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diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 487e8d618..239a2ec95 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@
by
journalctl1's
- command), forward secure sealing (FSS)
+ command), Forward Secure Sealing (FSS)
for all persistent journal files is
enabled. FSS is based on Seekable
Sequential Key Generators by
- G. A. Marson and B. Poettering and
- may be used to protect journal files
- from unnoticed
- alteration.
+ G. A. Marson and B. Poettering
+ (doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40203-6_7)
+ and may be used to protect journal files
+ from unnoticed alteration.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
into the system journal. If
uid, any user ID
will get his own journal files
- regardless whether it belongs to a
+ regardless of whether it belongs to a
system service or refers to a real
logged in user. If
none, journal files
@@ -250,20 +250,35 @@
SystemMaxUse=
and RuntimeMaxUse=
control how much disk space the
- journal may use up at
- maximum. Defaults to 10% of the size
- of the respective file
- system. SystemKeepFree=
- and
+ journal may use up at maximum.
+ SystemKeepFree= and
RuntimeKeepFree=
control how much disk space
- systemd-journald shall always leave
- free for other uses. Defaults to 15%
- of the size of the respective file
- system. systemd-journald will respect
- both limits, i.e. use the smaller of
- the two values.
- SystemMaxFileSize=
+ systemd-journald shall leave free for
+ other uses.
+ systemd-journald
+ will respect both limits and use the
+ smaller of the two values.
+
+ The first pair defaults to 10%
+ and the second to 15% of the size of
+ the respective file system. If the
+ file system is nearly full and either
+ SystemKeepFree= or
+ RuntimeKeepFree= is
+ violated when systemd-journald is
+ started, the value will be raised to
+ percentage that is actually free. This
+ means that if there was enough
+ free space before and journal files were
+ created, and subsequently something
+ else causes the file system to fill
+ up, journald will stop using more
+ space, but it will not be removing
+ existing files to go reduce footprint
+ either.
+
+ SystemMaxFileSize=
and
RuntimeMaxFileSize=
control how large individual journal
@@ -348,9 +363,17 @@
SyncIntervalSec=
- The timeout before synchronizing journal
- data to disk. After syncing, journal files have
- the OFFLINE state. Default timeout is 5 minutes.
+ The timeout before
+ synchronizing journal files to
+ disk. After syncing, journal files are
+ placed in the OFFLINE state. Note that
+ syncing is unconditionally done
+ immediately after a log message of
+ priority CRIT, ALERT or EMERG has been
+ logged. This setting hence applies
+ only to messages of the levels ERR,
+ WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG. The
+ default timeout is 5 minutes.
@@ -358,25 +381,32 @@
ForwardToSyslog=ForwardToKMsg=ForwardToConsole=
+ ForwardToWall=Control whether log
messages received by the journal
daemon shall be forwarded to a
traditional syslog daemon, to the
- kernel log buffer (kmsg), or to the
- system console. These options take
- boolean arguments. If forwarding to
- syslog is enabled but no syslog daemon
- is running, the respective option has
- no effect. By default, only forwarding
- to syslog is enabled. These settings
- may be overridden at boot time with
- the kernel command line options
+ kernel log buffer (kmsg), to the
+ system console, or sent as wall
+ messages to all logged-in users. These
+ options take boolean arguments. If
+ forwarding to syslog is enabled but no
+ syslog daemon is running, the
+ respective option has no effect. By
+ default, only forwarding to syslog and
+ wall is enabled. These settings may be
+ overridden at boot time with the
+ kernel command line options
systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog=,
- systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg=
+ systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg=,
+ systemd.journald.forward_to_console=
and
- systemd.journald.forward_to_console=.
-
+ systemd.journald.forward_to_wall=.
+ When forwarding to the console, the
+ TTY to log to can be changed
+ with TTYPath=,
+ described below.
@@ -384,12 +414,14 @@
MaxLevelSyslog=MaxLevelKMsg=MaxLevelConsole=
+ MaxLevelWall=Controls the maximum
log level of messages that are stored
- on disk, forwarded to syslog, kmsg or
- the console (if that is enabled, see
- above). As argument, takes one of
+ on disk, forwarded to syslog, kmsg,
+ the console or wall (if that is
+ enabled, see above). As argument,
+ takes one of
emerg,
alert,
crit,
@@ -410,9 +442,11 @@
written to disk and forwarded to
syslog. Defaults to
notice for
- MaxLevelKMsg= and
+ MaxLevelKMsg=,
info for
- MaxLevelConsole=.
+ MaxLevelConsole= and
+ emerg for
+ MaxLevelWall=.