This is
the recommended way to hook start-up
<para>Note that dependencies of this
type may also be configured outside of
- the unit configuration file by
- adding a symlink to a
+ the unit configuration file by adding
+ symlinks to a
<filename>.wants/</filename> directory
accompanying the unit file. For
- details see above.</para></listitem>
+ details, see above.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Configures requirement
dependencies, very similar in style to
<varname>Requires=</varname>, however
- in addition to this behavior it also
+ in addition to this behavior, it also
declares that this unit is stopped
when any of the units listed suddenly
disappears. Units can suddenly,
of units. When systemd stops or restarts
the units listed here, the action is
propagated to this unit.
- Note that this is a one way dependency -
+ Note that this is a one-way dependency —
changes to this unit do not affect the
listed units.
</para></listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Conflicts=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures negative
+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
+ of unit names. Configures negative
requirement dependencies. If a unit
- has a
- <varname>Conflicts=</varname> setting
- on another unit, starting the former
- will stop the latter and vice
+ has a <varname>Conflicts=</varname>
+ setting on another unit, starting the
+ former will stop the latter and vice
versa. Note that this setting is
independent of and orthogonal to the
<varname>After=</varname> and
be modified to be fixed (in case one
or both jobs are not a required part
of the transaction). In the latter
- case the job that is not the required
+ case, the job that is not the required
will be removed, or in case both are
- not required the unit that conflicts
+ not required, the unit that conflicts
will be started and the unit that is
conflicted is
stopped.</para></listitem>
<term><varname>Before=</varname></term>
<term><varname>After=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures ordering
+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
+ of unit names. Configures ordering
dependencies between units. If a unit
<filename>foo.service</filename>
contains a setting
a common pattern to include a unit
name in both the
<varname>After=</varname> and
- <varname>Requires=</varname> option in
+ <varname>Requires=</varname> option, in
which case the unit listed will be
started before the unit that is
configured with these options. This
dependency on another unit is shut
down while the latter is started up,
the shut down is ordered before the
- start-up regardless whether the
+ start-up regardless of whether the
ordering dependency is actually of
type <varname>After=</varname> or
<varname>Before=</varname>. If two
units have no ordering dependencies
- between them they are shut down
- or started up simultaneously, and
- no ordering takes
+ between them, they are shut down or
+ started up simultaneously, and no
+ ordering takes
place. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>OnFailure=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Lists one or more
- units that are activated when this
- unit enters the
- '<literal>failed</literal>'
+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
+ of one or more units that are
+ activated when this unit enters the
+ <literal>failed</literal>
state.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><varname>PropagatesReloadTo=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ReloadPropagatedFrom=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Lists one or more
- units where reload requests on the
- unit will be propagated to/on the
- other unit will be propagated
- from. Issuing a reload request on a
- unit will automatically also enqueue a
- reload request on all units that the
- reload request shall be propagated to
- via these two
- settings.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
+ of one or more units where reload
+ requests on this unit will be
+ propagated to, or reload requests on
+ the other unit will be propagated to
+ this unit, respectively. Issuing a
+ reload request on a unit will
+ automatically also enqueue a reload
+ request on all units that the reload
+ request shall be propagated to via
+ these two settings.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>For units that start
+ processes (such as service units),
+ lists one or more other units whose
+ network and/or temporary file
+ namespace to join. This only applies
+ to unit types which support the
+ <varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname> and
+ <varname>PrivateTmp=</varname>
+ directives (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). If a unit that has this
+ setting set is started, its processes
+ will see the same
+ <filename>/tmp</filename>,
+ <filename>/tmp/var</filename> and
+ network namespace as one listed unit
+ that is started. If multiple listed
+ units are already started, it is not
+ defined which namespace is
+ joined. Note that this setting only
+ has an effect if
+ <varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname>
+ and/or <varname>PrivateTmp=</varname>
+ is enabled for both the unit that
+ joins the namespace and the unit whose
+ namespace is joined.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a space
- separated list of absolute paths. Automatically
+ <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated
+ list of absolute paths. Automatically
adds dependencies of type
<varname>Requires=</varname> and
<varname>After=</varname> for all
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>OnFailureIsolate=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option> the
- unit listed in
+ <term><varname>OnFailureJobMode=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a value of
+ <literal>fail</literal>,
+ <literal>replace</literal>,
+ <literal>replace-irreversibly</literal>,
+ <literal>isolate</literal>,
+ <literal>flush</literal>,
+ <literal>ignore-dependencies</literal>
+ or
+ <literal>ignore-requirements</literal>. Defaults
+ to
+ <literal>replace</literal>. Specifies
+ how the units listed in
<varname>OnFailure=</varname> will be
- enqueued in isolation mode, i.e. all
- units that are not its dependency will
- be stopped. If this is set only a
+ enqueued. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
+ <option>--job-mode=</option> option
+ for details on the possible values. If
+ this is set to
+ <literal>isolate</literal>, only a
single unit may be listed in
- <varname>OnFailure=</varname>. Defaults
- to
- <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <varname>OnFailure=</varname>..</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>IgnoreOnIsolate=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>
+ argument. If <option>true</option>,
this unit will not be stopped when
isolating another unit. Defaults to
<option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
<term><varname>IgnoreOnSnapshot=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>
+ argument. If <option>true</option>,
this unit will not be included in
snapshots. Defaults to
<option>true</option> for device and
<term><varname>StopWhenUnneeded=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>
+ argument. If <option>true</option>,
this unit will be stopped when it is
no longer used. Note that in order to
minimize the work to be executed,
<term><varname>RefuseManualStop=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>
+ argument. If <option>true</option>,
this unit can only be activated
or deactivated indirectly. In
- this case explicit start-up
+ this case, explicit start-up
or termination requested by the
user is denied, however if it is
started or stopped as a
<term><varname>AllowIsolate=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>
+ argument. If <option>true</option>,
this unit may be used with the
<command>systemctl isolate</command>
- command. Otherwise this will be
+ command. Otherwise, this will be
refused. It probably is a good idea to
leave this disabled except for target
units that shall be used similar to
<term><varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>
+ argument. If <option>true</option>,
(the default), a few default
dependencies will implicitly be
created for the unit. The actual
highly recommended to leave this
option enabled for the majority of
common units. If set to
- <option>false</option> this option
+ <option>false</option>, this option
does not disable all implicit
dependencies, just non-essential
ones.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>When clients are
waiting for a job of this unit to
complete, time out after the specified
- time. If this time limit is reached
+ time. If this time limit is reached,
the job will be cancelled, the unit
however will not change state or even
- enter the '<literal>failed</literal>'
+ enter the <literal>failed</literal>
mode. This value defaults to 0 (job
timeouts disabled), except for device
units. NB: this timeout is independent
<listitem><para>Before starting a unit
verify that the specified condition is
- true. If it is not true the starting
+ true. If it is not true, the starting
of the unit will be skipped, however
all ordering dependencies of it are
still respected. A failing condition
a file existence condition is
checked before a unit is started. If
the specified absolute path name does
- not exist the condition will
+ not exist, the condition will
fail. If the absolute path name passed
to
<varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
is prefixed with an exclamation mark
- ('!'), the test is negated, and the unit
+ (<literal>!</literal>), the test is negated, and the unit
is only started if the path does not
exist.</para>
exists, is a regular file and marked
executable.</para>
- <para>Similar,
+ <para>Similarly,
<varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname>
may be used to check whether a
specific kernel command line option is
exclamation mark unset). The argument
must either be a single word, or an
assignment (i.e. two words, separated
- '='). In the former
+ <literal>=</literal>). In the former
case the kernel command line is
searched for the word appearing as is,
or as left hand side of an
<varname>xen</varname>,
<varname>bochs</varname>,
<varname>chroot</varname>,
+ <varname>uml</varname>,
<varname>openvz</varname>,
<varname>lxc</varname>,
<varname>lxc-libvirt</varname>,
<varname>systemd-nspawn</varname> to
test against a specific
implementation. If multiple
- virtualization technologies are nested
+ virtualization technologies are nested,
only the innermost is considered. The
test may be negated by prepending an
exclamation mark.</para>
<para><varname>ConditionHost=</varname>
may be used to match against the
- host name or machine ID of the
- host. This either takes a host name
+ hostname or machine ID of the
+ host. This either takes a hostname
string (optionally with shell style
globs) which is tested against the
- locally set host name as returned by
+ locally set hostname as returned by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
or a machine ID formatted as string
(see
battery powered at the time of
activation of the unit. This takes a
boolean argument. If set to
- <varname>true</varname> the condition
+ <varname>true</varname>, the condition
will hold only if at least one AC
connector of the system is connected
to a power source, or if no AC
connectors are known. Conversely, if
- set to <varname>false</varname> the
+ set to <varname>false</varname>, the
condition will hold only if there is
at least one AC connector known and
all AC connectors are disconnected
be used to add a constant condition
check value to the unit. It takes a
boolean argument. If set to
- <varname>false</varname> the condition
+ <varname>false</varname>, the condition
will always fail, otherwise
succeed.</para>
<para>If multiple conditions are
- specified the unit will be executed if
+ specified, the unit will be executed if
all of them apply (i.e. a logical AND
is applied). Condition checks can be
prefixed with a pipe symbol (|) in
which case a condition becomes a
triggering condition. If at least one
triggering condition is defined for a
- unit then the unit will be executed if
+ unit, then the unit will be executed if
at least one of the triggering
conditions apply and all of the
non-triggering conditions. If you
prefix an argument with the pipe
- symbol and an exclamation mark the
+ symbol and an exclamation mark, the
pipe symbol must be passed first, the
exclamation second. Except for
<varname>ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=</varname>,
all path checks follow symlinks. If
any of these options is assigned the
- empty string the list of conditions is
+ empty string, the list of conditions is
reset completely, all previous
condition settings (of any kind) will
have no effect.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Alias=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Additional names this
- unit shall be installed under. The
- names listed here must have the same
- suffix (i.e. type) as the unit file
- name. This option may be specified
- more than once, in which case all
- listed names are used. At installation
- time,
- <command>systemctl enable</command>
- will create symlinks from these names
- to the unit file name.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>A space-seperated list
+ of additional names this unit shall be
+ installed under. The names listed here
+ must have the same suffix (i.e. type)
+ as the unit file name. This option may
+ be specified more than once, in which
+ case all listed names are used. At
+ installation time, <command>systemctl
+ enable</command> will create symlinks
+ from these names to the unit
+ filename.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>WantedBy=</varname></term>
<term><varname>RequiredBy=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Installs a symlink in
- the <filename>.wants/</filename>
- or <filename>.requires/</filename>
- subdirectory for a unit, respectively. This has the
- effect that when the listed unit name
- is activated the unit listing it is
- activated
- too. <command>WantedBy=foo.service</command>
+ <listitem><para>This option may be
+ used more than once, or a
+ space-separated list of unit names may
+ be given. A symbolic link is created
+ in the <filename>.wants/</filename> or
+ <filename>.requires/</filename>
+ directory of each of the listed units
+ when this unit is installed by
+ <command>systemctl enable</command>.
+ This has the effect that a dependency
+ of type <varname>Wants=</varname> or
+ <varname>Requires=</varname> is added
+ from the listed unit to the current
+ unit. The primary result is that the
+ current unit will be started when the
+ listed unit is started. See the
+ description of
+ <varname>Wants=</varname> and
+ <varname>Requires=</varname> in the
+ [Unit] section for details.</para>
+
+ <para><command>WantedBy=foo.service</command>
in a service
<filename>bar.service</filename> is
mostly equivalent to
<command>Alias=foo.service.wants/bar.service</command>
- in the same file.</para></listitem>
+ in the same file. In case of template
+ units, <command>systemctl enable</command>
+ must be called with an instance name, and
+ this instance will be added to the
+ <filename>.wants/</filename> or
+ <filename>.requires/</filename> list
+ of the listed unit.
+ E.g. <command>WantedBy=getty.target</command>
+ in a service
+ <filename>getty@.service</filename>
+ will result in <command>systemctl
+ enable getty@tty2.service</command>
+ creating a
+ <filename>getty.target.wants/getty@tty2.service</filename>
+ link to <filename>getty@.service</filename>.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
and <command>systemctl
disable</command> will automatically
install/uninstall units listed in this option as
- well.</para></listitem>
+ well.</para>
+
+ <para>This option may be used more
+ than once, or a space-separated list
+ of unit names may be
+ given.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>The following specifiers are interpreted in the
- Install section: %n, %N, %p, %i, %U, %u, %m, %H, %b.
+ Install section: %n, %N, %p, %i, %U, %u, %m, %H, %b, %v.
For their meaning see the next section.
</para>
</refsect1>
<row>
<entry><literal>%N</literal></entry>
<entry>Unescaped full unit name</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Same as <literal>%n</literal>, but with escaping undone</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%p</literal></entry>
<entry>Prefix name</entry>
- <entry>For instantiated units this refers to the string before the @. For non-instantiated units this refers to to the name of the unit with the type suffix removed.</entry>
+ <entry>For instantiated units, this refers to the string before the <literal>@</literal> character of the unit name. For non-instantiated units, this refers to the name of the unit with the type suffix removed.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%P</literal></entry>
<entry>Unescaped prefix name</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Same as <literal>%p</literal>, but with escaping undone</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%i</literal></entry>
<entry>Instance name</entry>
- <entry>For instantiated units: this is the string between the @ character and the suffix.</entry>
+ <entry>For instantiated units: this is the string between the <literal>@</literal> character and the suffix of the unit name.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%I</literal></entry>
<entry>Unescaped instance name</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>Same as <literal>%i</literal>, but with escaping undone</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%f</literal></entry>
- <entry>Unescaped file name</entry>
- <entry>This is either the unescaped instance name (if applicable) with <filename>/</filename> prepended (if applicable), or the prefix name similarly prepended with <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
+ <entry>Unescaped filename</entry>
+ <entry>This is either the unescaped instance name (if applicable) with <filename>/</filename> prepended (if applicable), or the prefix name prepended with <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%c</literal></entry>
<entry>Control group path of the unit</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>This path does not include the <filename>/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/</filename> prefix.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%r</literal></entry>
- <entry>Root control group path where units are placed.</entry>
- <entry>For system instances this usually resolves to <filename>/system</filename>, except in containers, where the path might be prefixed with the container's root control group.</entry>
+ <entry>Control group path of the slice the unit is placed in</entry>
+ <entry>This usually maps to the parent cgroup path of <literal>%c</literal>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%R</literal></entry>
- <entry>Parent directory of the control group path where units are placed.</entry>
- <entry>For system instances this usually resolves to <filename>/</filename>, except in containers, where this resolves to the container's root directory. This specifier is particularly useful in the <varname>ControlGroup=</varname> setting (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</entry>
+ <entry>Root control group path below which slices and units are placed</entry>
+ <entry>For system instances, this resolves to <filename>/</filename>, except in containers, where this maps to the container's root control group path.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%t</literal></entry>
- <entry>Runtime socket dir</entry>
- <entry>This is either <filename>/run</filename> (for the system manager) or <literal>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</literal> (for user managers).</entry>
+ <entry>Runtime directory</entry>
+ <entry>This is either <filename>/run</filename> (for the system manager) or the path <literal>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</literal> resolves to (for user managers).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%u</literal></entry>
<row>
<entry><literal>%U</literal></entry>
<entry>User UID</entry>
- <entry>This is the UID of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+ <entry>This is the numeric UID of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd user instance. Note that this specifier is not available for units run by the systemd system instance (as opposed to those run by a systemd user instance), unless the user has been configured as a numeric UID in the first place or the configured user is the root user.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%h</literal></entry>
<entry>User home directory</entry>
- <entry>This is the home directory of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+ <entry>This is the home directory of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd user instance. Similar to <literal>%U</literal>, this specifier is not available for units run by the systemd system instance, unless the configured user is the root user.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%s</literal></entry>
<entry>User shell</entry>
- <entry>This is the shell of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance. If the user is <literal>root</literal> (UID equal to 0), the shell configured in account database is ignored and <filename>/bin/sh</filename> is always used.</entry>
+ <entry>This is the shell of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd user instance. Similar to <literal>%U</literal>, this specifier is not available for units run by the systemd system instance, unless the configured user is the root user.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%m</literal></entry>
<row>
<entry><literal>%H</literal></entry>
<entry>Host name</entry>
- <entry>The host name of the running system.</entry>
+ <entry>The hostname of the running system at the point in time the unit configuation is loaded.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>%v</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Kernel release</entry>
+ <entry>Identical to <command>uname -r</command> output</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>%%</literal></entry>
- <entry>Escaped %</entry>
- <entry>Single percent sign.</entry>
+ <entry>Single percent sign</entry>
+ <entry>Use <literal>%%</literal> in place of <literal>%</literal> to specify a single percent sign.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.path</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.snapshot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
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