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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index af32ccb87..5c4bd6569 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -519,6 +519,20 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
following:
/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+
+ Note however that reloading a
+ daemon by sending a signal (as with
+ the example line above) is usually not
+ a good choice, because this is an
+ asynchronous operation and hence not
+ suitable to order reloads of multiple
+ services against each other. It is
+ strongly recommended to set
+ ExecReload= to a
+ command that not only triggers a
+ configuration reload of the daemon,
+ but also synchronously waits for it to
+ complete.
@@ -591,11 +605,12 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to
disable the timeout logic. Defaults to
- TimeoutStartSec= from
+ DefaultTimeoutStartSec= from
the manager configuration file, except
when Type=oneshot is
used, in which case the timeout
- is disabled by default.
+ is disabled by default
+ (see systemd-systemd.conf5).
@@ -614,8 +629,9 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to disable
the timeout logic. Defaults to
- TimeoutStartSec= from the
- manager configuration file.
+ DefaultTimeoutStopSec= from the
+ manager configuration file
+ (see systemd-systemd.conf5).
@@ -689,51 +705,151 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
,
,
,
+ ,
,
, or
. If set to
(the default), the
- service will not be restarted. If set to
- , it will be
- restarted only when the service process
- exits cleanly.
- In this context, a clean exit means
- an exit code of 0, or one of the signals
+ service will not be restarted. If set
+ to , it
+ will be restarted only when the
+ service process exits cleanly. In
+ this context, a clean exit means an
+ exit code of 0, or one of the signals
SIGHUP,
SIGINT,
- SIGTERM,
- or SIGPIPE, and
- additionally, exit statuses and signals
- specified in SuccessExitStatus=.
+ SIGTERM or
+ SIGPIPE, and
+ additionally, exit statuses and
+ signals specified in
+ SuccessExitStatus=.
If set to ,
the service will be restarted when the
- process exits with a non-zero exit code,
- is terminated by a signal (including on
- core dump), when an operation (such as
- service reload) times out, and when the
- configured watchdog timeout is triggered.
- If set to
- , the service
- will be restarted only if the service
- process exits due to an uncaught
- signal not specified as a clean exit
- status.
- If set to
- , the service
- will be restarted only if the watchdog
- timeout for the service expires.
- If set to
+ process exits with a non-zero exit
+ code, is terminated by a signal
+ (including on core dump, but excluding
+ the aforementiond four signals), when
+ an operation (such as service reload)
+ times out, and when the configured
+ watchdog timeout is triggered. If set
+ to , the
+ service will be restarted when the
+ process is terminated by a signal
+ (including on core dump, excluding the
+ aforementioned four signals), when an
+ operation times out, or when the
+ watchdog timeout is triggered. If set
+ to , the
+ service will be restarted only if the
+ service process exits due to an
+ uncaught signal not specified as a
+ clean exit status. If set to
+ , the
+ service will be restarted only if the
+ watchdog timeout for the service
+ expires. If set to
, the service
- will be restarted regardless of whether
- it exited cleanly or not, got
+ will be restarted regardless of
+ whether it exited cleanly or not, got
terminated abnormally by a signal, or
hit a timeout.
- In addition to the above settings,
- the service will not be restarted if the
- exit code or signal is specified in
+
+ Exit causes and the effect of the <varname>Restart=</varname> settings on them
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Restart settings/Exit causes
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Clean exit code or signal
+
+ X
+ X
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Unclean exit code
+
+ X
+
+ X
+
+
+
+
+
+ Unclean signal
+
+ X
+
+ X
+ X
+ X
+
+
+
+ Timeout
+
+ X
+
+ X
+ X
+
+
+
+
+ Watchdog
+
+ X
+
+ X
+ X
+
+ X
+
+
+
+
+
+ As exceptions to the setting
+ above the service will not be
+ restarted if the exit code or signal
+ is specified in
RestartPreventExitStatus=
- (see below).
+ (see below). Also, the services will
+ always be restarted if the exit code
+ or signal is specified in
+ RestartForceExitStatus=
+ (see below).
+
+ Setting this to
+ is the
+ recommended choice for long-running
+ services, in order to increase
+ reliability by attempting automatic
+ recovery from errors. For services
+ that shall be able to terminate on
+ their own choice (and avoid
+ immediate restarting),
+ is an
+ alternative choice.
+
@@ -748,7 +864,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
definitions can either be numeric exit
codes or termination signal names,
separated by spaces. For example:
- SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 SIGKILL
+ SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 SIGKILL
ensures that exit codes 1, 2, 8 and
the termination signal
SIGKILL are
@@ -788,9 +904,8 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
spaces. Defaults to the empty list, so
that, by default, no exit status is
excluded from the configured restart
- logic. Example:
- RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6
- SIGABRT, ensures that exit
+ logic. For example:
+ RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6 SIGABRT ensures that exit
codes 1 and 6 and the termination
signal SIGABRT will
not result in automatic service
@@ -804,6 +919,18 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
effect.
+
+ RestartForceExitStatus=
+ Takes a list of exit
+ status definitions that when returned
+ by the main service process will force
+ automatic service restarts, regardless
+ of the restart setting configured with
+ Restart=. The
+ argument format is similar to
+ RestartPreventExitStatus=.
+
+
PermissionsStartOnly=Takes a boolean