X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=99b66a8396ff21e2aedf6172290970d0f9c8adeb;hp=dcb300b3347ce34b607f32a265a4ba1f919494b4;hb=3bfd4e0c6341b0ef946d2198f089743fa99e0a97;hpb=a509e0e6946aee5c3dd51bc3a6f40d0a623c9e2c diff --git a/README b/README index dcb300b33..99b66a839 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ LICENSE: - except src/udev/* which is (currently still) GPLv2, GPLv2+ REQUIREMENTS: - Linux kernel >= 3.0 - Linux kernel >= 3.3 for loop device partition support features with nspawn + Linux kernel >= 3.7 Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support Kernel Config Options: @@ -53,14 +52,14 @@ REQUIREMENTS: CONFIG_PROC_FS CONFIG_FHANDLE (libudev, mount and bind mount handling) - Udev will fail to work with the legacy layout: + udev will fail to work with the legacy sysfs layout: CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" - Userspace firmware loading is deprecated, will go away, and - sometimes causes problems: + Userspace firmware loading is not supported and should + be disabled in the kernel: CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n Some udev rules and virtualization detection relies on it: @@ -122,6 +121,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS: libqrencode (optional) libmicrohttpd (optional) libpython (optional) + libidn (optional) gobject-introspection > 1.40.0 (optional) elfutils >= 158 (optional) make, gcc, and similar tools @@ -129,11 +129,8 @@ REQUIREMENTS: During runtime, you need the following additional dependencies: - util-linux >= v2.19 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s), - v2.21 required for tests in test/ + util-linux >= v2.25 required dbus >= 1.4.0 (strictly speaking optional, but recommended) - sulogin (from util-linux >= 2.22 or sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended, - required for tests in test/) dracut (optional) PolicyKit (optional) @@ -201,6 +198,27 @@ USERS AND GROUPS: Similarly, the kdbus dbus1 proxy daemon requires the "systemd-bus-proxy" system user and group to exist. +NSS: + systemd ships with three NSS modules: + + nss-myhostname resolves the local hostname to locally + configured IP addresses, as well as "localhost" to + 127.0.0.1/::1. + + nss-resolve enables DNS resolution via the systemd-resolved + DNS/LLMNR caching stub resolver "systemd-resolved". + + nss-mymachines enables resolution of all local containers + registered with machined to their respective IP addresses. + + To make use of these NSS modules, please add them to the + "hosts: " line in /etc/nsswitch.conf. The "resolve" module + should replace the glibc "dns" module in this file. + + The three modules should be used in the following order: + + hosts: files mymachines resolve myhostname + WARNINGS: systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a