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                                 <listitem><para>Tell systemd to run a
                                 system instance (resp. session
                                 instance), even if the process ID is
-                                not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is not
-                                (resp. is) run as init process.
+                                not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is
+                                not (resp. is) run as init process.
                                 Normally it should not be necessary to
                                 pass these options, as systemd
                                 automatically detects the mode it is
                                 started in. These options are hence of
-                                little use except for
-                                debugging.</para></listitem>
+                                little use except for debugging. Note
+                                that it is not supported booting and
+                                maintaining a full system with systemd
+                                running in <option>--system</option>
+                                mode, but PID not 1. In practice,
+                                passing <option>--system</option> explicitly is
+                                only useful in conjunction with
+                                <option>--test</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--dump-core</option></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Ask for confirmation when spawning processes. This switch has no effect when run as session instance.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>--show-status</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--show-status=</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Show terse service status information while booting. This switch has no effect when run as session instance.</para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Show terse service
+                                status information while booting. This
+                                switch has no effect when run as
+                                session instance. Takes a boolean
+                                argument which may be omitted
+                                which is interpreted as
+                                <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--sysv-console=</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Controls whether
+                                output of SysV init scripts will be
+                                directed to the console. This switch
+                                has no effect when run as session
+                                instance. Takes a boolean argument
+                                which may be omitted which is
+                                interpreted as
+                                <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--log-target=</option></term>
                 as well as in the process of being activated or
                 deactivated, i.e. between the two states (these states
                 are called 'activating', 'deactivating'). A special
-                'maintenance' state is available as well which is very
+                'failed' state is available as well which is very
                 similar to 'inactive' and is entered when the service
                 failed in some way (process returned error code on
                 exit, or crashed, or an operation timed out). If this
                 track of processes. Control group information is
                 maintained in the kernel, and is accessible via the
                 file system hierarchy (beneath
-                <filename>/cgroup/systemd/</filename>), or in tools
+                <filename>/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/</filename>), or in tools
                 such as
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 (<command>ps xawf -eo pid,user,cgroup,args</command>
                 ideas behind systemd please refer to the <ulink
                 url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html">Original
                 Design Document</ulink>.</para>
+
+                <para>Note that some but not all interfaces provided
+                by systemd are covered by the <ulink
+                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/InterfaceStabilityPromise">Interface
+                Stability Promise</ulink>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                                 units.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>systemd.log_target=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>systemd.log_level=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>systemd.log_color=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>systemd.log_location=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Controls log output,
-                                with the same effect as the
-                                <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET</varname>, <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL</varname>, <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR</varname>, <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION</varname>
-                                environment variables described above.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term>
 
                                 <literal>-1</literal>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If <option>true</option>
+                                asks for confirmation when spawning
+                                processes. Defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
 
                                 <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>systemd.sysv_console=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If <option>true</option>
+                                output of SysV init scripts will be
+                                directed to the console. Defaults to
+                                <option>true</option>, unless
+                                <option>quiet</option> is passed as
+                                kernel command line option in which
+                                case it defaults to
+                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>systemd.log_target=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>systemd.log_level=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>systemd.log_color=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>systemd.log_location=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Controls log output,
+                                with the same effect as the
+                                <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET</varname>, <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL</varname>, <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR</varname>, <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION</varname>
+                                environment variables described above.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
                                 abstract namespace.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><filename>@/org/freedesktop/systemd1/shutdown</filename></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Used internally by the
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                tool to implement delayed
+                                shutdowns. This is an AF_UNIX datagram
+                                socket in the Linux abstract
+                                namespace.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><filename>@/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private</filename></term>