<filename>...</filename>
</literallayout></para>
- <para><literallayout><filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user/*</filename>
+ <para><literallayout><filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>/etc/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>/run/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$HOME/.local/share/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user/*</filename>
<filename>...</filename>
</literallayout></para>
<para>Unit files may contain additional options on top
of those listed here. If systemd encounters an unknown
option, it will write a warning log message but
- continue loading the unit. If an option is prefixed
- with <option>X-</option>, it is ignored completely by
- systemd. Applications may use this to include
- additional information in the unit files.</para>
+ continue loading the unit. If an option or section name
+ is prefixed with <option>X-</option>, it is ignored
+ completely by systemd. Options within an ignored
+ section do not need the prefix. Applications may use
+ this to include additional information in the unit
+ files.</para>
<para>Boolean arguments used in unit files can be
written in various formats. For positive settings the
has the appropriate section headers before any
directive.</para>
- <para>If a line starts with <option>.include</option>
- followed by a filename, the specified file will be
- parsed at this point. Make sure that the file that is
- included has the appropriate section headers before
- any directives.</para>
-
<para>Note that while systemd offers a flexible
dependency system between units it is recommended to
use this functionality only sparingly and instead rely
multiple units from a single configuration file. If
systemd looks for a unit configuration file, it will
first search for the literal unit name in the
- filesystem. If that yields no success and the unit
+ file system. If that yields no success and the unit
name contains an <literal>@</literal> character, systemd will look for a
unit template that shares the same name but with the
instance string (i.e. the part between the <literal>@</literal> character
(<option>--user</option>) and the variable
<varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> is set, this
contents of this variable overrides the unit load
- path.
- </para>
+ path. If <varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> ends
+ with an empty component (<literal>:</literal>), the
+ usual unit load path will be appended to the contents
+ of the variable.</para>
<table>
<title>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+ <entry>User configuration (only used when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set)</entry>
+ </row>
<row>
<entry><filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user</filename></entry>
- <entry>User configuration</entry>
+ <entry>User configuration (only used when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/etc/systemd/user</filename></entry>
<entry><filename>/run/systemd/user</filename></entry>
<entry>Runtime units</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Units of packages that have been installed in the home directory (only used when $XDG_DATA_HOME is set)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>$HOME/.local/share/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Units of packages that have been installed in the home directory (only used when $XDG_DATA_HOME is not set)</entry>
+ </row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user</filename></entry>
- <entry>Units of installed packages</entry>
+ <entry>Units of packages that have been installed system-wide</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
+ <title>[Unit] Section Options</title>
<para>Unit file may include a [Unit] section, which
carries generic information about the unit that is not
<literal>man:</literal>. For more
information about the syntax of these
URIs, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uri</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>uri</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
URIs should be listed in order of
relevance, starting with the most
relevant. It is a good idea to first
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>RequiresMountsFor=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated
- list of absolute paths. Automatically
- adds dependencies of type
- <varname>Requires=</varname> and
- <varname>After=</varname> for all
+ <listitem><para>Takes a
+ space-separated list of absolute
+ paths. Automatically adds dependencies
+ of type <varname>Requires=</varname>
+ and <varname>After=</varname> for all
mount units required to access the
- specified path.</para></listitem>
+ specified path.</para>
+
+ <para>Mount points marked with
+ <option>noauto</option> are not
+ mounted automatically and will be
+ ignored for the purposes of this
+ option. If such a mount should be a
+ requirement for this unit,
+ direct dependencies on the mount
+ units may be added
+ (<varname>Requires=</varname> and
+ <varname>After=</varname> or
+ some other combination).
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ConditionArchitecture=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionVirtualization=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionHost=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionCapability=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionNeedsUpdate=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionFirstBoot=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ConditionVirtualization=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ConditionCapability=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ConditionHost=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionNull=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Before starting a unit
queued start job is to be
executed.</para>
- <para>With
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- a file existence condition is
- checked before a unit is started. If
- the specified absolute path name does
- not exist, the condition will
- fail. If the absolute path name passed
- to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- is prefixed with an exclamation mark
- (<literal>!</literal>), the test is negated, and the unit
- is only started if the path does not
- exist.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>,
- but checks for the existence of at
- least one file or directory matching
- the specified globbing pattern.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether a certain path
- exists and is a
- directory.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether a certain path
- exists and is a symbolic
- link.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionPathIsMountPoint=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether a certain path
- exists and is a mount
- point.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionPathIsReadWrite=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether the underlying
- file system is readable and writable
- (i.e. not mounted
- read-only).</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether a certain path
- exists and is a non-empty
- directory.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether a certain path
- exists and refers to a regular file
- with a non-zero size.</para>
-
- <para><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname>
- is similar to
- <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
- but verifies whether a certain path
- exists, is a regular file and marked
- executable.</para>
-
- <para>Similarly,
- <varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname>
- may be used to check whether a
- specific kernel command line option is
- set (or if prefixed with the
- exclamation mark unset). The argument
- must either be a single word, or an
- assignment (i.e. two words, separated
- <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
- assignment. In the latter case the
- exact assignment is looked for with
- right and left hand side
- matching.</para>
+ <para><varname>ConditionArchitecture=</varname>
+ may be used to check whether the
+ system is running on a specific
+ architecture. Takes one of
+ <varname>x86</varname>,
+ <varname>x86-64</varname>,
+ <varname>ppc</varname>,
+ <varname>ppc-le</varname>,
+ <varname>ppc64</varname>,
+ <varname>ppc64-le</varname>,
+ <varname>ia64</varname>,
+ <varname>parisc</varname>,
+ <varname>parisc64</varname>,
+ <varname>s390</varname>,
+ <varname>s390x</varname>,
+ <varname>sparc</varname>,
+ <varname>sparc64</varname>,
+ <varname>mips</varname>,
+ <varname>mips-le</varname>,
+ <varname>mips64</varname>,
+ <varname>mips64-le</varname>,
+ <varname>alpha</varname>,
+ <varname>arm</varname>,
+ <varname>arm-be</varname>,
+ <varname>arm64</varname>,
+ <varname>arm64-be</varname>,
+ <varname>sh</varname>,
+ <varname>sh64</varname>,
+ <varname>m86k</varname>,
+ <varname>tilegx</varname>,
+ <varname>cris</varname> to test
+ against a specific architecture. The
+ architecture is determined from the
+ information returned by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and is thus subject to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>personality</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
+ that a <varname>Personality=</varname>
+ setting in the same unit file has no
+ effect on this condition. A special
+ architecture name
+ <varname>native</varname> is mapped to
+ the architecture the system manager
+ itself is compiled for. The test may
+ be negated by prepending an
+ exclamation mark.</para>
<para><varname>ConditionVirtualization=</varname>
may be used to check whether the
virtualization solution, or one of
<varname>qemu</varname>,
<varname>kvm</varname>,
+ <varname>zvm</varname>,
<varname>vmware</varname>,
<varname>microsoft</varname>,
<varname>oracle</varname>,
<varname>xen</varname>,
<varname>bochs</varname>,
- <varname>chroot</varname>,
<varname>uml</varname>,
<varname>openvz</varname>,
<varname>lxc</varname>,
test may be negated by prepending an
exclamation mark.</para>
+ <para><varname>ConditionHost=</varname>
+ may be used to match against the
+ 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 hostname as returned by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ or a machine ID formatted as string
+ (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+ The test may be negated by prepending
+ an exclamation mark.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname>
+ may be used to check whether a
+ specific kernel command line option is
+ set (or if prefixed with the
+ exclamation mark unset). The argument
+ must either be a single word, or an
+ assignment (i.e. two words, separated
+ <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
+ assignment. In the latter case, the
+ exact assignment is looked for with
+ right and left hand side
+ matching.</para>
+
<para><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname>
may be used to check whether the given
security module is enabled on the
(i.e. this does not check whether
capability is actually available in
the permitted or effective sets, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details). Pass a capability name
such as <literal>CAP_MKNOD</literal>,
possibly prefixed with an exclamation
mark to negate the check.</para>
- <para><varname>ConditionHost=</varname>
- may be used to match against the
- 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 hostname as returned by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- or a machine ID formatted as string
- (see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
- The test may be negated by prepending
- an exclamation mark.</para>
-
<para><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname>
may be used to check whether the
system has AC power, or is exclusively
all AC connectors are disconnected
from a power source.</para>
+ <para><varname>ConditionNeedsUpdate=</varname>
+ takes one of <filename>/var</filename>
+ or <filename>/etc</filename> as
+ argument, possibly prefixed with a
+ <literal>!</literal> (for inverting
+ the condition). This condition may be
+ used to conditionalize units on
+ whether the specified directory
+ requires an update because
+ <filename>/usr</filename>'s
+ modification time is newer than the
+ stamp file
+ <filename>.updated</filename> in the
+ specified directory. This is useful to
+ implement offline updates of the
+ vendor operating system resources in
+ <filename>/usr</filename> that require
+ updating of <filename>/etc</filename>
+ or <filename>/var</filename> on the
+ next following boot. Units making use
+ of this condition should order
+ themselves before
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-update-done.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ to make sure they run before the stamp
+ files's modification time gets reset
+ indicating a completed update.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionFirstBoot=</varname>
+ takes a boolean argument. This
+ condition may be used to
+ conditionalize units on whether the
+ system is booting up with an
+ unpopulated <filename>/etc</filename>
+ directory. This may be used to
+ populate <filename>/etc</filename> on
+ the first boot after factory reset, or
+ when a new system instances boots up
+ for the first time.</para>
+
+ <para>With
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ a file existence condition is
+ checked before a unit is started. If
+ the specified absolute path name does
+ not exist, the condition will
+ fail. If the absolute path name passed
+ to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ is prefixed with an exclamation mark
+ (<literal>!</literal>), the test is negated, and the unit
+ is only started if the path does not
+ exist.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>,
+ but checks for the existence of at
+ least one file or directory matching
+ the specified globbing pattern.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists and is a
+ directory.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists and is a symbolic
+ link.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionPathIsMountPoint=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists and is a mount
+ point.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionPathIsReadWrite=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether the underlying
+ file system is readable and writable
+ (i.e. not mounted
+ read-only).</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists and is a non-empty
+ directory.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists and refers to a regular file
+ with a non-zero size.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname>
+ is similar to
+ <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists, is a regular file and marked
+ executable.</para>
+
<para>Finally,
<varname>ConditionNull=</varname> may
be used to add a constant condition
useful for implementation of generator
tools that convert configuration from
an external configuration file format
- into native unit files. Thus
+ into native unit files. This
functionality should not be used in
normal units.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Install] Section Options</title>
+
<para>Unit file may include a [Install] section, which
carries installation information for the unit. This
section is not interpreted by
of unit names may be
given.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DefaultInstance=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>In template unit files,
+ this specifies for which instance the
+ unit shall be enabled if the template
+ is enabled without any explicitly set
+ instance. This option has no effect in
+ non-template unit files. The specified
+ string must be usable as instance
+ identifier.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>The following specifiers are interpreted in the
<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-verify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
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