X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=73a09e48a6343c9ff249f6e2195928601f056334;hp=ef8c6201f960afcbf1a7e0a8f4939c3580d5c899;hb=8ea763865ffe1e5462d9921c01f4b135e1008d59;hpb=70a44afee385c4afadaab9a002b3f9dd44aedf4a diff --git a/README b/README index ef8c6201f..73a09e48a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -30,15 +30,13 @@ AUTHOR: LICENSE: LGPLv2.1+ for all code - - except sd-readahead.[ch] which is MIT - except src/shared/MurmurHash2.c which is Public Domain - except src/shared/siphash24.c which is CC0 Public Domain - except src/journal/lookup3.c which is Public Domain - except src/udev/* which is (currently still) GPLv2, GPLv2+ REQUIREMENTS: - Linux kernel >= 3.0 - Linux kernel >= 3.3 for loop device partition support features with nspawn + Linux kernel >= 3.7 Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support Kernel Config Options: @@ -53,14 +51,14 @@ REQUIREMENTS: CONFIG_PROC_FS CONFIG_FHANDLE (libudev, mount and bind mount handling) - Udev will fail to work with the legacy layout: + udev will fail to work with the legacy sysfs layout: CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" - Userspace firmware loading is deprecated, will go away, and - sometimes causes problems: + Userspace firmware loading is not supported and should + be disabled in the kernel: CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n Some udev rules and virtualization detection relies on it: @@ -80,6 +78,13 @@ REQUIREMENTS: CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR CONFIG_SECCOMP + Required for CPUShares in resource control unit settings + CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED + CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED + + Required for CPUQuota in resource control unit settings + CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH + For systemd-bootchart, several proc debug interfaces are required: CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG @@ -104,30 +109,31 @@ REQUIREMENTS: glibc >= 2.14 libcap + libmount >= 2.20 (from util-linux) libseccomp >= 1.0.0 (optional) - libblkid >= 2.20 (from util-linux) (optional) + libblkid >= 2.24 (from util-linux) (optional) libkmod >= 15 (optional) PAM >= 1.1.2 (optional) libcryptsetup (optional) libaudit (optional) libacl (optional) - libattr (optional) libselinux (optional) liblzma (optional) + liblz4 >= 119 (optional) libgcrypt (optional) libqrencode (optional) libmicrohttpd (optional) libpython (optional) + libidn (optional) + gobject-introspection > 1.40.0 (optional) + elfutils >= 158 (optional) make, gcc, and similar tools During runtime, you need the following additional dependencies: - util-linux >= v2.19 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s), - v2.21 required for tests in test/ + util-linux >= v2.25 required dbus >= 1.4.0 (strictly speaking optional, but recommended) - sulogin (from util-linux >= 2.22 or sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended, - required for tests in test/) dracut (optional) PolicyKit (optional) @@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ USERS AND GROUPS: even in the very early boot stages, where no other databases and network are available: - tty, dialout, kmem, video, audio, lp, floppy, cdrom, tape, disk + audio, cdrom, dialout, disk, input, kmem, lp, tape, tty, video During runtime, the journal daemon requires the "systemd-journal" system group to exist. New journal files will @@ -183,6 +189,39 @@ USERS AND GROUPS: exist. During execution this network facing service will drop privileges and assume this uid/gid for security reasons. + Similarly, the NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system + user and group to exist. + + Similarly, the network management daemon requires the + "systemd-network" system user and group to exist. + + Similarly, the name resolution daemon requires the + "systemd-resolve" system user and group to exist. + + Similarly, the kdbus dbus1 proxy daemon requires the + "systemd-bus-proxy" system user and group to exist. + +NSS: + systemd ships with three NSS modules: + + nss-myhostname resolves the local hostname to locally + configured IP addresses, as well as "localhost" to + 127.0.0.1/::1. + + nss-resolve enables DNS resolution via the systemd-resolved + DNS/LLMNR caching stub resolver "systemd-resolved". + + nss-mymachines enables resolution of all local containers + registered with machined to their respective IP addresses. + + To make use of these NSS modules, please add them to the + "hosts: " line in /etc/nsswitch.conf. The "resolve" module + should replace the glibc "dns" module in this file. + + The three modules should be used in the following order: + + hosts: files mymachines resolve myhostname + WARNINGS: systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a @@ -200,7 +239,7 @@ WARNINGS: supported anymore by the basic set of Linux OS components. systemd requires that the /run mount point exists. systemd also - requires that /var/run is a a symlink → /run. + requires that /var/run is a a symlink to /run. For more information on this issue consult http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken @@ -209,3 +248,8 @@ WARNINGS: (e.g. ./configure CPPFLAGS='... -DVALGRIND=1'). Otherwise, false positives will be triggered by code which violates some rules but is actually safe. + +ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES: + ENDOCODE offers professional + engineering and consulting services for systemd. Please + contact Chris Kühl for more information.