X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e0edd41f176db91165047e107c2b0a0db0de4cc3;hp=de159febbb33c41629e1b6322ac1bbc8aa308f77;hb=e6c253e363dee77ef7e5c5f44c4ca55cded3fd47;hpb=3dff3e00e044e2d53c76fa842b9a4759d4a50e69 diff --git a/README b/README index de159febb..e0edd41f1 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: @@ -115,13 +114,16 @@ REQUIREMENTS: libcryptsetup (optional) libaudit (optional) libacl (optional) - libattr (optional) libselinux (optional) liblzma (optional) + liblz4 >= 119 (optional) libgcrypt (optional) libqrencode (optional) libmicrohttpd (optional) libpython (optional) + libidn (optional) + gobject-introspection > 1.40.0 (optional) + elfutils >= 158 (optional) make, gcc, and similar tools During runtime, you need the following additional @@ -187,18 +189,39 @@ USERS AND GROUPS: exist. During execution this network facing service will drop privileges and assume this uid/gid for security reasons. - Similar, the NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system + Similarly, the NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system user and group to exist. - Similar, the network management daemon requires the + Similarly, the network management daemon requires the "systemd-network" system user and group to exist. - Similar, the name resolution daemon requires the + Similarly, the name resolution daemon requires the "systemd-resolve" system user and group to exist. - Similar, the kdbus dbus1 proxy daemon requires the + 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