From 96ddbf819a5675dba23ffadc35099462fdb2579f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:41:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: document that we look for both the instance's and the template's .d/ directory when looking for unit file drop-ins. --- man/systemd.unit.xml | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index dc5e385ac..c8d9300d9 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ settings to a unit, without having to modify their unit files. Make sure that the file that is included has the appropriate section headers before any - directive. + directive. Note that for instanced units this logic + will first look for the instance + .d/ subdirectory and read its + .conf files, followed by the + template .d/ subdirectory and reads + its .conf files. Note that while systemd offers a flexible dependency system between units it is recommended to -- 2.30.2