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nspawn,man: use a common vocabulary when referring to selinux security contexts
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                                 for the assignment.</para>
 
                                 <para>Example:
-                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>
+                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=$word 5 6"</programlisting>
                                 gives three variables <literal>VAR1</literal>,
-                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>.
+                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>
+                                with the values <literal>word1 word2</literal>,
+                                <literal>word3</literal>, <literal>$word 5 6</literal>.
                                 </para>
 
                                 <para>
                                 system namespace for the executed
                                 processes and mounts private
                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> and
-                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directories
-                                inside it, that are not shared by
-                                processes outside of the
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+                                directories inside it that is not
+                                shared by processes outside of the
                                 namespace. This is useful to secure
                                 access to temporary files of the
                                 process, but makes sharing between
                                 <filename>/tmp</filename> or
                                 <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
                                 impossible. All temporary data created
-                                by service will be removed after service
-                                is stopped. Defaults to
-                                false.</para></listitem>
+                                by service will be removed after
+                                the service is stopped. Defaults to
+                                false. Note that it is possible to run
+                                two or more units within the same
+                                private <filename>/tmp</filename> and
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+                                namespace by using the
+                                <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
+                                directive, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 available to the executed process.
                                 This is useful to securely turn off
                                 network access by the executed
+                                process. Defaults to false. Note that
+                                it is possible to run two or more
+                                units within the same private network
+                                namespace by using the
+                                <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
+                                directive, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>PrivateDevices=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
+                                argument. If true, sets up a new /dev
+                                namespace for the executed processes
+                                and only adds API pseudo devices such
+                                as <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
+                                <filename>/dev/zero</filename> or
+                                <filename>/dev/random</filename> to
+                                it, but no physical devices such as
+                                <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. This is
+                                useful to securely turn off physical
+                                device access by the executed
                                 process. Defaults to
                                 false.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 this service.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>SELinuxContext=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Set the SELinux
+                                security context of the executed
+                                process. If set, this will override
+                                the automated domain
+                                transition. However, the policy still
+                                needs to autorize the transition. This
+                                directive is ignored if SELinux is
+                                disabled. If prefixed by
+                                <literal>-</literal>, all errors will
+                                be ignored. See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setexeccon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>IgnoreSIGPIPE=</varname></term>