X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.preset.xml;h=1ba9272398e33c1f0fdf5b0d7a6d9c756efa1115;hp=238cb383e2e4b62d1a91a632d2be1393eb29c94f;hb=e9dd9f9547350c7dc0473583b5c2228dc8f0ab76;hpb=305f376cec18d276dd4519bbacda013c033c569d diff --git a/man/systemd.preset.xml b/man/systemd.preset.xml index 238cb383e..1ba927239 100644 --- a/man/systemd.preset.xml +++ b/man/systemd.preset.xml @@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ set of units to be enabled/disabled even before installing the actual package. + For more information on the preset logic please + have a look at the Presets + document. + It is not recommended to ship preset files within the respective software packages implementing the units, but rather centralize them in a @@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ by default, disable to disable units by default. - If multiple lines apply to a unit name the + If multiple lines apply to a unit name, the first matching one takes precedence over all others. @@ -126,14 +131,14 @@ precedence over another file with an alphabetically earlier name, if both files contain lines that apply to the same unit names. It is recommended to prefix - all file names with two-digit number, to simplify + all filenames with two-digit number, to simplify ordering. If the administrator wants to disable a preset - file supplied by the vendor the recommended way is to + file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in /etc/systemd/system-preset/ - bearing the same file name. + bearing the same filename. @@ -145,8 +150,8 @@ disable * - This disables all units. Due to the file name - prefix 99- it will be read last and + This disables all units. Due to the filename + prefix 99-, it will be read last and hence can easily be overridden by spin or administrator preset policy or suchlike. @@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ disable * This enables three specific services and disables all others. This is useful for administrators to specifically select the units to enable, and - disable all others. Due to the file name prefix + disable all others. Due to the filename prefix 00- it will be read early and hence overrides all other preset policy files.