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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 69060a53b..8977873c1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
systemd.service
- systemd service configuration files
+ Service unit configuration
- systemd.service
+ service.service
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@
Additional options are listed in
systemd.exec5,
which define the execution environment the commands
- are executed in.
+ are executed in, and in
+ systemd.kill5
+ which define the way the processes of the service are
+ terminated.
Unless DefaultDependencies=
is set to , service units will
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@
script. This is useful for compatibility with
SysV. Note that this compatibility is quite
comprehensive but not 100%. For details about the
- incomptibilities see the Incompatibilities
with SysV document.
@@ -112,11 +115,13 @@
supervises. A number of options that may be used in
this section are shared with other unit types. These
options are documented in
- systemd.exec5. The
+ systemd.exec5
+ and
+ systemd.kill5. The
options specific to the [Service]
section of service units are the following:
-
+ Type=
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@
complete and all communication
channels set up. The child continues
to run as the main daemon
- process. This is the behaviour of
+ process. This is the behavior of
traditional UNIX daemons. If this
setting is used, it is recommended to
also use the
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@
soon as the parent process
exits.
- Behaviour of
+ Behavior of
is similar
to , however
it is expected that the process has to
@@ -175,7 +180,7 @@
is particularly useful for this type
of service.
- Behaviour of
+ Behavior of
is similar to
, however it is
expected that the daemon acquires a
@@ -192,7 +197,7 @@
BusName= is
specified.
- Behaviour of
+ Behavior of
is similar to
, however it is
expected that the daemon sends a
@@ -211,10 +216,10 @@
not set, it will be implicitly set to
.
- Behaviour of
+ Behavior of
is very similar
to , however
- actual execution of a the service
+ actual execution of the service
binary is delayed until all jobs are
dispatched. This may be used to avoid
interleaving of output of shell
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@
Takes a boolean value
that specifies whether systemd should
try to guess the main PID of a service
- should if it cannot be determined
+ if it cannot be determined
reliably. This option is ignored
unless
is set and
@@ -278,7 +283,7 @@
BusName=Takes a D-Bus bus
- name, where this service is reachable
+ name, that this service is reachable
as. This option is mandatory for
services where
Type= is set to
@@ -291,52 +296,58 @@
ExecStart=
- Takes a command line
- that is executed when this service
- shall be started up. The first token
- of the command line must be an
- absolute file name, then followed by
- arguments for the process. It is
- mandatory to set this option for all
- services. This option may not be
- specified more than once, except when
- Type=oneshot is
- used in which case more than one
- ExecStart= line is
- accepted which are then invoked one by
- one, sequentially in the order they
- appear in the unit file.
+ Commands with their
+ arguments that are executed when this
+ service is started. The first
+ argument must be an absolute path
+ name.
- Optionally, if the absolute file
- name is prefixed with
- @, the second token
- will be passed as
- argv[0] to the
- executed process, followed by the
- further arguments specified. If the
- first token is prefixed with
- - an exit code of
- the command normally considered a
- failure (i.e. non-zero exit status or
- abnormal exit due to signal) is ignored
- and considered success. If both
- - and
- @ are used for the
- same command the former must precede
- the latter. Unless
+ When
+ Type=oneshot is
+ used, more than one command may be
+ specified. Multiple command lines may
+ be concatenated in a single directive,
+ by separating them with semicolons
+ (these semicolons must be passed as
+ separate words). Alternatively, this
+ directive may be specified more than
+ once with the same effect. However,
+ the latter syntax is not recommended
+ for compatibility with parsers
+ suitable for XDG
+ .desktop files.
+ The commands are invoked one by one
+ sequentially in the order they appear
+ in the unit file. When
+ Type is not
+ , only one
+ command may be given. Lone semicolons
+ may be escaped as
+ '\;'. If the empty
+ string is assigned to this option the
+ list of commands to start is reset,
+ prior assignments of this option will
+ have no effect.
+
+ Unless
Type=forking is
set, the process started via this
command line will be considered the
- main process of the daemon. The
- command line accepts % specifiers as
+ main process of the daemon.
+
+ The command line accepts
+ '%' specifiers as
described in
- systemd.unit5.
+ systemd.unit5. Note
+ that the first argument of the command
+ line (i.e. the program to execute) may
+ not include specifiers.On top of that basic environment
variable substitution is
supported. Use
${FOO} as part of a
- word, or as word of its own on the
+ word, or as a word of its own on the
command line, in which case it will be
replaced by the value of the
environment variable including all
@@ -349,35 +360,57 @@
at whitespace, resulting in no or more
arguments. Note that the first
argument (i.e. the program to execute)
- may not be a variable, and must be a
- literal and absolute path
- name.
+ may not be a variable, since it must
+ be a literal and absolute path
+ name.
+
+ Optionally, if the absolute file
+ name is prefixed with
+ '@', the second token
+ will be passed as
+ argv[0] to the
+ executed process, followed by the
+ further arguments specified. If the
+ absolute file name is prefixed with
+ '-' an exit code of
+ the command normally considered a
+ failure (i.e. non-zero exit status or
+ abnormal exit due to signal) is ignored
+ and considered success. If both
+ '-' and
+ '@' are used they
+ can appear in either order.
+
+ Note that this setting does not
+ directly support shell command
+ lines. If shell command lines are to
+ be used they need to be passed
+ explicitly to a shell implementation
+ of some kind. Example:
+ ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac'
+
+ For services run by a user
+ instance of systemd the special
+ environment variable
+ MANAGERPID is set
+ to the PID of the systemd
+ instance.
+ ExecStartPre=ExecStartPost=Additional commands
- that are executed before (resp. after)
+ that are executed before or after
the command in
- ExecStart=. Multiple
- command lines may be concatenated in a
- single directive, by separating them
- by semicolons (these semicolons must
- be passed as separate words). In that
- case, the commands are executed one
- after the other,
- serially. Alternatively, these
- directives may be specified more than
- once with the same effect. However,
- the latter syntax is not recommended
- for compatibility with parsers
- suitable for XDG
- .desktop files.
- Use of these settings is
- optional. Specifier and environment
- variable substitution is
- supported.
+ ExecStart=, respectively.
+ Syntax is the same as for
+ ExecStart=, except
+ that multiple command lines are allowed
+ and the commands are executed one
+ after the other, serially.
+
@@ -386,19 +419,19 @@
trigger a configuration reload in the
service. This argument takes multiple
command lines, following the same
- scheme as pointed out for
- ExecStartPre=
+ scheme as described for
+ ExecStart=
above. Use of this setting is
optional. Specifier and environment
variable substitution is supported
here following the same scheme as for
ExecStart=. One
- special environment variable is set:
- if known $MAINPID is
- set to the main process of the
- daemon, and may be used for command
- lines like the following:
- /bin/kill -HUP
+ additional special environment
+ variables is set: if known
+ $MAINPID is set to
+ the main process of the daemon, and
+ may be used for command lines like the
+ following: /bin/kill -HUP
$MAINPID.
@@ -408,21 +441,21 @@
stop the service started via
ExecStart=. This
argument takes multiple command lines,
- following the same scheme as pointed
- out for
- ExecStartPre=
+ following the same scheme as described
+ for ExecStart=
above. Use of this setting is
optional. All processes remaining for
a service after the commands
configured in this option are run are
terminated according to the
KillMode= setting
- (see below). If this option is not
- specified the process is terminated
- right-away when service stop is
- requested. Specifier and environment
- variable substitution is supported
- (including
+ (see
+ systemd.kill5). If
+ this option is not specified the
+ process is terminated right-away when
+ service stop is requested. Specifier
+ and environment variable substitution
+ is supported (including
$MAINPID, see
above).
@@ -435,9 +468,8 @@
configured in
ExecStop=. This
argument takes multiple command lines,
- following the same scheme as pointed
- out for
- ExecStartPre. Use
+ following the same scheme as described
+ for ExecStart. Use
of these settings is
optional. Specifier and environment
variable substitution is
@@ -457,27 +489,49 @@
- TimeoutSec=
+ TimeoutStartSec=Configures the time to
- wait for start-up and stop. If a
+ wait for start-up. If a
daemon service does not signal
start-up completion within the
- configured time the service will be
+ configured time, the service will be
considered failed and be shut down
- again. If a service is asked to stop
- but does not terminate in the
- specified time it will be terminated
+ again.
+ Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a
+ time span value such as "5min
+ 20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
+ logic. Defaults to 90s, except when
+ Type=oneshot is
+ used in which case the timeout
+ is disabled by default.
+
+
+
+
+ TimeoutStopSec=
+ Configures the time to
+ wait for stop. If a service is asked
+ to stop but does not terminate in the
+ specified time, it will be terminated
forcibly via SIGTERM, and after
another delay of this time with
- SIGKILL. (See
+ SIGKILL (See
KillMode=
- below.) Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a
+ in systemd.kill5).
+ Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a
time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
- logic. Defaults to
- 90s, except when Type=oneshot is
- used in which case the timeout
- is disabled by default.
+ logic. Defaults to 90s.
+
+
+
+
+ TimeoutSec=
+ A shorthand for configuring
+ both TimeoutStartSec=
+ and TimeoutStopSec=
+ to the specified value.
+
@@ -534,19 +588,77 @@
0. If set to
it will be
restarted only when it exited with an
- exit code not equalling 0, when
- terminated by a signal, when an
- operation times out or when the
+ exit code not equaling 0, when
+ terminated by a signal (including on
+ core dump), when an operation (such as
+ service reload) times out or when the
configured watchdog timeout is
triggered. If set to
it will be
restarted only if it exits due to
- reception of an uncaught signal. If
- set to the
- service will be restarted regardless
- whether it exited cleanly or not,
- got terminated abnormally by a
- signal or hit a timeout.
+ reception of an uncaught signal
+ (including on core dump). If set to
+ the service
+ will be restarted regardless whether
+ it exited cleanly or not, got
+ terminated abnormally by a signal or
+ hit a timeout.
+
+
+
+ SuccessExitStatus=
+ Takes a list of exit
+ status definitions that when returned
+ by the main service process will be
+ considered successful termination, in
+ addition to the normal successful exit
+ code 0 and the signals SIGHUP, SIGINT,
+ SIGTERM and SIGPIPE. Exit status
+ definitions can either be numeric exit
+ codes or termination signal names, and
+ are separated by spaces. Example:
+ "SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8
+ SIGKILL", ensures that exit
+ codes 1, 2, 8 and the termination
+ signal SIGKILL are considered clean
+ service terminations. This option may
+ appear more than once in which case
+ the list of successful exit statuses
+ is merged. If the empty string is
+ assigned to this option the list is
+ reset, all prior assignments of this
+ option will have no
+ effect.
+
+
+
+ RestartPreventExitStatus=
+ Takes a list of exit
+ status definitions that when returned
+ by the main service process will
+ prevent automatic service restarts
+ regardless of the restart setting
+ configured with
+ Restart=. Exit
+ status definitions can either be
+ numeric exit codes or termination
+ signal names, and are separated by
+ 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
+ codes 1 and 6 and the termination
+ signal SIGABRT will not result in
+ automatic service restarting. This
+ option may appear more than once in
+ which case the list of restart preventing
+ statuses is merged. If the empty
+ string is assigned to this option the
+ list is reset, all prior assignments
+ of this option will have no
+ effect.
@@ -596,72 +708,6 @@
false.
-
- KillMode=
- Specifies how
- processes of this service shall be
- killed. One of
- ,
- ,
- .
-
- If set to
- all
- remaining processes in the control
- group of this service will be
- terminated on service stop, after the
- stop command (as configured with
- ExecStop=) is
- executed. If set to
- only the main
- process itself is killed. If set to
- no process is
- killed. In this case only the stop
- command will be executed on service
- stop, but no process be killed
- otherwise. Processes remaining alive
- after stop are left in their control
- group and the control group continues
- to exist after stop unless it is
- empty. Defaults to
- .
-
- Processes will first be
- terminated via SIGTERM (unless the
- signal to send is changed via
- KillSignal=). If
- then after a delay (configured via the
- TimeoutSec= option)
- processes still remain, the
- termination request is repeated with
- the SIGKILL signal (unless this is
- disabled via the
- SendSIGKILL=
- option). See
- kill2
- for more
- information.
-
-
-
- KillSignal=
- Specifies which signal
- to use when killing a
- service. Defaults to SIGTERM.
-
-
-
-
- SendSIGKILL=
- Specifies whether to
- send SIGKILL to remaining processes
- after a timeout, if the normal
- shutdown procedure left processes of
- the service around. Takes a boolean
- value. Defaults to "yes".
-
-
-
NonBlocking=Set O_NONBLOCK flag
@@ -700,7 +746,7 @@
open access to the notification socket
when using
Type=notify or
- WatchdogUsec= (see
+ WatchdogSec= (see
above). If those options are used but
NotifyAccess= not
configured it will be implicitly set
@@ -726,13 +772,22 @@
same time. Also note that a different
service may be activated on incoming
traffic than inherits the sockets. Or
- in other words: The
+ in other words: the
Service= setting of
.socket units
- doesn't have to match the inverse of the
- Sockets= setting of
- the .service it
- refers to.
+ doesn't have to match the inverse of
+ the Sockets=
+ setting of the
+ .service it
+ refers to.
+
+ This option may appear more than
+ once, in which case the list of socket
+ units is merged. If the empty string
+ is assigned to this option the list of
+ sockets is reset, all prior uses of
+ this setting will have no
+ effect.
@@ -756,7 +811,27 @@
are allowed (defaults to 5). These
configuration options are particularly
useful in conjunction with
- Restart=.
+ Restart=, however
+ apply to all kinds of starts
+ (including manual), not just those
+ triggered by the
+ Restart= logic.
+ Note that units which are configured
+ for Restart= and
+ which reach the start limit are not
+ attempted to be restarted anymore,
+ however they may still be restarted
+ manually at a later point from which
+ point on the restart logic is again
+ activated. Note that
+ systemctl
+ reset-failed will cause the
+ restart rate counter for a service to
+ be flushed, which is useful if the
+ administrator wants to manually start
+ a service and the start limit
+ interferes with
+ that.
@@ -796,6 +871,13 @@
+
+ Check
+ systemd.exec5
+ and
+ systemd.kill5
+ for more settings.
+
@@ -806,7 +888,7 @@
for compatibility reasons and should not be used in
newly written service files.
-
+ SysVStartPriority=Set the SysV start
@@ -866,7 +948,9 @@
systemd1,
systemctl8,
systemd.unit5,
- systemd.exec5
+ systemd.exec5,
+ systemd.kill5,
+ systemd.directives7