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diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index b35469c10..f434bfcc5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -141,14 +141,20 @@
Tell systemd to run a
system instance (resp. session
instance), even if the process ID is
- not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is not
- (resp. is) run as init process.
+ not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is
+ not (resp. is) run as init process.
Normally it should not be necessary to
pass these options, as systemd
automatically detects the mode it is
started in. These options are hence of
- little use except for
- debugging.
+ little use except for debugging. Note
+ that it is not supported booting and
+ maintaining a full system with systemd
+ running in
+ mode, but PID not 1. In practice,
+ passing explicitly is
+ only useful in conjunction with
+ .
@@ -256,7 +262,7 @@
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
- 'maintenance' state is available as well which is very
+ '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
@@ -317,9 +323,9 @@
systemd.timer5.
Swap units are very similar to
- mount units and encapsulated memory swap
+ mount units and encapsulate memory swap
partitions or files of the operating
- systemd. They are described in systemd.swap5.
+ system. They are described in systemd.swap5.
Path units may be used
to activate other services when file system
@@ -330,7 +336,7 @@
Units are named as their configuration
files. Some units have special semantics. A detailed
- list you may find in
+ list is available in
systemd.special7.systemd knows various kinds of dependencies,
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@
this.Application programs and units (via
- dependencies) may requests state changes of units. In
+ dependencies) may request state changes of units. In
systemd, these requests are encapsulated as 'jobs' and
maintained in a job queue. Jobs may succeed or can
fail, their execution is ordered based on the ordering
@@ -388,7 +394,7 @@
track of processes. Control group information is
maintained in the kernel, and is accessible via the
file system hierarchy (beneath
- /cgroup/systemd/), or in tools
+ /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/), or in tools
such as
ps1
(ps xawf -eo pid,user,cgroup,args
@@ -440,6 +446,11 @@
ideas behind systemd please refer to the Original
Design Document.
+
+ Note that some but not all interfaces provided
+ by systemd are covered by the Interface
+ Stability Promise.
@@ -840,8 +851,8 @@
Takes a boolean
argument. If
systemd spawns a shell when it
- crashes. Otherwise no core dump is
- created. Defaults to
+ crashes. Otherwise no shell is
+ spawned. Defaults to
, for security
reasons, as the shell is not protected
by any password
@@ -937,6 +948,17 @@
abstract namespace.
+
+ @/org/freedesktop/systemd1/shutdown
+
+ Used internally by the
+ shutdown8
+ tool to implement delayed
+ shutdowns. This is an AF_UNIX datagram
+ socket in the Linux abstract
+ namespace.
+
+
@/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private