which configure resource control settings for the
processes of the socket.</para>
- <para>For each socket file a matching service file
+ <para>For each socket file, a matching service file
must exist, describing the service to start on
incoming traffic on the socket (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
boot or late system shutdown should disable this
option.</para>
- <para>Socket units will have a
- <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on the service
- which they trigger added implicitly. No implicit
- <varname>WantedBy=</varname> or
- <varname>RequiredBy=</varname> dependency from the
- socket to the service is added. This means that the
- service may be started without the socket, in which
- case it must be able to open sockets by itself. To
- prevent this, an explicit <varname>Requires=</varname>
- dependency may be added.</para>
+ <para>Socket units will have a
+ <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on the service
+ which they trigger added implicitly. No implicit
+ <varname>WantedBy=</varname> or
+ <varname>RequiredBy=</varname> dependency from the
+ socket to the service is added. This means that the
+ service may be started without the socket, in which
+ case it must be able to open sockets by itself. To
+ prevent this, an explicit <varname>Requires=</varname>
+ dependency may be added.</para>
<para>Socket units may be used to implement on-demand
starting of services, as well as parallelized starting
before the interface it is configured
on is up and running, and even
regardless of whether it will be up and
- running at any point. To deal with this
+ running at any point. To deal with this,
it is recommended to set the
<varname>FreeBind=</varname> option
described below.</para></listitem>
<varname>Accept=no</varname>. It
defaults to the service that bears the
same name as the socket (with the
- suffix replaced). In most cases it
+ suffix replaced). In most cases, it
should not be necessary to use this
option.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>