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diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 8a12e25cf..9db39b1de 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@
ListenSequentialPacket=Specifies an address
to listen on for a stream
- (SOCK_STREAM), datagram (SOCK_DGRAM)
- resp. sequential packet
- (SOCK_SEQPACKET) socket. The address
+ (SOCK_STREAM), datagram (SOCK_DGRAM),
+ or sequential packet
+ (SOCK_SEQPACKET) socket, respectively. The address
can be written in various formats:If the address starts with a
@@ -170,8 +170,13 @@
If the address string is a
single number it is read as port
- number to listen on for both IPv4 and
- IPv6.
+ number to listen on via
+ IPv6. Depending on the value of
+ BindIPv6Only= (see below) this
+ might result in the service being
+ available via both IPv6 and IPv4 (default) or
+ just via IPv6.
+ If the address string is a
string in the format v.w.x.y:z it is
@@ -181,7 +186,12 @@
If the address string is a
string in the format [x]:y it is read
- as IPv6 address x on a port y.
+ as IPv6 address x on a port y. Note
+ that this might make the service
+ available via IPv4, too, depending on
+ the BindIPv6Only=
+ setting (see below).
+ Note that SOCK_SEQPACKET
(i.e. ListenSequentialPacket=)
@@ -217,7 +227,7 @@
Specifies a file
system FIFO to listen on. This expects
an absolute file system path as
- argument. Behaviour otherwise is very
+ argument. Behavior otherwise is very
similar to the
ListenDatagram=
directive above.
@@ -228,7 +238,7 @@
Specifies a special
file in the file system to listen
on. This expects an absolute file
- system path as argument. Behaviour
+ system path as argument. Behavior
otherwise is very similar to the
ListenFIFO=
directive above. Use this to open
@@ -248,7 +258,7 @@
or kobject-uevent)
as argument, optionally suffixed by a
whitespace followed by a multicast
- group integer. Behaviour otherwise is
+ group integer. Behavior otherwise is
very similar to the
ListenDatagram=
directive above.
@@ -259,7 +269,7 @@
Specifies a POSIX
message queue name to listen on. This
expects a valid message queue name
- (i.e. beginning with /). Behaviour
+ (i.e. beginning with /). Behavior
otherwise is very similar to the
ListenFIFO=
directive above. On Linux message
@@ -286,7 +296,10 @@
default, surprise!) the system wide
default setting is used, as controlled
by
- /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only.
+ /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only,
+ which in turn defaults to the
+ equivalent of
+ .
@@ -421,9 +434,9 @@
SendBuffer=Takes an integer
argument controlling the receive
- resp. send buffer sizes of this
- socket. This controls the SO_RCVBUF
- resp. SO_SNDBUF socket options (see
+ or send buffer sizes of this
+ socket, respectively. This controls the SO_RCVBUF
+ and SO_SNDBUF socket options (see
socket7
for details.).
@@ -486,7 +499,7 @@
MessageQueueMessageSize=These two settings
take integer values and control the
- mq_maxmsg resp. mq_msgsize field when
+ mq_maxmsg field or the mq_msgsize field, respectively, when
creating the message queue. Note that
either none or both of these variables
need to be set. See
@@ -568,9 +581,9 @@
ExecStartPost=Takes one or more
command lines, which are executed
- before (resp. after) the listening
+ before or after the listening
sockets/FIFOs are created and
- bound. The first token of the command
+ bound, respectively. The first token of the command
line must be an absolute file name,
then followed by arguments for the
process. Multiple command lines may be
@@ -584,9 +597,9 @@
ExecStopPre=ExecStopPost=Additional commands
- that are executed before (resp. after)
+ that are executed before or after
the listening sockets/FIFOs are closed
- and removed. Multiple command lines
+ and removed, respectively. Multiple command lines
may be specified following the same
scheme as used for
ExecStartPre= of