X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemctl.xml;h=e9e3371ba8d00e6c1613aa28be77369f54b2b953;hp=cdf4f5cd2901587a4f6c7cee4ff9298848f0af7d;hb=ac3f50caa50835a429fc59d9168799bbb6e24fb9;hpb=59cddb23385b583ae8a9db9d2b10e211ab48495e diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index cdf4f5cd2..e9e3371ba 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ systemctl - Control the systemd system and session manager + Control the systemd system and service manager @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ systemctl may be used to introspect and control the state of the systemd1 - system and session manager. + system and service manager. @@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ they are set or not. + + + + When listing units, + show only failed units. Do not confuse + with + . + + @@ -144,7 +153,24 @@ unfinished job, fail the command. If this is not specified the requested operation will replace the pending job, - if necessary. + if necessary. Do not confuse + with + . + + + + + + When enqueuing a new + job ignore all its dependencies and + execute it immediately. If passed no + required units of the unit passed will + be pulled in, and no ordering + dependencies will be honoured. This is + mostly a debugging and rescue tool for + the administrator and should not be + used by + applications. @@ -154,7 +180,7 @@ Suppress output to STDOUT in snapshot, - check, + is-active, enable and disable. @@ -170,6 +196,13 @@ argument it is only verified and enqueued. + + + + Do not pipe output into a + pager. + + @@ -178,10 +211,10 @@ - + Talk to the systemd - session manager of the calling user. + manager of the calling user. @@ -224,10 +257,10 @@ When used with enable and disable, operate on the - global session configuŕation + global user configuration directory, thus enabling or disabling a unit file globally for all future - sessions of all users. + logins of all users. @@ -241,6 +274,29 @@ changes. + + + + When used with + start and related + commands, disables asking for + passwords. Background services may + require input of a password or + passphrase string, for example to + unlock system hard disks or + cryptographic certificates. Unless + this option is specified and the + command is invoked from a terminal + systemctl will + query the user on the terminal for the + necessary secrets. Use this option to + switch this behavior off. In this + case the password must be supplied by + some other means (for example + graphical password agents) or the + service might fail. + + @@ -248,13 +304,11 @@ kill, choose the mode how to kill the selected processes. Must be one of - , - or + or to select whether to kill the entire control - group, the process group or only the - selected process itself. If ommitted - defaults to + group or only the selected process + itself. If omitted defaults to if is set, or @@ -273,22 +327,22 @@ to select whether to kill only the main process of the unit, the control process or all - processes of the unit. If ommitted + processes of the unit. If omitted defaults to . - + When used with kill, choose which signal to send to selected processes. Must be one of the well - know signal specifiers such as + known signal specifiers such as SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If - ommitted defaults to + omitted defaults to . @@ -326,6 +380,27 @@ file that shall be disabled. + + + + + + Execute operation + remotely. Specifiy a hostname, or + username and hostname seperated by @, + to connect to. This will use SSH to + talk to the remote systemd + instance. + + + + + + + Acquire privileges via + PolicyKit before executing the + operation. + The following commands are understood: @@ -391,23 +466,34 @@ Restart one or more units specified on the command - line. If the units are not running yet - the operation will - fail. + line if the units are running. Do + nothing if units are not running. + Note that for compatibility + with Red Hat init scripts + condrestart is + equivalent to this command. reload-or-restart [NAME...] + + Reload one or more + units if they support it. If not, + restart them instead. If the units + are not running yet they will be + started. + + reload-or-try-restart [NAME...] Reload one or more units if they support it. If not, - restart them instead. Note that for - compatibility with SysV and Red Hat - init scripts - force-reload and - condrestart may be - used as equivalent commands to - reload-or-try-restart. + restart them instead. Do nothing if + the units are not running. Note that + for compatibility with SysV init + scripts + force-reload is + equivalent to this + command. isolate [NAME] @@ -446,7 +532,7 @@ is-active [NAME...] Check whether any of - the specified units is active + the specified units are active (i.e. running). Returns an exit code 0 if at least one is active, non-zero otherwise. Unless @@ -546,7 +632,7 @@ administrator is free to make additional changes manually, by placing or removing symlinks in the - directory. This is particular useful + directory. This is particularly useful to create configurations that deviate from the suggested default installation. In this case the @@ -575,11 +661,11 @@ Depending on whether , - or + or is specified this enables the unit for the system, - for sessions of the calling user only - or for all future session of all + for the calling user only + or for all future logins of all users. Note that in the latter case no systemd daemon configuration is reloaded. @@ -618,9 +704,9 @@ . - This command honours + This command honors , - , + , in a similar way as enable. @@ -677,7 +763,7 @@ Cancel one or more jobs specified on the command line by their numeric job - IDs. If not job id is specified cancels all jobs that are pending. + IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs. monitor @@ -733,7 +819,7 @@ A snapshot refers to a saved state of the systemd manager. It is - implemented itself as unit that is + implemented itself as a unit that is generated dynamically with this command and has dependencies on all units active at the time. At a later @@ -858,8 +944,8 @@ users. If combined with shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes killed - and all file systems unmounted or + skipped, however all processes are killed + and all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the system halt. @@ -875,8 +961,8 @@ users. If combined with shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes killed - and all file systems unmounted or + skipped, however all processes are killed + and all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the powering off. @@ -892,8 +978,8 @@ users. If combined with shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes killed - and all file systems unmounted or + skipped, however all processes are killed + and all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the reboot. @@ -908,8 +994,8 @@ a wall message to all users. If combined with shutdown of all running services is - skipped, however all processes killed - and all file systems unmounted or + skipped, however all processes are killed + and all file systems are unmounted or mounted read-only, immediately followed by the reboot. @@ -919,9 +1005,9 @@ Ask the systemd manager to quit. This is only - supported for session managers + supported for user service managers (i.e. in conjunction with the - option) and + option) and will fail otherwise.