X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=99b66a8396ff21e2aedf6172290970d0f9c8adeb;hp=19a4478c520e513d166ba4dfcec1428d3ed950fb;hb=a09abc4ae0bdc0200324eaa0416f23ff2170ec4e;hpb=a900b827d4d67f4961d2e4ed48d73e6bc1d6b4b6 diff --git a/README b/README index 19a4478c5..99b66a839 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ LICENSE: - 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 +52,14 @@ 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: @@ -117,21 +116,21 @@ REQUIREMENTS: libacl (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) @@ -187,18 +186,39 @@ USERS AND GROUPS: exist. During execution this network facing service will drop privileges and assume this uid/gid for security reasons. - Similar, the NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system + Similarly, the NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system user and group to exist. - Similar, the network management daemon requires the + Similarly, the network management daemon requires the "systemd-network" system user and group to exist. - Similar, the name resolution daemon requires the + Similarly, the name resolution daemon requires the "systemd-resolve" system user and group to exist. - Similar, the kdbus dbus1 proxy daemon requires the + 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