networkd: support vxlan parameters

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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index e211d6ded5c3b6691da56f54f96b2cc4e287da12..1b14d69a91dfceee88c0fdd74b50686f653f3cfa 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
   Copyright 2010 Brandon Philips
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   Copyright 2010 Brandon Philips
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or

   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU

-  General Public License for more details.
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.

 
 

-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License

   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 <refentry id="tmpfiles.d">
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 <refentry id="tmpfiles.d">


@@ -42,57 +42,217 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>tmpfiles.d</refname>
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>tmpfiles.d</refname>

-                <refpurpose>Configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of temporary and volatile files</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Configuration for creation, deletion and
+                cleaning of volatile and temporary files</refpurpose>

         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
                 <para><filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename></para>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
                 <para><filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename></para>

+                <para><filename>/run/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+                <para><filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename></para>

         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 

-               <para><command>systemd</command> uses
-               <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> to describe the
-               creation, cleaning and removal of volatile files and
-               directories which usually reside in directories such
-               as <filename>/var/run</filename> or
-               <filename>/tmp</filename>.  Each configuration file is
-               named in the style of
-               <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>
+                <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> uses the
+                configuration files from the above directories to describe the
+                creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
+                temporary files and directories which usually reside
+                in directories such as <filename>/run</filename>
+                or <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para>
+
+                <para>Volatile and temporary files and directories are
+                those located in <filename>/run</filename> (and its
+                alias <filename>/var/run</filename>),
+                <filename>/tmp</filename>,
+                <filename>/var/tmp</filename>, the API file systems
+                such as <filename>/sys</filename> or
+                <filename>/proc</filename>, as well as some other
+                directories below <filename>/var</filename>.</para>
+
+                <para>System daemons frequently require private
+                runtime directories below <filename>/run</filename> to
+                place communication sockets and similar in. For these,
+                consider declaring them in their unit files using
+                <varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname>
+                (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details),
+                if this is feasible.</para>

         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>

-               <title>Configuration Format</title>
-
-               <para>The configuration format is one line per path
-               containing action, mode, ownership and age
-               fields:</para>
-
-                <programlisting>Type Path          Mode UID  GID  Age
-d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
+                <title>Configuration Format</title>
+
+                <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
+                style of
+                <filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>.conf</filename>
+                or
+                <filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>-<replaceable>part</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
+                The second variant should be used when it is desirable
+                to make it easy to override just this part of
+                configuration.</para>
+
+                <para>Files in <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename>
+                override files with the same name in
+                <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename> and
+                <filename>/run/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Files in
+                <filename>/run/tmpfiles.d</filename> override files
+                with the same name in
+                <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Packages
+                should install their configuration files in
+                <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Files in
+                <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename> are reserved for
+                the local administrator, who may use this logic to
+                override the configuration files installed by vendor
+                packages. All configuration files are sorted by their
+                filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which
+                of the directories they reside in. If multiple files
+                specify the same path, the entry in the file with the
+                lexicographically earliest name will be applied.
+                All other conflicting entries will be logged as
+                errors. When two lines are prefix and suffix of each
+                other, then the prefix is always processed first, the
+                suffix later. Otherwise, the files/directories are
+                processed in the order they are listed.</para>
+
+                <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
+                configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
+                recommended way is to place a symlink to
+                <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
+                <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> bearing the
+                same filename.</para>
+
+                <para>The configuration format is one line per path
+                containing type, path, mode, ownership, age, and argument
+                fields:</para>
+
+                <programlisting>#Type Path        Mode UID  GID  Age Argument
+d    /run/user   0755 root root 10d -
+L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>

 
                 <refsect2>
                         <title>Type</title>
 
                 <refsect2>
                         <title>Type</title>

+
+                        <para>The type consists of a single letter and
+                        optionally an exclamation mark.</para>
+
+                        <para>The following line types are understood:</para>
+

                         <variablelist>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>f</varname></term>
                         <variablelist>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>f</varname></term>

-                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it does not exist yet. If the argument parameter is given, it will be written to the file.</para></listitem>

                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>F</varname></term>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>F</varname></term>

-                                        <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file. If the argument parameter is given, it will be written to the file.</para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>w</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Write the argument parameter to a file, if the file exists.
+                                            Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path
+                                            names. The argument parameter will be written without a trailing
+                                            newline. C-style backslash escapes are interpreted.</para></listitem>

                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>d</varname></term>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>d</varname></term>

-                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it does not exist yet.</para></listitem>

                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>D</varname></term>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>D</varname></term>

-                                        <listitem><para>Create or empty a directory</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create or empty a directory.</para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>p</varname></term>
+                                        <term><varname>p+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a named
+                                        pipe (FIFO) if it does not
+                                        exist yet. If suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        pipe is to be created, it will
+                                        be removed and be replaced by
+                                        the pipe.</para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>L</varname></term>
+                                        <term><varname>L+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a
+                                        symlink if it does not exist
+                                        yet. If suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        symlink is to be created, it
+                                        will be removed and be
+                                        replaced by the
+                                        symlink. If the argument is omitted,
+                                        symlinks to files with the same name
+                                        residing in the directory
+                                        <filename>/usr/share/factory/</filename>
+                                        are created.</para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>c</varname></term>
+                                        <term><varname>c+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a
+                                        character device node if it
+                                        does not exist yet. If
+                                        suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        device node is to be created,
+                                        it will be removed and be
+                                        replaced by the device
+                                        node. It is recommended to suffix this
+                                        entry with an exclamation mark to only
+                                        create static device nodes at boot,
+                                        as udev will not manage static device
+                                        nodes that are created at runtime.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>b</varname></term>
+                                        <term><varname>b+</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a block
+                                        device node if it does not
+                                        exist yet. If suffixed with
+                                        <varname>+</varname> and a
+                                        file already exists where the
+                                        device node is to be created,
+                                        it will be removed and be
+                                        replaced by the device
+                                        node. It is recommended to suffix this
+                                        entry with an exclamation mark to only
+                                        create static device nodes at boot,
+                                        as udev will not manage static device
+                                        nodes that are created at runtime.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>C</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Recursively
+                                        copy a file or directory, if
+                                        the destination files or
+                                        directories do not exist
+                                        yet. Note that this command
+                                        will not descend into
+                                        subdirectories if the
+                                        destination directory already
+                                        exists. Instead, the entire
+                                        copy operation is
+                                        skipped. If the argument is omitted,
+                                        files from the source directory
+                                        <filename>/usr/share/factory/</filename>
+                                        with the same name are copied.</para></listitem>

                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>


@@ -103,23 +263,45 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                                         as controlled with the Age
                                         parameter. Note that lines of
                                         this type do not influence the
                                         as controlled with the Age
                                         parameter. Note that lines of
                                         this type do not influence the

-                                        effect of r or R lines. Lines
-                                        of this type accept
+                                        effect of <varname>r</varname>
+                                        or <varname>R</varname> lines.
+                                        Lines of this type accept

                                         shell-style globs in place of
                                         shell-style globs in place of

-                                        of normal path
-                                        names.</para></listitem>
+                                        normal path names.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>X</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Ignore a path
+                                        during cleaning. Use this type
+                                        to exclude paths from clean-up
+                                        as controlled with the Age
+                                        parameter. Unlike
+                                        <varname>x</varname>, this
+                                        parameter will not exclude the
+                                        content if path is a
+                                        directory, but only directory
+                                        itself. Note that lines of
+                                        this type do not influence the
+                                        effect of <varname>r</varname>
+                                        or <varname>R</varname> lines.
+                                        Lines of this type accept
+                                        shell-style globs in place of
+                                        normal path names.
+                                        </para></listitem>

                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>r</varname></term>
                                         <listitem><para>Remove a file
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>r</varname></term>
                                         <listitem><para>Remove a file

-                                        or directory if it
-                                        exists. This may not be used
-                                        to remove non-empty
-                                        directories, use R for
-                                        that. Lines of this type
-                                        accept shell-style globs in
-                                        place of normal path
+                                        or directory if it exists.
+                                        This may not be used to remove
+                                        non-empty directories, use
+                                        <varname>R</varname> for that.
+                                        Lines of this type accept
+                                        shell-style globs in place of
+                                        normal path

                                         names.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                         names.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 


@@ -133,7 +315,106 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                                         place of normal path
                                         names.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                                         place of normal path
                                         names.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>

+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>z</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Adjust the
+                                        access mode, group and user,
+                                        and restore the SELinux security
+                                        context of a file or directory,
+                                        if it exists. Lines of this
+                                        type accept shell-style globs
+                                        in place of normal path names.
+                                        </para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>Z</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Recursively
+                                        set the access mode, group and
+                                        user, and restore the SELinux
+                                        security context of a file or
+                                        directory if it exists, as
+                                        well as of its subdirectories
+                                        and the files contained
+                                        therein (if applicable). Lines
+                                        of this type accept
+                                        shell-style globs in place of
+                                        normal path
+                                        names.</para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>

                         </variablelist>
                         </variablelist>

+
+                        <para>If the exclamation mark is used, this
+                        line is only safe of execute during boot, and
+                        can break a running system. Lines without the
+                        exclamation mark are presumed to be safe to
+                        execute at any time, e.g. on package upgrades.
+                        <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> will
+                        execute line with an exclamation mark only if
+                        option <option>--boot</option> is given.
+                        </para>
+
+                        <para>For example:
+                        <programlisting># Make sure these are created by default so that nobody else can
+d /tmp/.X11-unix 1777 root root 10d
+
+# Unlink the X11 lock files
+r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock</programlisting>
+                        The second line in contrast to the first one
+                        would break a running system, and will only be
+                        executed with <option>--boot</option>.</para>
+                </refsect2>
+
+                <refsect2>
+                        <title>Path</title>
+
+                        <para>The file system path specification supports simple specifier
+                        expansion. The following expansions are
+                        understood:</para>
+
+                        <table>
+                                <title>Specifiers available</title>
+                                <tgroup cols='3' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
+                                        <colspec colname="spec" />
+                                        <colspec colname="mean" />
+                                        <colspec colname="detail" />
+                                        <thead>
+                                                <row>
+                                                        <entry>Specifier</entry>
+                                                        <entry>Meaning</entry>
+                                                        <entry>Details</entry>
+                                                </row>
+                                        </thead>
+                                        <tbody>
+                                                <row>
+                                                        <entry><literal>%m</literal></entry>
+                                                        <entry>Machine ID</entry>
+                                                        <entry>The machine ID of the running system, formatted as string. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</entry>
+                                                </row>
+                                                <row>
+                                                        <entry><literal>%b</literal></entry>
+                                                        <entry>Boot ID</entry>
+                                                        <entry>The boot ID of the running system, formatted as string. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</entry>
+                                                </row>
+                                                <row>
+                                                        <entry><literal>%H</literal></entry>
+                                                        <entry>Host name</entry>
+                                                        <entry>The hostname of the running system.</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>
+                                                </row>
+                                        </tbody>
+                                </tgroup>
+                        </table>

                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>
                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>


@@ -141,9 +422,31 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
 
                         <para>The file access mode to use when
                         creating this file or directory. If omitted or
 
                         <para>The file access mode to use when
                         creating this file or directory. If omitted or

-                        when set to - the default is used: 0755 for
-                        directories, 0644 for files. This parameter is
-                        ignored for x, r, R lines.</para>
+                        when set to -, the default is used: 0755 for
+                        directories, 0644 for all other file objects.
+                        For <varname>z</varname>, <varname>Z</varname>
+                        lines, if omitted or when set to
+                        <literal>-</literal>, the file access mode
+                        will not be modified. This parameter is
+                        ignored for <varname>x</varname>,
+                        <varname>r</varname>, <varname>R</varname>,
+                        <varname>L</varname> lines.</para>
+
+                        <para>Optionally, if prefixed with
+                        <literal>~</literal>, the access mode is masked
+                        based on the already set access bits for
+                        existing file or directories: if the existing
+                        file has all executable bits unset, all
+                        executable bits are removed from the new
+                        access mode, too. Similarly, if all read bits
+                        are removed from the old access mode, they will
+                        be removed from the new access mode too, and
+                        if all write bits are removed, they will be
+                        removed from the new access mode too. In
+                        addition, the sticky/SUID/SGID bit is removed unless
+                        applied to a directory. This
+                        functionality is particularly useful in
+                        conjunction with <varname>Z</varname>.</para>

                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>
                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>


@@ -152,9 +455,15 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                         <para>The user and group to use for this file
                         or directory. This may either be a numeric
                         user/group ID or a user or group name. If
                         <para>The user and group to use for this file
                         or directory. This may either be a numeric
                         user/group ID or a user or group name. If

-                        omitted or when set to - the default 0 (root)
-                        is used. . These parameters are ignored for x,
-                        r, R lines.</para>
+                        omitted or when set to <literal>-</literal>,
+                        the default 0 (root) is used. For
+                        <varname>z</varname>, <varname>Z</varname>
+                        lines, when omitted or when set to -, the file
+                        ownership will not be modified. These
+                        parameters are ignored for
+                        <varname>x</varname>, <varname>r</varname>,
+                        <varname>R</varname>, <varname>L</varname>
+                        lines.</para>

                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>
                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>


@@ -162,7 +471,7 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                         <para>The date field, when set, is used to
                         decide what files to delete when cleaning. If
                         a file or directory is older than the current
                         <para>The date field, when set, is used to
                         decide what files to delete when cleaning. If
                         a file or directory is older than the current

-                        time minus the age field it is deleted. The
+                        time minus the age field, it is deleted. The

                         field format is a series of integers each
                         followed by one of the following
                         postfixes for the respective time units:</para>
                         field format is a series of integers each
                         followed by one of the following
                         postfixes for the respective time units:</para>


@@ -179,10 +488,47 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                                 <term><varname>us</varname></term></varlistentry>
                         </variablelist>
 
                                 <term><varname>us</varname></term></varlistentry>
                         </variablelist>
 

-                        <para>If multiple integers and units are specified the time values are summed up.</para>
-
-                        <para>The age field only applies to lines starting with d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up is done.</para>
+                        <para>If multiple integers and units are specified, the time
+                        values are summed up. If an integer is given without a unit,
+                        s is assumed.
+                        </para>
+
+                        <para>When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned
+                        unconditionally.</para>
+
+                        <para>The age field only applies to lines
+                        starting with <varname>d</varname>,
+                        <varname>D</varname>, and
+                        <varname>x</varname>. If omitted or set to
+                        <literal>-</literal>, no automatic clean-up is
+                        done.</para>
+
+                        <para>If the age field starts with a tilde
+                        character <literal>~</literal>, the clean-up
+                        is only applied to files and directories one
+                        level inside the directory specified, but not
+                        the files and directories immediately inside
+                        it.</para>
+                </refsect2>

 
 

+                <refsect2>
+                        <title>Argument</title>
+
+                        <para>For <varname>L</varname> lines
+                        determines the destination path of the
+                        symlink. For <varname>c</varname>,
+                        <varname>b</varname> determines the
+                        major/minor of the device node, with major and
+                        minor formatted as integers, separated by
+                        <literal>:</literal>, e.g.
+                        <literal>1:3</literal>. For
+                        <varname>f</varname>, <varname>F</varname>,
+                        and <varname>w</varname> may be used to
+                        specify a short string that is written to the
+                        file, suffixed by a newline. For
+                        <varname>C</varname>, specifies the source file
+                        or directory. Ignored for all other
+                        lines.</para>

                 </refsect2>
 
         </refsect1>
                 </refsect2>
 
         </refsect1>


@@ -193,15 +539,25 @@ d    /var/run/user 0755 root root 10d</programlisting>
                         <title>/etc/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf example</title>
                         <para><command>screen</command> needs two directories created at boot with specific modes and ownership.</para>
 
                         <title>/etc/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf example</title>
                         <para><command>screen</command> needs two directories created at boot with specific modes and ownership.</para>
 

-                        <programlisting>d /var/run/screens 1777 root root 10d
-d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h</programlisting>
+                        <programlisting>d /run/screens  1777 root root 10d
+d /run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h</programlisting>
+                </example>
+                <example>
+                        <title>/etc/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf example</title>
+                        <para><command>abrt</command> needs a directory created at boot with specific mode and ownership and its content should be preserved.</para>
+
+                        <programlisting>d /var/tmp/abrt 0755 abrt abrt
+x /var/tmp/abrt/*</programlisting>

                 </example>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                 </example>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>

-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

                 </para>
         </refsect1>
 
                 </para>
         </refsect1>