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  24 <refentry id="systemd.exec">
  25         <refentryinfo>
  26                 <title>systemd.exec</title>
  27                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  28
  29                 <authorgroup>
  30                         <author>
  31                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  32                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  33                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  34                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  35                         </author>
  36                 </authorgroup>
  37         </refentryinfo>
  38
  39         <refmeta>
  40                 <refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle>
  41                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  42         </refmeta>
  43
  44         <refnamediv>
  45                 <refname>systemd.exec</refname>
  46                 <refpurpose>Execution environment configuration</refpurpose>
  47         </refnamediv>
  48
  49         <refsynopsisdiv>
  50                 <para><filename><replaceable>service</replaceable>.service</filename>,
  51                 <filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename>,
  52                 <filename><replaceable>mount</replaceable>.mount</filename>,
  53                 <filename><replaceable>swap</replaceable>.swap</filename></para>
  54         </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56         <refsect1>
  57                 <title>Description</title>
  58
  59                 <para>Unit configuration files for services, sockets,
  60                 mount points, and swap devices share a subset of
  61                 configuration options which define the execution
  62                 environment of spawned processes.</para>
  63
  64                 <para>This man page lists the configuration options
  65                 shared by these four unit types. See
  66                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  67                 for the common options of all unit configuration
  68                 files, and
  69                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  70                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  71                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  72                 and
  73                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  74                 for more information on the specific unit
  75                 configuration files. The execution specific
  76                 configuration options are configured in the [Service],
  77                 [Socket], [Mount], or [Swap] sections, depending on the unit
  78                 type.</para>
  79         </refsect1>
  80
  81         <refsect1>
  82                 <title>Options</title>
  83
  84                 <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
  85
  86                         <varlistentry>
  87                                 <term><varname>WorkingDirectory=</varname></term>
  88
  89                                 <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
  90                                 directory path. Sets the working
  91                                 directory for executed processes. If
  92                                 not set, defaults to the root directory
  93                                 when systemd is running as a system
  94                                 instance and the respective user's
  95                                 home directory if run as
  96                                 user.</para></listitem>
  97                         </varlistentry>
  98
  99                         <varlistentry>
 100                                 <term><varname>RootDirectory=</varname></term>
 101
 102                                 <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
 103                                 directory path. Sets the root
 104                                 directory for executed processes, with
 105                                 the
 106                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 107                                 system call. If this is used, it must
 108                                 be ensured that the process and all
 109                                 its auxiliary files are available in
 110                                 the <function>chroot()</function>
 111                                 jail.</para></listitem>
 112                         </varlistentry>
 113
 114                         <varlistentry>
 115                                 <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
 116                                 <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
 117
 118                                 <listitem><para>Sets the Unix user
 119                                 or group that the processes are executed
 120                                 as, respectively. Takes a single user or group
 121                                 name or ID as argument. If no group is
 122                                 set, the default group of the user is
 123                                 chosen.</para></listitem>
 124                         </varlistentry>
 125
 126                         <varlistentry>
 127                                 <term><varname>SupplementaryGroups=</varname></term>
 128
 129                                 <listitem><para>Sets the supplementary
 130                                 Unix groups the processes are executed
 131                                 as. This takes a space-separated list
 132                                 of group names or IDs. This option may
 133                                 be specified more than once in which
 134                                 case all listed groups are set as
 135                                 supplementary groups. When the empty
 136                                 string is assigned the list of
 137                                 supplementary groups is reset, and all
 138                                 assignments prior to this one will
 139                                 have no effect. In any way, this
 140                                 option does not override, but extends
 141                                 the list of supplementary groups
 142                                 configured in the system group
 143                                 database for the
 144                                 user.</para></listitem>
 145                         </varlistentry>
 146
 147                         <varlistentry>
 148                                 <term><varname>Nice=</varname></term>
 149
 150                                 <listitem><para>Sets the default nice
 151                                 level (scheduling priority) for
 152                                 executed processes. Takes an integer
 153                                 between -20 (highest priority) and 19
 154                                 (lowest priority). See
 155                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setpriority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 156                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 157                         </varlistentry>
 158
 159                         <varlistentry>
 160                                 <term><varname>OOMScoreAdjust=</varname></term>
 161
 162                                 <listitem><para>Sets the adjustment
 163                                 level for the Out-Of-Memory killer for
 164                                 executed processes. Takes an integer
 165                                 between -1000 (to disable OOM killing
 166                                 for this process) and 1000 (to make
 167                                 killing of this process under memory
 168                                 pressure very likely). See <ulink
 169                                 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt">proc.txt</ulink>
 170                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 171                         </varlistentry>
 172
 173                         <varlistentry>
 174                                 <term><varname>IOSchedulingClass=</varname></term>
 175
 176                                 <listitem><para>Sets the IO scheduling
 177                                 class for executed processes. Takes an
 178                                 integer between 0 and 3 or one of the
 179                                 strings <option>none</option>,
 180                                 <option>realtime</option>,
 181                                 <option>best-effort</option> or
 182                                 <option>idle</option>. See
 183                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ioprio_set</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 184                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 185                         </varlistentry>
 186
 187                         <varlistentry>
 188                                 <term><varname>IOSchedulingPriority=</varname></term>
 189
 190                                 <listitem><para>Sets the IO scheduling
 191                                 priority for executed processes. Takes
 192                                 an integer between 0 (highest
 193                                 priority) and 7 (lowest priority). The
 194                                 available priorities depend on the
 195                                 selected IO scheduling class (see
 196                                 above). See
 197                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ioprio_set</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 198                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 199                         </varlistentry>
 200
 201                         <varlistentry>
 202                                 <term><varname>CPUSchedulingPolicy=</varname></term>
 203
 204                                 <listitem><para>Sets the CPU
 205                                 scheduling policy for executed
 206                                 processes. Takes one of
 207                                 <option>other</option>,
 208                                 <option>batch</option>,
 209                                 <option>idle</option>,
 210                                 <option>fifo</option> or
 211                                 <option>rr</option>. See
 212                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 213                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 214                         </varlistentry>
 215
 216                         <varlistentry>
 217                                 <term><varname>CPUSchedulingPriority=</varname></term>
 218
 219                                 <listitem><para>Sets the CPU
 220                                 scheduling priority for executed
 221                                 processes. The available priority
 222                                 range depends on the selected CPU
 223                                 scheduling policy (see above). For
 224                                 real-time scheduling policies an
 225                                 integer between 1 (lowest priority)
 226                                 and 99 (highest priority) can be used.
 227                                 See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 228                                 for details.
 229                                 </para></listitem>
 230                         </varlistentry>
 231
 232                         <varlistentry>
 233                                 <term><varname>CPUSchedulingResetOnFork=</varname></term>
 234
 235                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
 236                                 argument. If true, elevated CPU
 237                                 scheduling priorities and policies
 238                                 will be reset when the executed
 239                                 processes fork, and can hence not leak
 240                                 into child processes. See
 241                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 242                                 for details. Defaults to false.</para></listitem>
 243                         </varlistentry>
 244
 245                         <varlistentry>
 246                                 <term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>
 247
 248                                 <listitem><para>Controls the CPU
 249                                 affinity of the executed
 250                                 processes. Takes a space-separated
 251                                 list of CPU indices. This option may
 252                                 be specified more than once in which
 253                                 case the specificed CPU affinity masks
 254                                 are merged. If the empty string is
 255                                 assigned, the mask is reset, all
 256                                 assignments prior to this will have no
 257                                 effect. See
 258                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setaffinity</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 259                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 260                         </varlistentry>
 261
 262                         <varlistentry>
 263                                 <term><varname>UMask=</varname></term>
 264
 265                                 <listitem><para>Controls the file mode
 266                                 creation mask. Takes an access mode in
 267                                 octal notation. See
 268                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>umask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 269                                 for details. Defaults to
 270                                 0022.</para></listitem>
 271                         </varlistentry>
 272
 273                         <varlistentry>
 274                                 <term><varname>Environment=</varname></term>
 275
 276                                 <listitem><para>Sets environment
 277                                 variables for executed
 278                                 processes. Takes a space-separated
 279                                 list of variable assignments. This
 280                                 option may be specified more than once
 281                                 in which case all listed variables
 282                                 will be set. If the same variable is
 283                                 set twice, the later setting will
 284                                 override the earlier setting. If the
 285                                 empty string is assigned to this
 286                                 option, the list of environment
 287                                 variables is reset, all prior
 288                                 assignments have no effect.
 289                                 Variable expansion is not performed
 290                                 inside the strings, however, specifier
 291                                 expansion is possible. The $ character has
 292                                 no special meaning.
 293                                 If you need to assign a value containing spaces
 294                                 to a variable, use double quotes (")
 295                                 for the assignment.</para>
 296
 297                                 <para>Example:
 298                                 <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=$word 5 6"</programlisting>
 299                                 gives three variables <literal>VAR1</literal>,
 300                                 <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>
 301                                 with the values <literal>word1 word2</literal>,
 302                                 <literal>word3</literal>, <literal>$word 5 6</literal>.
 303                                 </para>
 304
 305                                 <para>
 306                                 See
 307                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 308                                 for details about environment variables.</para></listitem>
 309                         </varlistentry>
 310                         <varlistentry>
 311                                 <term><varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname></term>
 312                                 <listitem><para>Similar to
 313                                 <varname>Environment=</varname> but
 314                                 reads the environment variables from a
 315                                 text file. The text file should
 316                                 contain new-line-separated variable
 317                                 assignments. Empty lines and lines
 318                                 starting with ; or # will be ignored,
 319                                 which may be used for commenting. A line
 320                                 ending with a backslash will be concatenated
 321                                 with the following one, allowing multiline variable
 322                                 definitions. The parser strips leading
 323                                 and trailing whitespace from the values
 324                                 of assignments, unless you use
 325                                 double quotes (").</para>
 326
 327                                 <para>The argument passed should be an
 328                                 absolute filename or wildcard
 329                                 expression, optionally prefixed with
 330                                 <literal>-</literal>, which indicates
 331                                 that if the file does not exist, it
 332                                 will not be read and no error or warning
 333                                 message is logged.  This option may be
 334                                 specified more than once in which case
 335                                 all specified files are read. If the
 336                                 empty string is assigned to this
 337                                 option, the list of file to read is
 338                                 reset, all prior assignments have no
 339                                 effect.</para>
 340
 341                                 <para>The files listed with this
 342                                 directive will be read shortly before
 343                                 the process is executed. Settings from
 344                                 these files override settings made
 345                                 with
 346                                 <varname>Environment=</varname>. If
 347                                 the same variable is set twice from
 348                                 these files, the files will be read in
 349                                 the order they are specified and the
 350                                 later setting will override the
 351                                 earlier setting.</para></listitem>
 352                         </varlistentry>
 353
 354                         <varlistentry>
 355                                 <term><varname>StandardInput=</varname></term>
 356                                 <listitem><para>Controls where file
 357                                 descriptor 0 (STDIN) of the executed
 358                                 processes is connected to. Takes one
 359                                 of <option>null</option>,
 360                                 <option>tty</option>,
 361                                 <option>tty-force</option>,
 362                                 <option>tty-fail</option> or
 363                                 <option>socket</option>. If
 364                                 <option>null</option> is selected,
 365                                 standard input will be connected to
 366                                 <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
 367                                 i.e. all read attempts by the process
 368                                 will result in immediate EOF. If
 369                                 <option>tty</option> is selected,
 370                                 standard input is connected to a TTY
 371                                 (as configured by
 372                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
 373                                 below) and the executed process
 374                                 becomes the controlling process of the
 375                                 terminal. If the terminal is already
 376                                 being controlled by another process, the
 377                                 executed process waits until the current
 378                                 controlling process releases the
 379                                 terminal.
 380                                 <option>tty-force</option>
 381                                 is similar to <option>tty</option>,
 382                                 but the executed process is forcefully
 383                                 and immediately made the controlling
 384                                 process of the terminal, potentially
 385                                 removing previous controlling
 386                                 processes from the
 387                                 terminal. <option>tty-fail</option> is
 388                                 similar to <option>tty</option> but if
 389                                 the terminal already has a controlling
 390                                 process start-up of the executed
 391                                 process fails.  The
 392                                 <option>socket</option> option is only
 393                                 valid in socket-activated services,
 394                                 and only when the socket configuration
 395                                 file (see
 396                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 397                                 for details) specifies a single socket
 398                                 only. If this option is set, standard
 399                                 input will be connected to the socket
 400                                 the service was activated from, which
 401                                 is primarily useful for compatibility
 402                                 with daemons designed for use with the
 403                                 traditional
 404                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 405                                 daemon. This setting defaults to
 406                                 <option>null</option>.</para></listitem>
 407                         </varlistentry>
 408                         <varlistentry>
 409                                 <term><varname>StandardOutput=</varname></term>
 410                                 <listitem><para>Controls where file
 411                                 descriptor 1 (STDOUT) of the executed
 412                                 processes is connected to. Takes one
 413                                 of <option>inherit</option>,
 414                                 <option>null</option>,
 415                                 <option>tty</option>,
 416                                 <option>syslog</option>,
 417                                 <option>kmsg</option>,
 418                                 <option>journal</option>,
 419                                 <option>syslog+console</option>,
 420                                 <option>kmsg+console</option>,
 421                                 <option>journal+console</option> or
 422                                 <option>socket</option>. If set to
 423                                 <option>inherit</option>, the file
 424                                 descriptor of standard input is
 425                                 duplicated for standard output. If set
 426                                 to <option>null</option>, standard
 427                                 output will be connected to
 428                                 <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
 429                                 i.e. everything written to it will be
 430                                 lost. If set to <option>tty</option>,
 431                                 standard output will be connected to a
 432                                 tty (as configured via
 433                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
 434                                 below). If the TTY is used for output
 435                                 only, the executed process will not
 436                                 become the controlling process of the
 437                                 terminal, and will not fail or wait
 438                                 for other processes to release the
 439                                 terminal. <option>syslog</option>
 440                                 connects standard output to the
 441                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 442                                 system syslog
 443                                 service. <option>kmsg</option>
 444                                 connects it with the kernel log buffer
 445                                 which is accessible via
 446                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dmesg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. <option>journal</option>
 447                                 connects it with the journal which is
 448                                 accessible via
 449                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 450                                 (Note that everything that is written
 451                                 to syslog or kmsg is implicitly stored
 452                                 in the journal as well, those options
 453                                 are hence supersets of this
 454                                 one). <option>syslog+console</option>,
 455                                 <option>journal+console</option> and
 456                                 <option>kmsg+console</option> work
 457                                 similarly but copy the output to the
 458                                 system console as
 459                                 well. <option>socket</option> connects
 460                                 standard output to a socket from
 461                                 socket activation, semantics are
 462                                 similar to the respective option of
 463                                 <varname>StandardInput=</varname>.
 464                                 This setting defaults to the value set
 465                                 with
 466                                 <option>DefaultStandardOutput=</option>
 467                                 in
 468                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 469                                 which defaults to
 470                                 <option>journal</option>.</para></listitem>
 471                         </varlistentry>
 472                         <varlistentry>
 473                                 <term><varname>StandardError=</varname></term>
 474                                 <listitem><para>Controls where file
 475                                 descriptor 2 (STDERR) of the
 476                                 executed processes is connected to.
 477                                 The available options are identical to
 478                                 those of
 479                                 <varname>StandardOutput=</varname>,
 480                                 with one exception: if set to
 481                                 <option>inherit</option> the file
 482                                 descriptor used for standard output is
 483                                 duplicated for standard error. This
 484                                 setting defaults to the value set with
 485                                 <option>DefaultStandardError=</option>
 486                                 in
 487                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 488                                 which defaults to
 489                                 <option>inherit</option>.</para></listitem>
 490                         </varlistentry>
 491                         <varlistentry>
 492                                 <term><varname>TTYPath=</varname></term>
 493                                 <listitem><para>Sets the terminal
 494                                 device node to use if standard input, output,
 495                                 or error are connected to a
 496                                 TTY (see above). Defaults to
 497                                 <filename>/dev/console</filename>.</para></listitem>
 498                         </varlistentry>
 499                         <varlistentry>
 500                                 <term><varname>TTYReset=</varname></term>
 501                                 <listitem><para>Reset the terminal
 502                                 device specified with
 503                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname> before and
 504                                 after execution. Defaults to
 505                                 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
 506                         </varlistentry>
 507                         <varlistentry>
 508                                 <term><varname>TTYVHangup=</varname></term>
 509                                 <listitem><para>Disconnect all clients
 510                                 which have opened the terminal device
 511                                 specified with
 512                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname>
 513                                 before and after execution. Defaults
 514                                 to
 515                                 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
 516                         </varlistentry>
 517                         <varlistentry>
 518                                 <term><varname>TTYVTDisallocate=</varname></term>
 519                                 <listitem><para>If the terminal
 520                                 device specified with
 521                                 <varname>TTYPath=</varname> is a
 522                                 virtual console terminal, try to
 523                                 deallocate the TTY before and after
 524                                 execution. This ensures that the
 525                                 screen and scrollback buffer is
 526                                 cleared. Defaults to
 527                                 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
 528                         </varlistentry>
 529                         <varlistentry>
 530                                 <term><varname>SyslogIdentifier=</varname></term>
 531                                 <listitem><para>Sets the process name
 532                                 to prefix log lines sent to syslog or
 533                                 the kernel log buffer with. If not set,
 534                                 defaults to the process name of the
 535                                 executed process. This option is only
 536                                 useful when
 537                                 <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
 538                                 <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
 539                                 set to <option>syslog</option> or
 540                                 <option>kmsg</option>.</para></listitem>
 541                         </varlistentry>
 542                         <varlistentry>
 543                                 <term><varname>SyslogFacility=</varname></term>
 544                                 <listitem><para>Sets the syslog
 545                                 facility to use when logging to
 546                                 syslog. One of <option>kern</option>,
 547                                 <option>user</option>,
 548                                 <option>mail</option>,
 549                                 <option>daemon</option>,
 550                                 <option>auth</option>,
 551                                 <option>syslog</option>,
 552                                 <option>lpr</option>,
 553                                 <option>news</option>,
 554                                 <option>uucp</option>,
 555                                 <option>cron</option>,
 556                                 <option>authpriv</option>,
 557                                 <option>ftp</option>,
 558                                 <option>local0</option>,
 559                                 <option>local1</option>,
 560                                 <option>local2</option>,
 561                                 <option>local3</option>,
 562                                 <option>local4</option>,
 563                                 <option>local5</option>,
 564                                 <option>local6</option> or
 565                                 <option>local7</option>. See
 566                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 567                                 for details. This option is only
 568                                 useful when
 569                                 <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
 570                                 <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
 571                                 set to <option>syslog</option>.
 572                                 Defaults to
 573                                 <option>daemon</option>.</para></listitem>
 574                         </varlistentry>
 575                         <varlistentry>
 576                                 <term><varname>SyslogLevel=</varname></term>
 577                                 <listitem><para>Default syslog level
 578                                 to use when logging to syslog or the
 579                                 kernel log buffer. One of
 580                                 <option>emerg</option>,
 581                                 <option>alert</option>,
 582                                 <option>crit</option>,
 583                                 <option>err</option>,
 584                                 <option>warning</option>,
 585                                 <option>notice</option>,
 586                                 <option>info</option>,
 587                                 <option>debug</option>. See
 588                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 589                                 for details. This option is only
 590                                 useful when
 591                                 <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
 592                                 <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
 593                                 set to <option>syslog</option> or
 594                                 <option>kmsg</option>. Note that
 595                                 individual lines output by the daemon
 596                                 might be prefixed with a different log
 597                                 level which can be used to override
 598                                 the default log level specified
 599                                 here. The interpretation of these
 600                                 prefixes may be disabled with
 601                                 <varname>SyslogLevelPrefix=</varname>,
 602                                 see below. For details see
 603                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 604
 605                                 Defaults to
 606                                 <option>info</option>.</para></listitem>
 607                         </varlistentry>
 608
 609                         <varlistentry>
 610                                 <term><varname>SyslogLevelPrefix=</varname></term>
 611                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
 612                                 argument. If true and
 613                                 <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
 614                                 <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
 615                                 set to <option>syslog</option>,
 616                                 <option>kmsg</option> or
 617                                 <option>journal</option>, log lines
 618                                 written by the executed process that
 619                                 are prefixed with a log level will be
 620                                 passed on to syslog with this log
 621                                 level set but the prefix removed. If
 622                                 set to false, the interpretation of
 623                                 these prefixes is disabled and the
 624                                 logged lines are passed on as-is. For
 625                                 details about this prefixing see
 626                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 627                                 Defaults to true.</para></listitem>
 628                         </varlistentry>
 629
 630                         <varlistentry>
 631                                 <term><varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname></term>
 632                                 <listitem><para>Sets the timer slack
 633                                 in nanoseconds for the executed
 634                                 processes. The timer slack controls
 635                                 the accuracy of wake-ups triggered by
 636                                 timers. See
 637                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 638                                 for more information. Note that in
 639                                 contrast to most other time span
 640                                 definitions this parameter takes an
 641                                 integer value in nano-seconds if no
 642                                 unit is specified. The usual time
 643                                 units are understood
 644                                 too.</para></listitem>
 645                         </varlistentry>
 646
 647                         <varlistentry>
 648                                 <term><varname>LimitCPU=</varname></term>
 649                                 <term><varname>LimitFSIZE=</varname></term>
 650                                 <term><varname>LimitDATA=</varname></term>
 651                                 <term><varname>LimitSTACK=</varname></term>
 652                                 <term><varname>LimitCORE=</varname></term>
 653                                 <term><varname>LimitRSS=</varname></term>
 654                                 <term><varname>LimitNOFILE=</varname></term>
 655                                 <term><varname>LimitAS=</varname></term>
 656                                 <term><varname>LimitNPROC=</varname></term>
 657                                 <term><varname>LimitMEMLOCK=</varname></term>
 658                                 <term><varname>LimitLOCKS=</varname></term>
 659                                 <term><varname>LimitSIGPENDING=</varname></term>
 660                                 <term><varname>LimitMSGQUEUE=</varname></term>
 661                                 <term><varname>LimitNICE=</varname></term>
 662                                 <term><varname>LimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>
 663                                 <term><varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname></term>
 664                                 <listitem><para>These settings control
 665                                 various resource limits for executed
 666                                 processes. See
 667                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 668                                 for details. Use the string
 669                                 <varname>infinity</varname> to
 670                                 configure no limit on a specific
 671                                 resource.</para></listitem>
 672                         </varlistentry>
 673
 674                         <varlistentry>
 675                                 <term><varname>PAMName=</varname></term>
 676                                 <listitem><para>Sets the PAM service
 677                                 name to set up a session as. If set,
 678                                 the executed process will be
 679                                 registered as a PAM session under the
 680                                 specified service name. This is only
 681                                 useful in conjunction with the
 682                                 <varname>User=</varname> setting. If
 683                                 not set, no PAM session will be opened
 684                                 for the executed processes. See
 685                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 686                                 for details.</para></listitem>
 687                         </varlistentry>
 688
 689                         <varlistentry>
 690                                 <term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname></term>
 691
 692                                 <listitem><para>Controls which
 693                                 capabilities to include in the
 694                                 capability bounding set for the
 695                                 executed process. See
 696                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 697                                 for details. Takes a whitespace-separated
 698                                 list of capability names as read by
 699                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 700                                 e.g. <constant>CAP_SYS_ADMIN</constant>,
 701                                 <constant>CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE</constant>,
 702                                 <constant>CAP_SYS_PTRACE</constant>.
 703                                 Capabilities listed will be included
 704                                 in the bounding set, all others are
 705                                 removed. If the list of capabilities
 706                                 is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>,
 707                                 all but the listed capabilities will
 708                                 be included, the effect of the
 709                                 assignment inverted. Note that this
 710                                 option also affects the respective
 711                                 capabilities in the effective,
 712                                 permitted and inheritable capability
 713                                 sets, on top of what
 714                                 <varname>Capabilities=</varname>
 715                                 does. If this option is not used, the
 716                                 capability bounding set is not
 717                                 modified on process execution, hence
 718                                 no limits on the capabilities of the
 719                                 process are enforced. This option may
 720                                 appear more than once in which case
 721                                 the bounding sets are merged. If the
 722                                 empty string is assigned to this
 723                                 option, the bounding set is reset to
 724                                 the empty capability set, and all
 725                                 prior settings have no effect. If set
 726                                 to <literal>~</literal> (without any
 727                                 further argument), the bounding set is
 728                                 reset to the full set of available
 729                                 capabilities, also undoing any
 730                                 previous settings.</para></listitem>
 731                         </varlistentry>
 732
 733                         <varlistentry>
 734                                 <term><varname>SecureBits=</varname></term>
 735                                 <listitem><para>Controls the secure
 736                                 bits set for the executed process. See
 737                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 738                                 for details. Takes a list of strings:
 739                                 <option>keep-caps</option>,
 740                                 <option>keep-caps-locked</option>,
 741                                 <option>no-setuid-fixup</option>,
 742                                 <option>no-setuid-fixup-locked</option>,
 743                                 <option>noroot</option> and/or
 744                                 <option>noroot-locked</option>. This
 745                                 option may appear more than once in
 746                                 which case the secure bits are
 747                                 ORed. If the empty string is assigned
 748                                 to this option, the bits are reset to
 749                                 0.</para></listitem>
 750                         </varlistentry>
 751
 752                         <varlistentry>
 753                                 <term><varname>Capabilities=</varname></term>
 754                                 <listitem><para>Controls the
 755                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 756                                 set for the executed process. Take a
 757                                 capability string describing the
 758                                 effective, permitted and inherited
 759                                 capability sets as documented in
 760                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_text</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 761                                 Note that these capability sets are
 762                                 usually influenced by the capabilities
 763                                 attached to the executed file. Due to
 764                                 that
 765                                 <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>
 766                                 is probably the much more useful
 767                                 setting.</para></listitem>
 768                         </varlistentry>
 769
 770                         <varlistentry>
 771                                 <term><varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname></term>
 772                                 <term><varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname></term>
 773                                 <term><varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname></term>
 774
 775                                 <listitem><para>Sets up a new
 776                                 file system namespace for executed
 777                                 processes. These options may be used
 778                                 to limit access a process might have
 779                                 to the main file system
 780                                 hierarchy. Each setting takes a
 781                                 space-separated list of absolute
 782                                 directory paths. Directories listed in
 783                                 <varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname>
 784                                 are accessible from within the
 785                                 namespace with the same access rights
 786                                 as from outside. Directories listed in
 787                                 <varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>
 788                                 are accessible for reading only,
 789                                 writing will be refused even if the
 790                                 usual file access controls would
 791                                 permit this. Directories listed in
 792                                 <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
 793                                 will be made inaccessible for
 794                                 processes inside the namespace. Note
 795                                 that restricting access with these
 796                                 options does not extend to submounts
 797                                 of a directory. You must list
 798                                 submounts separately in these settings
 799                                 to ensure the same limited
 800                                 access. These options may be specified
 801                                 more than once in which case all
 802                                 directories listed will have limited
 803                                 access from within the namespace. If
 804                                 the empty string is assigned to this
 805                                 option, the specific list is reset, and
 806                                 all prior assignments have no
 807                                 effect.</para>
 808                                 <para>Paths in
 809                                 <varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>
 810                                 and
 811                                 <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
 812                                 may be prefixed with
 813                                 <literal>-</literal>, in which case
 814                                 they will be ignored when they do not
 815                                 exist. Note that using this
 816                                 setting will disconnect propagation of
 817                                 mounts from the service to the host
 818                                 (propagation in the opposite direction
 819                                 continues to work). This means that
 820                                 this setting may not be used for
 821                                 services which shall be able to
 822                                 install mount points in the main mount
 823                                 namespace.</para></listitem>
 824                         </varlistentry>
 825
 826                         <varlistentry>
 827                                 <term><varname>PrivateTmp=</varname></term>
 828
 829                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
 830                                 argument. If true, sets up a new file
 831                                 system namespace for the executed
 832                                 processes and mounts private
 833                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> and
 834                                 <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
 835                                 directories inside it that is not
 836                                 shared by processes outside of the
 837                                 namespace. This is useful to secure
 838                                 access to temporary files of the
 839                                 process, but makes sharing between
 840                                 processes via
 841                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> or
 842                                 <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
 843                                 impossible. If this is enabled all
 844                                 temporary files created by a service
 845                                 in these directories will be removed
 846                                 after the service is stopped. Defaults
 847                                 to false. It is possible to run two or
 848                                 more units within the same private
 849                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> and
 850                                 <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
 851                                 namespace by using the
 852                                 <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
 853                                 directive, see
 854                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 855                                 for details. Note that using this
 856                                 setting will disconnect propagation of
 857                                 mounts from the service to the host
 858                                 (propagation in the opposite direction
 859                                 continues to work). This means that
 860                                 this setting may not be used for
 861                                 services which shall be able to install
 862                                 mount points in the main mount
 863                                 namespace.</para></listitem>
 864                         </varlistentry>
 865
 866                         <varlistentry>
 867                                 <term><varname>PrivateDevices=</varname></term>
 868
 869                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
 870                                 argument. If true, sets up a new /dev
 871                                 namespace for the executed processes
 872                                 and only adds API pseudo devices such
 873                                 as <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
 874                                 <filename>/dev/zero</filename> or
 875                                 <filename>/dev/random</filename> (as
 876                                 well as the pseudo TTY subsystem) to
 877                                 it, but no physical devices such as
 878                                 <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. This is
 879                                 useful to securely turn off physical
 880                                 device access by the executed
 881                                 process. Defaults to false. Enabling
 882                                 this option will also remove
 883                                 <constant>CAP_MKNOD</constant> from
 884                                 the capability bounding set for the
 885                                 unit (see above), and set
 886                                 <varname>DevicePolicy=closed</varname>
 887                                 (see
 888                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 889                                 for details). Note that using this
 890                                 setting will disconnect propagation of
 891                                 mounts from the service to the host
 892                                 (propagation in the opposite direction
 893                                 continues to work). This means that
 894                                 this setting may not be used for
 895                                 services which shall be able to
 896                                 install mount points in the main mount
 897                                 namespace.</para></listitem>
 898                         </varlistentry>
 899
 900                         <varlistentry>
 901                                 <term><varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname></term>
 902
 903                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
 904                                 argument. If true, sets up a new
 905                                 network namespace for the executed
 906                                 processes and configures only the
 907                                 loopback network device
 908                                 <literal>lo</literal> inside it. No
 909                                 other network devices will be
 910                                 available to the executed process.
 911                                 This is useful to securely turn off
 912                                 network access by the executed
 913                                 process. Defaults to false. It is
 914                                 possible to run two or more units
 915                                 within the same private network
 916                                 namespace by using the
 917                                 <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
 918                                 directive, see
 919                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 920                                 for details. Note that this option
 921                                 will disconnect all socket families
 922                                 from the host, this includes
 923                                 AF_NETLINK and AF_UNIX. The latter has
 924                                 the effect that AF_UNIX sockets in the
 925                                 abstract socket namespace will become
 926                                 unavailable to the processes (however,
 927                                 those located in the file system will
 928                                 continue to be
 929                                 accessible).</para></listitem>
 930                         </varlistentry>
 931
 932                         <varlistentry>
 933                                 <term><varname>MountFlags=</varname></term>
 934
 935                                 <listitem><para>Takes a mount
 936                                 propagation flag:
 937                                 <option>shared</option>,
 938                                 <option>slave</option> or
 939                                 <option>private</option>, which
 940                                 control whether mounts in the file
 941                                 system namespace set up for this
 942                                 unit's processes will receive or
 943                                 propagate mounts or unmounts. See
 944                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 945                                 for details. Defaults to
 946                                 <option>shared</option>. Use
 947                                 <option>shared</option> to ensure that
 948                                 mounts and unmounts are propagated
 949                                 from the host to the container and
 950                                 vice versa. Use <option>slave</option>
 951                                 to run processes so that none of their
 952                                 mounts and unmounts will propagate to
 953                                 the host. Use <option>private</option>
 954                                 to also ensure that no mounts and
 955                                 unmounts from the host will propagate
 956                                 into the unit processes'
 957                                 namespace. Note that
 958                                 <option>slave</option> means that file
 959                                 systems mounted on the host might stay
 960                                 mounted continously in the unit's
 961                                 namespace, and thus keep the device
 962                                 busy. Note that the file system
 963                                 namespace related options
 964                                 (<varname>PrivateTmp=</varname>,
 965                                 <varname>PrivateDevices=</varname>,
 966                                 <varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>,
 967                                 <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
 968                                 and
 969                                 <varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname>)
 970                                 require that mount and unmount
 971                                 propagation from the unit's file
 972                                 system namespace is disabled, and
 973                                 hence downgrade
 974                                 <option>shared</option> to
 975                                 <option>slave</option>.
 976                                 </para></listitem>
 977                         </varlistentry>
 978
 979                         <varlistentry>
 980                                 <term><varname>UtmpIdentifier=</varname></term>
 981
 982                                 <listitem><para>Takes a four
 983                                 character identifier string for an
 984                                 utmp/wtmp entry for this service. This
 985                                 should only be set for services such
 986                                 as <command>getty</command>
 987                                 implementations where utmp/wtmp
 988                                 entries must be created and cleared
 989                                 before and after execution. If the
 990                                 configured string is longer than four
 991                                 characters, it is truncated and the
 992                                 terminal four characters are
 993                                 used. This setting interprets %I style
 994                                 string replacements. This setting is
 995                                 unset by default, i.e. no utmp/wtmp
 996                                 entries are created or cleaned up for
 997                                 this service.</para></listitem>
 998                         </varlistentry>
 999
1000                         <varlistentry>
1001                                 <term><varname>SELinuxContext=</varname></term>
1002
1003                                 <listitem><para>Set the SELinux
1004                                 security context of the executed
1005                                 process. If set, this will override
1006                                 the automated domain
1007                                 transition. However, the policy still
1008                                 needs to autorize the transition. This
1009                                 directive is ignored if SELinux is
1010                                 disabled. If prefixed by
1011                                 <literal>-</literal>, all errors will
1012                                 be ignored. See
1013                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setexeccon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1014                                 for details.</para></listitem>
1015                         </varlistentry>
1016
1017                         <varlistentry>
1018                                 <term><varname>AppArmorProfile=</varname></term>
1019
1020                                 <listitem><para>Take a profile name as argument.
1021                                 The process executed by the unit will switch to
1022                                 this profile when started. Profiles must already
1023                                 be loaded in the kernel, or the unit will fail.
1024                                 This result in a non operation if AppArmor is not
1025                                 enabled. If prefixed by <literal>-</literal>, all errors
1026                                 will be ignored.
1027                                 </para></listitem>
1028                         </varlistentry>
1029
1030                         <varlistentry>
1031                                 <term><varname>IgnoreSIGPIPE=</varname></term>
1032
1033                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
1034                                 argument. If true, causes <constant>SIGPIPE</constant> to be
1035                                 ignored in the executed
1036                                 process. Defaults to true because
1037                                 <constant>SIGPIPE</constant> generally is useful only in
1038                                 shell pipelines.</para></listitem>
1039                         </varlistentry>
1040
1041                         <varlistentry>
1042                                 <term><varname>NoNewPrivileges=</varname></term>
1043
1044                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
1045                                 argument. If true, ensures that the
1046                                 service process and all its children
1047                                 can never gain new privileges. This
1048                                 option is more powerful than the respective
1049                                 secure bits flags (see above), as it
1050                                 also prohibits UID changes of any
1051                                 kind. This is the simplest, most
1052                                 effective way to ensure that a process
1053                                 and its children can never elevate
1054                                 privileges again.</para></listitem>
1055                         </varlistentry>
1056
1057                         <varlistentry>
1058                                 <term><varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname></term>
1059
1060                                 <listitem><para>Takes a
1061                                 space-separated list of system call
1062                                 names. If this setting is used, all
1063                                 system calls executed by the unit
1064                                 processes except for the listed ones
1065                                 will result in immediate process
1066                                 termination with the
1067                                 <constant>SIGSYS</constant> signal
1068                                 (whitelisting). If the first character
1069                                 of the list is <literal>~</literal>,
1070                                 the effect is inverted: only the
1071                                 listed system calls will result in
1072                                 immediate process termination
1073                                 (blacklisting). If running in user
1074                                 mode and this option is used,
1075                                 <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
1076                                 is implied. This feature makes use of the
1077                                 Secure Computing Mode 2 interfaces of
1078                                 the kernel ('seccomp filtering') and
1079                                 is useful for enforcing a minimal
1080                                 sandboxing environment. Note that the
1081                                 <function>execve</function>,
1082                                 <function>rt_sigreturn</function>,
1083                                 <function>sigreturn</function>,
1084                                 <function>exit_group</function>,
1085                                 <function>exit</function> system calls
1086                                 are implicitly whitelisted and do not
1087                                 need to be listed explicitly. This
1088                                 option may be specified more than once
1089                                 in which case the filter masks are
1090                                 merged. If the empty string is
1091                                 assigned, the filter is reset, all
1092                                 prior assignments will have no
1093                                 effect.</para>
1094
1095                                 <para>If you specify both types of
1096                                 this option (i.e. whitelisting and
1097                                 blacklisting), the first encountered
1098                                 will take precedence and will dictate
1099                                 the default action (termination or
1100                                 approval of a system call). Then the
1101                                 next occurrences of this option will
1102                                 add or delete the listed system calls
1103                                 from the set of the filtered system
1104                                 calls, depending of its type and the
1105                                 default action. (For example, if you have started
1106                                 with a whitelisting of
1107                                 <function>read</function> and
1108                                 <function>write</function>, and right
1109                                 after it add a blacklisting of
1110                                 <function>write</function>, then
1111                                 <function>write</function> will be
1112                                 removed from the set.)
1113                                 </para></listitem>
1114                         </varlistentry>
1115
1116                         <varlistentry>
1117                                 <term><varname>SystemCallErrorNumber=</varname></term>
1118
1119                                 <listitem><para>Takes an
1120                                 <literal>errno</literal> error number
1121                                 name to return when the system call
1122                                 filter configured with
1123                                 <varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname>
1124                                 is triggered, instead of terminating
1125                                 the process immediately. Takes an
1126                                 error name such as
1127                                 <constant>EPERM</constant>,
1128                                 <constant>EACCES</constant> or
1129                                 <constant>EUCLEAN</constant>. When this
1130                                 setting is not used, or when the empty
1131                                 string is assigned, the process will be
1132                                 terminated immediately when the filter
1133                                 is triggered.</para></listitem>
1134                         </varlistentry>
1135
1136                         <varlistentry>
1137                                 <term><varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname></term>
1138
1139                                 <listitem><para>Takes a space
1140                                 separated list of architecture
1141                                 identifiers to include in the system
1142                                 call filter. The known architecture
1143                                 identifiers are
1144                                 <constant>x86</constant>,
1145                                 <constant>x86-64</constant>,
1146                                 <constant>x32</constant>,
1147                                 <constant>arm</constant> as well as
1148                                 the special identifier
1149                                 <constant>native</constant>. Only
1150                                 system calls of the specified
1151                                 architectures will be permitted to
1152                                 processes of this unit. This is an
1153                                 effective way to disable compatibility
1154                                 with non-native architectures for
1155                                 processes, for example to prohibit
1156                                 execution of 32-bit x86 binaries on
1157                                 64-bit x86-64 systems. The special
1158                                 <constant>native</constant> identifier
1159                                 implicitly maps to the native
1160                                 architecture of the system (or more
1161                                 strictly: to the architecture the
1162                                 system manager is compiled for). If
1163                                 running in user mode and this option
1164                                 is used,
1165                                 <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
1166                                 is implied. Note that setting this
1167                                 option to a non-empty list implies
1168                                 that <constant>native</constant> is
1169                                 included too. By default, this option
1170                                 is set to the empty list, i.e. no
1171                                 architecture system call filtering is
1172                                 applied.</para></listitem>
1173                         </varlistentry>
1174
1175                         <varlistentry>
1176                                 <term><varname>RestrictAddressFamilies=</varname></term>
1177
1178                                 <listitem><para>Restricts the set of
1179                                 socket address families accessible to
1180                                 the processes of this unit. Takes a
1181                                 space-separated list of address family
1182                                 names to whitelist, such as
1183                                 <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>,
1184                                 <constant>AF_INET</constant> or
1185                                 <constant>AF_INET6</constant>. When
1186                                 prefixed with <constant>~</constant>
1187                                 the listed address families will be
1188                                 applied as blacklist, otherwise as
1189                                 whitelist. Note that this restricts
1190                                 access to the
1191                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1192                                 system call only. Sockets passed into
1193                                 the process by other means (for
1194                                 example, by using socket activation
1195                                 with socket units, see
1196                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
1197                                 are unaffected. Also, sockets created
1198                                 with <function>socketpair()</function>
1199                                 (which creates connected AF_UNIX
1200                                 sockets only) are unaffected. Note
1201                                 that this option has no effect on
1202                                 32bit x86 and is ignored (but works
1203                                 correctly on x86-64). If running in user
1204                                 mode and this option is used,
1205                                 <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
1206                                 is implied. By default no
1207                                 restriction applies, all address
1208                                 families are accessible to
1209                                 processes. If assigned the empty
1210                                 string any previous list changes are
1211                                 undone.</para>
1212
1213                                 <para>Use this option to limit
1214                                 exposure of processes to remote
1215                                 systems, in particular via exotic
1216                                 network protocols. Note that in most
1217                                 cases the local
1218                                 <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> address
1219                                 family should be included in the
1220                                 configured whitelist as it is
1221                                 frequently used for local
1222                                 communication, including for
1223                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1224                                 logging.</para></listitem>
1225                         </varlistentry>
1226
1227                         <varlistentry>
1228                                 <term><varname>Personality=</varname></term>
1229
1230                                 <listitem><para>Controls which
1231                                 kernel architecture
1232                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1233                                 shall report, when invoked by unit
1234                                 processes. Takes one of
1235                                 <constant>x86</constant> and
1236                                 <constant>x86-64</constant>. This is
1237                                 useful when running 32bit services on
1238                                 a 64bit host system. If not specified
1239                                 the personality is left unmodified and
1240                                 thus reflects the personality of the
1241                                 host system's
1242                                 kernel.</para></listitem>
1243                         </varlistentry>
1244
1245                         <varlistentry>
1246                                 <term><varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname></term>
1247                                 <term><varname>RuntimeDirectoryMode=</varname></term>
1248
1249                                 <listitem><para>Takes a list of
1250                                 directory names. If set one or more
1251                                 directories by the specified names
1252                                 will be created below
1253                                 <filename>/run</filename> (for system
1254                                 services) or below
1255                                 <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname>
1256                                 (for user services) when the unit is
1257                                 started and removed when the unit is
1258                                 stopped. The directories will have the
1259                                 access mode specified in
1260                                 <varname>RuntimeDirectoryMode=</varname>,
1261                                 and will be owned by the user and
1262                                 group specified in
1263                                 <varname>User=</varname> and
1264                                 <varname>Group=</varname>. Use this to
1265                                 manage one or more runtime directories
1266                                 of the unit and bind their lifetime to
1267                                 the daemon runtime. The specified
1268                                 directory names must be relative, and
1269                                 may not include a
1270                                 <literal>/</literal>, i.e. must refer
1271                                 to simple directories to create or
1272                                 remove. This is particularly useful
1273                                 for unpriviliges daemons that cannot
1274                                 create runtime directories in
1275                                 <filename>/run</filename> due to lack
1276                                 of privileges, and to make sure the
1277                                 runtime directory is cleaned up
1278                                 automatically after use. For runtime
1279                                 directories that require more complex
1280                                 or different configuration or lifetime
1281                                 guarantees, please consider using
1282                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
1283                         </varlistentry>
1284
1285                 </variablelist>
1286         </refsect1>
1287
1288         <refsect1>
1289                 <title>Environment variables in spawned processes</title>
1290
1291                 <para>Processes started by the system are executed in
1292                 a clean environment in which select variables
1293                 listed below are set. System processes started by systemd
1294                 do not inherit variables from PID 1, but processes
1295                 started by user systemd instances inherit all
1296                 environment variables from the user systemd instance.
1297                 </para>
1298
1299                 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
1300                         <varlistentry>
1301                                 <term><varname>$PATH</varname></term>
1302
1303                                 <listitem><para>Colon-separated list
1304                                 of directiories to use when launching
1305                                 executables. Systemd uses a fixed
1306                                 value of
1307                                 <filename>/usr/local/sbin</filename>:<filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>:<filename>/usr/sbin</filename>:<filename>/usr/bin</filename>:<filename>/sbin</filename>:<filename>/bin</filename>.
1308                                 </para></listitem>
1309                         </varlistentry>
1310
1311                         <varlistentry>
1312                                 <term><varname>$LANG</varname></term>
1313
1314                                 <listitem><para>Locale. Can be set in
1315                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1316                                 or on the kernel command line (see
1317                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1318                                 and
1319                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
1320                                 </para></listitem>
1321                         </varlistentry>
1322
1323                         <varlistentry>
1324                                 <term><varname>$USER</varname></term>
1325                                 <term><varname>$LOGNAME</varname></term>
1326                                 <term><varname>$HOME</varname></term>
1327                                 <term><varname>$SHELL</varname></term>
1328
1329                                 <listitem><para>User name (twice), home
1330                                 directory, and the login shell.
1331                                 The variables are set for the units that
1332                                 have <varname>User=</varname> set,
1333                                 which includes user
1334                                 <command>systemd</command> instances.
1335                                 See
1336                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1337                                 </para></listitem>
1338                         </varlistentry>
1339
1340                         <varlistentry>
1341                                 <term><varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname></term>
1342
1343                                 <listitem><para>The directory for volatile
1344                                 state. Set for the user <command>systemd</command>
1345                                 instance, and also in user sessions.
1346                                 See
1347                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1348                                 </para></listitem>
1349                         </varlistentry>
1350
1351                         <varlistentry>
1352                                 <term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname></term>
1353                                 <term><varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname></term>
1354                                 <term><varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname></term>
1355
1356                                 <listitem><para>The identifier of the
1357                                 session, the seat name, and
1358                                 virtual terminal of the session. Set
1359                                 by
1360                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1361                                 for login sessions.
1362                                 <varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname> and
1363                                 <varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname> will
1364                                 only be set when attached to a seat and a
1365                                 tty.</para></listitem>
1366                         </varlistentry>
1367
1368                         <varlistentry>
1369                                 <term><varname>$MAINPID</varname></term>
1370
1371                                 <listitem><para>The PID of the units
1372                                 main process if it is known. This is
1373                                 only set for control processes as
1374                                 invoked by
1375                                 <varname>ExecReload=</varname> and
1376                                 similar.  </para></listitem>
1377                         </varlistentry>
1378
1379                         <varlistentry>
1380                                 <term><varname>$MANAGERPID</varname></term>
1381
1382                                 <listitem><para>The PID of the user
1383                                 <command>systemd</command> instance,
1384                                 set for processes spawned by it.
1385                                 </para></listitem>
1386                         </varlistentry>
1387
1388                         <varlistentry>
1389                                 <term><varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname></term>
1390                                 <term><varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname></term>
1391
1392                                 <listitem><para>Information about file
1393                                 descriptors passed to a service for
1394                                 socket activation.  See
1395                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1396                                 </para></listitem>
1397                         </varlistentry>
1398
1399                         <varlistentry>
1400                                 <term><varname>$TERM</varname></term>
1401
1402                                 <listitem><para>Terminal type, set
1403                                 only for units connected to a terminal
1404                                 (<varname>StandardInput=tty</varname>,
1405                                 <varname>StandardOutput=tty</varname>,
1406                                 or
1407                                 <varname>StandardError=tty</varname>).
1408                                 See
1409                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>termcap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1410                                 </para></listitem>
1411                         </varlistentry>
1412                 </variablelist>
1413
1414                 <para>Additional variables may be configured by the
1415                 following means: for processes spawned in specific
1416                 units, use the <varname>Environment=</varname> and
1417                 <varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname> options above; to
1418                 specify variables globally, use
1419                 <varname>DefaultEnvironment=</varname> (see
1420                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
1421                 or the kernel option
1422                 <varname>systemd.setenv=</varname> (see
1423                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>). Additional
1424                 variables may also be set through PAM,
1425                 c.f. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_env</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1426         </refsect1>
1427
1428         <refsect1>
1429                   <title>See Also</title>
1430                   <para>
1431                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1432                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1433                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1434                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1435                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1436                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1437                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1438                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1439                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1440                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1441                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1442                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1443                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1444                   </para>
1445         </refsect1>
1446
1447 </refentry>