<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>
<para>systemd provides a dependency system between
various entities called "units". Units encapsulate
various objects that are relevant for system boot-up
- and maintainance. The majority of units are configured
+ and maintenance. The majority of units are configured
in unit configuration files, whose syntax and basic
set of options is described in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Swap units are very similar to
- mount units and encapsulated memory swap
+ mount units and encapsulate memory swap
partitions or files of the operating
- systemd. They are described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ system. They are described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Path units may be used
to activate other services when file system
<para>Units are named as their configuration
files. Some units have special semantics. A detailed
- list you may find in
+ list is available in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>systemd knows various kinds of dependencies,
this.</para>
<para>Application programs and units (via
- dependencies) may requests state changes of units. In
+ dependencies) may request state changes of units. In
systemd, these requests are encapsulated as 'jobs' and
maintained in a job queue. Jobs may succeed or can
fail, their execution is ordered based on the ordering
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>
--variable=systemdsystemconfdir</command>
returns the path of the system
configuration directory. Packages
- should alter the content of these directories
- only with the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ should alter the content of these
+ directories only with the
+ <command>enable</command> and
+ <command>disable</command> commands of
+ the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
tool.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
unit files in the directory returned
by <command>pkg-config systemd
--variable=systemdsessionunitdir</command>. Global
- configuration is done in the
- directory reported by
- <command>pkg-config systemd
+ configuration is done in the directory
+ reported by <command>pkg-config
+ systemd
--variable=systemdsessionconfdir</command>. The
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <command>enable</command> and
+ <command>disable</command> commands of
+ the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
tool can handle both global (i.e. for
all users) and private (for one user)
enabling/disabling of
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>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
argument. If <option>true</option>
systemd spawns a shell when it
- crashes. Otherwise no core dump is
- created. Defaults to
+ crashes. Otherwise no shell is
+ spawned. Defaults to
<option>false</option>, for security
reasons, as the shell is not protected
by any password
<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>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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