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<option>forking</option>,
<option>oneshot</option>,
<option>dbus</option>,
- <option>notify</option>.</para>
+ <option>notify</option> or
+ <option>idle</option>.</para>
<para>If set to
<option>simple</option> (the default
- value) it is expected that the process
- configured with
+ value if <varname>BusName=</varname>
+ is not specified) it is expected that
+ the process configured with
<varname>ExecStart=</varname> is the
main process of the service. In this
mode, if the process offers
option configured implicitly gain
dependencies on the
<filename>dbus.socket</filename>
- unit.</para>
+ unit. This type is the default if
+ <varname>BusName=</varname> is
+ specified.</para>
<para>Behaviour of
<option>notify</option> is similar to
below) should be set to open access to
the notification socket provided by
systemd. If
- <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is not
- set, it will implicitly be set to
+ <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is
+ not set, it will be implicitly set to
<option>main</option>.</para>
+
+ <para>Behaviour of
+ <option>idle</option> is very similar
+ to <option>simple</option>, however
+ actual execution of a the service
+ binary is delayed until all jobs are
+ dispatched. This may be used to avoid
+ interleaving of output of shell
+ services with the status output on the
+ console.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
time configured here will be passed to
the executed service process in the
<varname>WATCHDOG_USEC=</varname>
- environment variable. Defaults to 0s,
+ environment variable. If
+ this option is used
+ <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> (see
+ below) should be set to open access to
+ the notification socket provided by
+ systemd. If
+ <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is not
+ set, it will be implicitly set to
+ <option>main</option>. Defaults to 0,
which disables this
feature.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
false.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SysVStartPriority=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Set the SysV start
- priority to use to order this service
- in relation to SysV services lacking
- LSB headers. This option is only
- necessary to fix ordering in relation
- to legacy SysV services, that have no
- ordering information encoded in the
- script headers. As such it should only
- be used as temporary compatibility
- option, and not be used in new unit
- files. Almost always it is a better
- choice to add explicit ordering
- directives via
- <varname>After=</varname> or
- <varname>Before=</varname>,
- instead. For more details see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
- used, pass an integer value in the
- range 0-99.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>KillMode=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies how
accepted. If <option>all</option> all
services updates from all members of
the service's control group are
- accepted. This option must be set to
+ accepted. This option should be set to
open access to the notification socket
when using
- <varname>Type=notify</varname> (see above).</para></listitem>
+ <varname>Type=notify</varname> or
+ <varname>WatchdogUsec=</varname> (see
+ above). If those options are used but
+ <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> not
+ configured it will be implicitly set
+ to
+ <option>main</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
refers to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>FsckPassNo=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Set the fsck passno
- priority to use to order this service
- in relation to other file system
- checking services. This option is only
- necessary to fix ordering in relation
- to fsck jobs automatically created for
- all <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
- entries with a value in the fs_passno
- column > 0. As such it should only be
- used as option for fsck
- services. Almost always it is a better
- choice to add explicit ordering
- directives via
- <varname>After=</varname> or
- <varname>Before=</varname>,
- instead. For more details see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
- used, pass an integer value in the
- same range as
- <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>'s
- fs_passno column. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>StartLimitInterval=</varname></term>
<term><varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname></term>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are also available in the
+ <literal>[Service]</literal> section, but exist purely
+ for compatibility reasons and should not be used in
+ newly written service files.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SysVStartPriority=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Set the SysV start
+ priority to use to order this service
+ in relation to SysV services lacking
+ LSB headers. This option is only
+ necessary to fix ordering in relation
+ to legacy SysV services, that have no
+ ordering information encoded in the
+ script headers. As such it should only
+ be used as temporary compatibility
+ option, and not be used in new unit
+ files. Almost always it is a better
+ choice to add explicit ordering
+ directives via
+ <varname>After=</varname> or
+ <varname>Before=</varname>,
+ instead. For more details see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
+ used, pass an integer value in the
+ range 0-99.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>FsckPassNo=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Set the fsck passno
+ priority to use to order this service
+ in relation to other file system
+ checking services. This option is only
+ necessary to fix ordering in relation
+ to fsck jobs automatically created for
+ all <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
+ entries with a value in the fs_passno
+ column > 0. As such it should only be
+ used as option for fsck
+ services. Almost always it is a better
+ choice to add explicit ordering
+ directives via
+ <varname>After=</varname> or
+ <varname>Before=</varname>,
+ instead. For more details see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
+ used, pass an integer value in the
+ same range as
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>'s
+ fs_passno column. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
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