X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.xml;h=47d6438939a12020142aa3db9ab86521f3f363ad;hp=9ff6495e5005d1f4d9d6fa751a5cb1624046b889;hb=0b429ab7fca2aa139ffbeeac8bdcfbbd21cc1a60;hpb=9980033377c105d2cd6539c9d73ee61d4c2263b0 diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index 9ff6495e5..47d643893 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ systemd init - systemd System and Service Manager + systemd system and service manager @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ the configuration file system.conf, otherwise user.conf. See - systemd.conf5 + systemd-system.conf5 for more information. @@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ Prints a short help text and exits. + + + + Prints a systemd version + identifier and exits. + @@ -138,11 +144,13 @@ - Tell systemd to run a - system instance (resp. user - instance), even if the process ID is - not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is - not (resp. is) run as init process. + For , + tell systemd to run a + system instance, even if the process ID is + not 1, i.e. systemd is not run as init process. + does the opposite, + running a user instance even if the process + ID is 1. Normally it should not be necessary to pass these options, as systemd automatically detects the mode it is @@ -245,11 +253,11 @@ Sets the default - output resp. error output for all - services and sockets, i.e. controls + output or error output for all + services and sockets, respectively. That is, controls the default for - resp. + and (see systemd.exec5 for details). Takes one of @@ -277,25 +285,27 @@ Concepts systemd provides a dependency system between - various entities called "units". Units encapsulate - various objects that are relevant for system boot-up - and maintenance. The majority of units are configured - in unit configuration files, whose syntax and basic - set of options is described in + various entities called "units" of 12 different + types. Units encapsulate various objects that are + relevant for system boot-up and maintenance. The + majority of units are configured in unit configuration + files, whose syntax and basic set of options is + described in systemd.unit5, however some are created automatically from other - configuration or dynamically from system state. Units - may be 'active' (meaning started, bound, plugged in, - ... depending on the unit type, see below), or - 'inactive' (meaning stopped, unbound, unplugged, ...), - as well as in the process of being activated or - deactivated, i.e. between the two states (these states - are called 'activating', 'deactivating'). A special - 'failed' state is available as well which is very - similar to 'inactive' and is entered when the service - failed in some way (process returned error code on - exit, or crashed, or an operation timed out). If this - state is entered the cause will be logged, for later + configuration, dynamically from system state or + programmatically at runtime. Units may be "active" + (meaning started, bound, plugged in, ..., depending on + the unit type, see below), or "inactive" (meaning + stopped, unbound, unplugged, ...), as well as in the + process of being activated or deactivated, + i.e. between the two states (these states are called + "activating", "deactivating"). A special "failed" + state is available as well, which is very similar to + "inactive" and is entered when the service failed in + some way (process returned error code on exit, or + crashed, or an operation timed out). If this state is + entered, the cause will be logged, for later reference. Note that the various unit types may have a number of additional substates, which are mapped to the five generalized unit states described @@ -304,7 +314,7 @@ The following unit types are available: - Service units, which control + Service units, which start and control daemons and the processes they consist of. For details see systemd.service5. @@ -361,6 +371,18 @@ objects change or are modified. See systemd.path5. + Slice units may be used to + group units which manage system processes + (such as service and scope units) in a + hierarchical tree for resource management + purposes. See + systemd.slice5. + + Scope units are similar to + service units, but manage foreign processes + instead of starting them as well. See + systemd.scope5. + Units are named as their configuration @@ -417,7 +439,7 @@ individual Linux control groups named after the unit which they belong to in the private systemd hierarchy. (see cgroups.txt + url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt for more information about control groups, or short "cgroups"). systemd uses this to effectively keep track of processes. Control group information is @@ -465,7 +487,7 @@ Systemd contains native implementations of various tasks that need to be executed as part of the - boot process. For example, it sets the host name or + boot process. For example, it sets the hostname or configures the loopback network device. It also sets up and mounts various API file systems, such as /sys or @@ -489,12 +511,12 @@ Specification. Systems which invoke systemd in a container - resp. initrd environment should implement the + or initrd environment should implement the Container - Interface resp. or initrd - Interface specifications. + Interface specifications, respectively. @@ -527,7 +549,9 @@ disable commands of the systemctl1 - tool. + tool. Full list of directories is provided in + systemd.unit5. + @@ -556,7 +580,9 @@ tool can handle both global (i.e. for all users) and private (for one user) enabling/disabling of - units. + units. Full list of directories is provided in + systemd.unit5. + @@ -599,7 +625,7 @@ - SIGTERM + SIGTERM Upon receiving this signal the systemd system manager @@ -619,7 +645,7 @@ - SIGINT + SIGINT Upon receiving this signal the systemd system manager will @@ -631,11 +657,11 @@ systemd user managers treat this signal the same way as - SIGTERM. + SIGTERM. - SIGWINCH + SIGWINCH When this signal is received the systemd system manager @@ -651,7 +677,7 @@ - SIGPWR + SIGPWR When this signal is received the systemd manager @@ -663,7 +689,7 @@ - SIGUSR1 + SIGUSR1 When this signal is received the systemd manager will try @@ -672,7 +698,7 @@ - SIGUSR2 + SIGUSR2 When this signal is received the systemd manager will log @@ -683,7 +709,7 @@ - SIGHUP + SIGHUP Reloads the complete daemon configuration. This is mostly @@ -692,7 +718,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+0 + SIGRTMIN+0 Enters default mode, starts the default.target @@ -702,7 +728,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+1 + SIGRTMIN+1 Enters rescue mode, starts the @@ -713,7 +739,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+2 + SIGRTMIN+2 Enters emergency mode, starts the @@ -724,7 +750,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+3 + SIGRTMIN+3 Halts the machine, starts the @@ -735,7 +761,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+4 + SIGRTMIN+4 Powers off the machine, starts the @@ -746,7 +772,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+5 + SIGRTMIN+5 Reboots the machine, starts the @@ -757,7 +783,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+6 + SIGRTMIN+6 Reboots the machine via kexec, starts the @@ -768,31 +794,31 @@ - SIGRTMIN+13 + SIGRTMIN+13 Immediately halts the machine. - SIGRTMIN+14 + SIGRTMIN+14 Immediately powers off the machine. - SIGRTMIN+15 + SIGRTMIN+15 Immediately reboots the machine. - SIGRTMIN+16 + SIGRTMIN+16 Immediately reboots the machine with kexec. - SIGRTMIN+20 + SIGRTMIN+20 Enables display of status messages on the console, as @@ -803,7 +829,7 @@ - SIGRTMIN+21 + SIGRTMIN+21 Disables display of status messages on the console, as @@ -814,44 +840,52 @@ - SIGRTMIN+22 - SIGRTMIN+23 + SIGRTMIN+22 + SIGRTMIN+23 Sets the log level to debug - (resp. info on - SIGRTMIN+23), as + (or info on + SIGRTMIN+23), as controlled via systemd.log_level=debug - (resp. systemd.log_level=info - on SIGRTMIN+23) on + (or systemd.log_level=info + on SIGRTMIN+23) on the kernel command line. - SIGRTMIN+26 - SIGRTMIN+27 - SIGRTMIN+28 - SIGRTMIN+29 + SIGRTMIN+24 + + Immediately exits the + manager (only available for --user + instances). + + + + SIGRTMIN+26 + SIGRTMIN+27 + SIGRTMIN+28 + SIGRTMIN+29 Sets the log level to journal-or-kmsg - (resp. console on - SIGRTMIN+27; - resp. kmsg on - SIGRTMIN+28; - resp. syslog-or-kmsg - on SIGRTMIN+29), as + (or console on + SIGRTMIN+27, + kmsg on + SIGRTMIN+28, + or syslog-or-kmsg + on SIGRTMIN+29), as controlled via systemd.log_target=journal-or-kmsg - (resp. systemd.log_target=console - on SIGRTMIN+27; - resp. systemd.log_target=kmsg - on SIGRTMIN+28; - resp + (or systemd.log_target=console + on SIGRTMIN+27, + systemd.log_target=kmsg + on SIGRTMIN+28, + or systemd.log_target=syslog-or-kmsg - on SIGRTMIN+29) on + on SIGRTMIN+29) on the kernel command line. @@ -861,7 +895,7 @@ Environment - + $SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL systemd reads the @@ -971,7 +1005,7 @@ /proc/cmdline instead.: - + systemd.unit= rd.systemd.unit= @@ -986,9 +1020,9 @@ systemd.special7 for details about these units. The option prefixed with - rd. is honoured + rd. is honored only in the initial RAM disk (initrd), - while the one that isn't prefixed only + while the one that is not prefixed only in the main system. @@ -1024,7 +1058,7 @@ argument. If positive systemd activates the specified virtual terminal when it crashes. Defaults to - -1. + -1. @@ -1067,42 +1101,50 @@ systemd.default_standard_output= systemd.default_standard_error= Controls default - standard output/error output for + standard output and error output for services, with the same effect as the - resp. + and command line arguments described - above. + above, respectively. systemd.setenv= Takes a string - argument in the form - VARIABLE=VALUE. May be used to set - environment variables for the init - process and all its children at boot - time. May be used more than once to - set multiple variables. If the equal - sign and variable are missing unsets - an environment variable which might be - passed in from the initial ram - disk. + argument in the form VARIABLE=VALUE. + May be used to set default environment + variables to add to forked child processes. + May be used more than once to set multiple + variables. quiet - If passed turns off + Turn off status output at boot, much like systemd.show_status=false would. Note that this option is also read by the kernel itself and disables - kernel log output to the - kernel. Passing this option hence - turns off the usual output from both - the system manager and the + kernel log output. Passing this option + hence turns off the usual output from + both the system manager and the kernel. + + + + + debug + + Turn on debugging + output. This is equivalent to + systemd.log_level=debug. + Note that this option is also read by + the kernel itself and enables kernel + debug output. Passing this option + hence turns on the debug output from + both the system manager and the kernel. @@ -1137,12 +1179,12 @@ 5 Boot into the - specified legacy SysV runlevel. This - is equivalent to + specified legacy SysV runlevel. These + are equivalent to systemd.unit=runlevel2.target, systemd.unit=runlevel3.target, systemd.unit=runlevel4.target, - resp. systemd.unit=runlevel5.target + and systemd.unit=runlevel5.target, respectively, and provided for compatibility reasons and to be easier to type. @@ -1190,7 +1232,7 @@ Daemon status notification socket. This is an - AF_UNIX datagram socket and is used to + AF_UNIX datagram socket and is used to implement the daemon notification logic as implemented by sd_notify3. @@ -1203,7 +1245,7 @@ Used internally by the shutdown8 tool to implement delayed - shutdowns. This is an AF_UNIX datagram + shutdowns. This is an AF_UNIX datagram socket. @@ -1214,7 +1256,7 @@ communication channel between systemctl1 and the systemd process. This is an - AF_UNIX stream socket. This interface + AF_UNIX stream socket. This interface is private to systemd and should not be used in external projects. @@ -1238,18 +1280,19 @@ See Also - systemd.conf5, + systemd-system.conf5, locale.conf5, systemctl1, - systemadm1, + journalctl1, systemd-notify1, daemon7, - sd-daemon7, + sd-daemon3, systemd.unit5, systemd.special5, pkg-config1, kernel-command-line7, - bootup7 + bootup7, + systemd.directives7