X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemctl.xml;h=caad13172b197f8e79bfde2afb59a0becb0dc8cb;hp=6f51135c86e90c6a3d7e9cf62deac82780e1c9ec;hb=a03fe1a5d56be86fcc383090e191224590a1ab5d;hpb=494a66821815e8109afa136bd42818b85da38c09 diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 6f51135c8..caad13172 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see . --> - + systemctl @@ -59,10 +60,12 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . Description - systemctl may be used to - introspect and control the state of the + systemctl may be used to introspect and + control the state of the systemd system and + service manager. Please refer to systemd1 - system and service manager. + for an introduction into the basic concepts and functionality this + tool manages. @@ -71,22 +74,6 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . The following options are understood: - - - - - Prints a short help - text and exits. - - - - - - - Prints a short version string and exits. - - - @@ -111,9 +98,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . - The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit LOAD, - SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only those - in specified states. + The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit + LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only + those in specified states. Use + to show only failed units. @@ -146,26 +134,64 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . + + + + + + When listing units, also show units of local + containers. Units of local containers will be prefixed with + the container name, separated by a single colon character + (:). + + + Show reverse dependencies between units with - list-dependencies, i.e. units with - dependencies of type Wants= or - Requires= on the given unit. + list-dependencies, i.e. follow + dependencies of type WantedBy=, + RequiredBy=, + RequiredByOverrridable=, + PartOf=, BoundBy=, + instead of Wants= and similar. + + + With list-dependencies, show the + units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other + words, recursively list units following the + After= dependency. + + Note that any After= dependency is + automatically mirrored to create a + Before= dependency. Temporal dependencies + may be specified explicitly, but are also created implicitly + for units which are WantedBy= targets + (see + systemd.target5), + and as a result of other directives (for example + RequiresMountsFor=). Both explicitly + and implicitly introduced dependencies are shown with + list-dependencies. + + + + - Show which units are started after or before - with list-dependencies, respectively. - + With list-dependencies, show the + units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other + words, recursively list units following the + Before= dependency. @@ -194,8 +220,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . - When queuing a new job, control how to deal with already - queued jobs. Takes one of fail, + When queuing a new job, this option controls how to deal with + already queued jobs. It takes one of fail, replace, replace-irreversibly, isolate, @@ -218,8 +244,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . If replace-irreversibly is specified, operate like replace, but also mark the new jobs as irreversible. This prevents future conflicting - transactions from replacing these jobs. The jobs can still be - cancelled using the cancel command. + transactions from replacing these jobs (or even being enqueued + while the irreversible jobs are still pending). Irreversible + jobs can still be cancelled using the cancel + command. isolate is only valid for start operations and causes all other units to be stopped when the @@ -238,7 +266,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . applications. ignore-requirements is similar to - ignore-dependencies but only causes the + ignore-dependencies, but only causes the requirement dependencies to be ignored, the ordering dependencies will still be honoured. @@ -274,6 +302,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . snapshot, is-active, is-failed, + is-enabled, + is-system-running, enable and disable. @@ -300,30 +330,13 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . - - - - - Do not pipe output into a pager. - - - - - + + - - Talk to the systemd system manager. (Default) - - - - - - - - Talk to the systemd manager of the calling - user. - - + @@ -373,7 +386,6 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . querying the user for authentication for privileged operations. - @@ -381,11 +393,36 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . When used with kill, choose which - processes to kill. Must be one of , - or to select - whether to kill only the main process of the unit, the - control process or all processes of the unit. If omitted, - defaults to . + processes to send a signal to. Must be one of + , or + to select whether to kill only the main + process, the control process or all processes of the + unit. The main process of the unit is the one that defines + the life-time of it. A control process of a unit is one that + is invoked by the manager to induce state changes of it. For + example, all processes started due to the + ExecStartPre=, + ExecStop= or + ExecReload= settings of service units are + control processes. Note that there is only one control + process per unit at a time, as only one state change is + executed at a time. For services of type + Type=forking, the initial process started + by the manager for ExecStart= is a + control process, while the process ultimately forked off by + that one is then considered the main process of the unit (if + it can be determined). This is different for service units + of other types, where the process forked off by the manager + for ExecStart= is always the main process + itself. A service unit consists of zero or one main process, + zero or one control process plus any number of additional + processes. Not all unit types manage processes of these + types however. For example, for mount units, control processes + are defined (which are the invocations of + /usr/bin/mount and + /usr/bin/umount), but no main process + is defined. If omitted, defaults to + . @@ -420,7 +457,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . safe option to request an immediate reboot. If is specified twice for these operations, they will be executed immediately without - terminating any processes or umounting any file + terminating any processes or unmounting any file systems. Warning: specifying twice with any of these operations might result in data loss. @@ -444,7 +481,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . When used with enable, - disable, + disable, edit, (and related commands), make changes only temporarily, so that they are lost on the next reboot. This will have the effect that changes are not made in subdirectories of @@ -460,26 +497,19 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . - - + - Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or - username and hostname separated by @, to - connect to. This will use SSH to talk to the remote systemd - instance. + Takes one of full (the default), + enable-only, + disable-only. When used with the + preset or preset-all + commands, controls whether units shall be disabled and + enabled according to the preset rules, or only enabled, or + only disabled. - - - - - Execute the operation on a local - container. Specify a container name to connect - to. - - @@ -514,6 +544,12 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . + + + + + + @@ -543,7 +579,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . list-sockets PATTERN... - List socket units ordered by the listening address. + List socket units ordered by listening address. If one or more PATTERNs are specified, only socket units matching one of them are shown. Produces output similar to @@ -554,14 +590,13 @@ LISTEN UNIT ACTIVATES [::]:22 sshd.socket sshd.service kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service -5 sockets listed. - +5 sockets listed. Note: because the addresses might contains spaces, this output is not suitable for programmatic consumption. See also the options , - , and . + , and . @@ -575,20 +610,29 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service See also the options and - . + . - start NAME... + start PATTERN... Start (activate) one or more units specified on the command line. + + Note that glob patterns operate on a list of currently + loaded units. Units which are not active and are not in a + failed state usually are not loaded, and would not be + matched by any pattern. In addition, in case of + instantiated units, systemd is often unaware of the + instance name until the instance has been started. Therefore, + using glob patterns with start + has limited usefulness. - stop NAME... + stop PATTERN... Stop (deactivate) one or more units specified on the @@ -596,7 +640,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - reload NAME... + reload PATTERN... Asks all units listed on the command line to reload @@ -611,13 +655,12 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service file. This command should not be confused with the - daemon-reload or load - commands. + daemon-reload command. - restart NAME... + restart PATTERN... Restart one or more units specified on the command @@ -626,7 +669,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - try-restart NAME... + try-restart PATTERN... Restart one or more units specified on the command @@ -637,7 +680,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - reload-or-restart NAME... + reload-or-restart PATTERN... Reload one or more units if they support it. If not, @@ -646,7 +689,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - reload-or-try-restart NAME... + reload-or-try-restart PATTERN... Reload one or more units if they support it. If not, @@ -661,7 +704,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service Start the unit specified on the command line and its - dependencies and stop all others. + dependencies and stop all others. If a unit name with no + extension is given, an extension of + .target will be assumed. This is similar to changing the runlevel in a traditional init system. The isolate @@ -676,48 +721,50 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - kill NAME... + kill PATTERN... Send a signal to one or more processes of the unit. Use to select which - process to kill. Use to select - the kill mode and to select the - signal to send. + process to kill. Use to select + the signal to send. - is-active NAME... + is-active PATTERN... Check whether any of the specified units are active - (i.e. running). Returns an exit code 0 if at least one is - active, non-zero otherwise. Unless - is specified, this will also print the current unit state to - STDOUT. + (i.e. running). Returns an exit code + 0 if at least one is active, or + non-zero otherwise. Unless is + specified, this will also print the current unit state to + standard output. - is-failed NAME... + is-failed PATTERN... - Check whether any of the specified units are in a "failed" state. - Returns an exit code 0 if at least one has failed, non-zero - otherwise. Unless is specified, this - will also print the current unit state to - STDOUT. + Check whether any of the specified units are in a + "failed" state. Returns an exit code + 0 if at least one has failed, + non-zero otherwise. Unless is + specified, this will also print the current unit state to + standard output. - status NAME...|PID...] + status PATTERN...|PID...] Show terse runtime status information about one or more units, followed by most recent log data from the - journal. If no units are specified, show all units (subject - to limitations specified with ). If a PID - is passed, show information about the unit the process - belongs to. + journal. If no units are specified, show system status. If + combined with , also show the status of + all units (subject to limitations specified with + ). If a PID is passed, show information + about the unit the process belongs to. This function is intended to generate human-readable output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, @@ -735,7 +782,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - show NAME...|JOB... + show PATTERN...|JOB... Show properties of one or more units, jobs, or the @@ -752,7 +799,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - cat NAME... + cat PATTERN... Show backing files of one or more units. Prints the @@ -788,7 +835,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - help NAME...|PID... + help PATTERN...|PID... Show manual pages for one or more units, if @@ -798,7 +845,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - reset-failed [NAME...] + reset-failed [PATTERN...] Reset the failed state of the @@ -813,15 +860,30 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - list-dependencies NAME + + list-dependencies + NAME + - Shows required and wanted units of the specified - unit. If no unit is specified, - default.target is implied. Target units - are recursively expanded. When is - passed, all other units are recursively expanded as - well. + Shows units required and wanted by the specified + unit. This recursively lists units following the + Requires=, + RequiresOverridable=, + Requisite=, + RequisiteOverridable=, + Wants=, BindsTo= + dependencies. If no unit is specified, + default.target is implied. + + By default, only target units are recursively + expanded. When is passed, all other + units are recursively expanded as well. + + Options , + , + may be used to change what types of dependencies + are shown. @@ -895,6 +957,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service the system, or for all future logins of all users, or only this boot. Note that in the last case, no systemd daemon configuration is reloaded. + + Using enable on masked units + results in an error. @@ -926,6 +991,56 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service + + reenable NAME... + + + Reenable one or more unit files, as specified on the + command line. This is a combination of + disable and enable and + is useful to reset the symlinks a unit is enabled with to + the defaults configured in the [Install] + section of the unit file. + + + + + preset NAME... + + + Reset one or more unit files, as specified on the + command line, to the defaults configured in the preset + policy files. This has the same effect as + disable or enable, + depending how the unit is listed in the preset files. + + Use to control + whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only + enabled, or only disabled. + + For more information on the preset policy format, + see + systemd.preset5. + For more information on the concept of presets, please + consult the Preset + document. + + + + + preset-all + + + Resets all installed unit files to the defaults + configured in the preset policy file (see above). + + Use to control + whether units shall be enabled and disabled, or only + enabled, or only disabled. + + + is-enabled NAME... @@ -953,7 +1068,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service enabled - Enabled through a symlink in .wants directory (permanently or just in /run) + Enabled through a symlink in .wants directory (permanently or just in /run). 0 @@ -961,7 +1076,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service linked - Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in /run) + Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in /run). 1 @@ -969,7 +1084,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service masked - Disabled entirely (permanently or just in /run) + Disabled entirely (permanently or just in /run). 1 @@ -977,12 +1092,17 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service static - Unit is not enabled, but has no provisions for enabling in [Install] section - 1 + Unit file is not enabled, and has no provisions for enabling in the [Install] section. + 0 + + + indirect + Unit file itself is not enabled, but it has a non-empty Also= setting in the [Install] section, listing other unit files that might be enabled. + 0 disabled - Unit is not enabled + Unit file is not enabled. 1 @@ -992,37 +1112,6 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - - reenable NAME... - - - Reenable one or more unit files, as specified on the - command line. This is a combination of - disable and enable and - is useful to reset the symlinks a unit is enabled with to - the defaults configured in the [Install] - section of the unit file. - - - - - preset NAME... - - - Reset one or more unit files, as specified on the - command line, to the defaults configured in the preset - policy files. This has the same effect as - disable or enable, - depending how the unit is listed in the preset files. For - more information on the preset policy format, see - systemd.preset5. - For more information on the concept of presets, please - consult the - Preset - document. - - - mask NAME... @@ -1032,10 +1121,10 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service /dev/null, making it impossible to start them. This is a stronger version of disable, since it prohibits all kinds of - activation of the unit, including manual activation. Use - this option with care. This honors the + activation of the unit, including enablement and manual + activation. Use this option with care. This honors the option to only mask temporarily - until the next reoobt of the system. + until the next reboot of the system. @@ -1063,12 +1152,69 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service + + add-wants TARGET + NAME... + add-requires TARGET + NAME... + + + Adds Wants= resp. Requires= + dependency to the specified TARGET for + one or more units. + + This command honors , + , and + in a similar way as + enable. + + + + + + edit NAME... + + + Edit a drop-in snippet or a whole replacement file if + is specified, to extend or override the + specified unit. + + Depending on whether (the default), + , or is specified, + this creates a drop-in file for each unit either for the system, + for the calling user or for all futures logins of all users. Then, + the editor (see the "Environment" section below) is invoked on + temporary files which will be written to the real location if the + editor exits successfully. + + If is specified, this will copy the + original units instead of creating drop-in files. + + If is specified, the changes will + be made temporarily in /run and they will be + lost on the next reboot. + + If the temporary file is empty upon exit the modification of + the related unit is canceled + + After the units have been edited, systemd configuration is + reloaded (in a way that is equivalent to daemon-reload). + + + Note that this command cannot be used to remotely edit units + and that you cannot temporarily edit units which are in + /etc since they take precedence over + /run. + + + get-default - Get the default target specified - via default.target link. + Return the default target to boot into. This returns + the target unit name default.target + is aliased (symlinked) to. @@ -1076,8 +1222,28 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service set-default NAME - Set the default target to boot into. Command links - default.target to the given unit. + Set the default target to boot into. This sets + (symlinks) the default.target alias + to the given target unit. + + + + + + + + Machine Commands + + + + list-machines PATTERN... + + + List the host and all running local containers with + their state. If one or more + PATTERNs are specified, only + containers matching one of them are shown. + @@ -1118,9 +1284,10 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service Create a snapshot. If a snapshot name is specified, the new snapshot will be named after it. If none is - specified, an automatic snapshot name is generated. In either - case, the snapshot name used is printed to STDOUT, unless - is specified. + specified, an automatic snapshot name is generated. In + either case, the snapshot name used is printed to standard + output, unless is specified. + A snapshot refers to a saved state of the systemd manager. It is implemented itself as a unit that is @@ -1137,7 +1304,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - delete NAME... + delete PATTERN... Remove a snapshot previously created with @@ -1181,6 +1348,19 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service specified value. + + import-environment VARIABLE... + + + Import all, one or more environment variables set on + the client into the systemd manager environment block. If + no arguments are passed, the entire environment block is + imported. Otherwise, a list of one or more environment + variable names should be passed, whose client-side values + are then imported into the manager's environment + block. + + @@ -1195,10 +1375,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service Reload systemd manager configuration. This will reload all unit files and recreate the entire dependency tree. While the daemon is being reloaded, all sockets systemd - listens on on behalf of user configuration will stay + listens on behalf of user configuration will stay accessible. This command should not be confused - with the load or - reload commands. + with the reload command. @@ -1222,6 +1401,69 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service System Commands + + is-system-running + + + Checks whether the system is operational. This + returns success when the system is fully up and running, + meaning not in startup, shutdown or maintenance + mode. Failure is returned otherwise. In addition, the + current state is printed in a short string to standard + output, see table below. Use to + suppress this output. + + + Manager Operational States + + + + + + Name + Description + + + + + initializing + Early bootup, before + basic.target is reached + or the maintenance state entered. + + + + starting + Late bootup, before the job queue + becomes idle for the first time, or one of the + rescue targets are reached. + + + running + The system is fully + operational. + + + degraded + The system is operational but one or more + units failed. + + + maintenance + The rescue or emergency target is + active. + + + stopping + The manager is shutting + down. + + + +
+ + + default @@ -1230,6 +1472,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service isolate default.target. + rescue @@ -1306,6 +1549,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service firmware over the air update. + kexec @@ -1319,6 +1563,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service immediately followed by the reboot. + exit @@ -1328,8 +1573,29 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service with the option) and will fail otherwise. + + + switch-root ROOT INIT + + + Switches to a different root directory and executes a + new system manager process below it. This is intended for + usage in initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will transition + from the initrd's system manager process (a.k.a "init" + process) to the main system manager process. This call takes two + arguments: the directory that is to become the new root directory, and + the path to the new system manager binary below it to + execute as PID 1. If the latter is omitted or the empty + string, a systemd binary will automatically be searched for + and used as init. If the system manager path is omitted or + equal to the empty string, the state of the initrd's system + manager process is passed to the main system manager, which + allows later introspection of the state of the services + involved in the initrd boot. + + suspend @@ -1339,6 +1605,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service + hibernate @@ -1348,6 +1615,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service + hybrid-sleep @@ -1357,49 +1625,61 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service hybrid-sleep.target target. - - switch-root ROOT INIT - - - Switches to a different root directory and executes a - new system manager process below it. This is intended for - usage in initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will transition - from the initrd's system manager process (a.k.a "init" - process) to the main system manager process. This call takes two - arguments: the directory that is to become the new root directory, and - the path to the new system manager binary below it to - execute as PID 1. If the latter is omitted or the empty - string, a systemd binary will automatically be searched for - and used as init. If the system manager path is omitted or - equal to the empty string, the state of the initrd's system - manager process is passed to the main system manager, which - allows later introspection of the state of the services - involved in the initrd boot. - - Parameter Syntax - For unit commands the specified - NAME should be the full name of the - unit, or an abbreviated name which is automatically extended with - the .service suffix. - # systemctl start foo.service is equivalent to: - # systemctl start foo - Note that (absolute) paths to device nodes are automatically converted to device unit names, and other (absolute) paths to mount unit names. - # systemctl status /dev/sda -# systemctl status /home is equivalent to: - # systemctl status dev-sda.device -# systemctl status home.mount - - For unit file commands the - specified NAME should be the full name - of the unit file, or the absolute path to the unit file. - # systemctl link /path/to/foo.service - + Unit commands listed above take either a single unit name + (designated as NAME), or multiple + unit specifications (designated as + PATTERN...). In the first case, the + unit name with or without a suffix must be given. If the suffix + is not specified, systemctl will append a suitable suffix, + .service by default, and a type-specific + suffix in case of commands which operate only on specific unit + types. For example, + # systemctl start sshd and + # systemctl start sshd.service + are equivalent, as are + # systemctl isolate default + and + # systemctl isolate default.target + Note that (absolute) paths to device nodes are automatically + converted to device unit names, and other (absolute) paths to + mount unit names. + # systemctl status /dev/sda +# systemctl status /home + are equivalent to: + # systemctl status dev-sda.device +# systemctl status home.mount + In the second case, shell-style globs will be matched against + currently loaded units; literal unit names, with or without + a suffix, will be treated as in the first case. This means that + literal unit names always refer to exactly one unit, but globs + may match zero units and this is not considered an error. + + Glob patterns use + fnmatch3, + so normal shell-style globbing rules are used, and + *, ?, + [] may be used. See + glob7 + for more details. The patterns are matched against the names of + currently loaded units, and patterns which do not match anything + are silently skipped. For example: + # systemctl stop sshd@*.service + will stop all sshd@.service instances. + + + For unit file commands, the specified + NAME should be the full name of the + unit file, or the absolute path to the unit file: + # systemctl enable foo.service + or + # systemctl link /path/to/foo.service + @@ -1416,31 +1696,37 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - $SYSTEMD_PAGER - - - Pager to use when is not - given; overrides $PAGER. Setting this to - an empty string or the value cat is - equivalent to passing - . - + $SYSTEMD_EDITOR + + Editor to use when editing units; overrides + $EDITOR and $VISUAL. If neither + $SYSTEMD_EDITOR nor $EDITOR nor + $VISUAL are present or if it is set to an empty + string or if their execution failed, systemctl will try to execute well + known editors in this order: + nano1, + vim1, + vi1. + + + See Also systemd1, - systemadm1, journalctl1, loginctl1, + machinectl1, systemd.unit5, systemd.resource-management5, systemd.special7, - wall1, - systemd.preset5 + wall1, + systemd.preset5, + glob7