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diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 946c30a75..c0d7906d7 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@
which configure resource control settings for the
processes of the socket.
- For each socket file a matching service file
+ For each socket file, a matching service file
must exist, describing the service to start on
incoming traffic on the socket (see
systemd.service5
for more information about .service files). The name
of the .service unit is by default the same as the
- name of the .socket unit, but can be altered with
+ name of the .socket unit, but can be altered with the
option described below.
- Depending on the setting of
+ Depending on the setting of the
option described below, this .service unit must either
be named like the .socket unit, but with the suffix
replaced, unless overridden with
@@ -121,21 +121,21 @@
boot or late system shutdown should disable this
option.
- Socket units will have a
- Before= dependency on the service
- which they trigger added implicitly. No implicit
- WantedBy= or
- RequiredBy= dependency from the
- socket to the service is added. This means that the
- service may be started without the socket, in which
- case it must be able to open sockets by itself. To
- prevent this, an explicit Requires=
- dependency may be added.
+ Socket units will have a
+ Before= dependency on the service
+ which they trigger added implicitly. No implicit
+ WantedBy= or
+ RequiredBy= dependency from the
+ socket to the service is added. This means that the
+ service may be started without the socket, in which
+ case it must be able to open sockets by itself. To
+ prevent this, an explicit Requires=
+ dependency may be added.Socket units may be used to implement on-demand
starting of services, as well as parallelized starting
of services. See the blog stories linked at the end
- for introduction.
+ for an introduction.Note that the daemon software configured for
socket activation with socket units needs to be able
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@
sd_listen_fds3
for details) or via the traditional
inetd8-style
- socket passing (i.e. sockets passed in via STDIN and
- STDOUT, using StandardInput=socket
+ socket passing (i.e. sockets passed in via standard input and
+ output, using StandardInput=socket
in the service file).
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
before the interface it is configured
on is up and running, and even
regardless of whether it will be up and
- running at any point. To deal with this
+ running at any point. To deal with this,
it is recommended to set the
FreeBind= option
described below.
@@ -484,12 +484,15 @@
ReceiveBuffer=SendBuffer=Takes an integer
- argument controlling the receive
- or send buffer sizes of this
- socket, respectively. This controls the SO_RCVBUF
- and SO_SNDBUF socket options (see
+ argument controlling the receive or
+ send buffer sizes of this socket,
+ respectively. This controls the
+ SO_RCVBUF and SO_SNDBUF socket options
+ (see
socket7
- for details.).
+ for details.). The usual suffixes K,
+ M, G are supported and are understood
+ to the base of 1024.
@@ -568,12 +571,14 @@
PipeSize=
- Takes an integer
- value. Controls the pipe buffer size
+ Takes a size in
+ bytes. Controls the pipe buffer size
of FIFOs configured in this socket
unit. See
fcntl2
- for details.
+ for details. The usual suffixes K, M,
+ G are supported and are understood to
+ the base of 1024.
@@ -720,7 +725,7 @@
Accept=no. It
defaults to the service that bears the
same name as the socket (with the
- suffix replaced). In most cases it
+ suffix replaced). In most cases, it
should not be necessary to use this
option.