X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.xml;h=bf7a7a6f67209c7dc4384d1e3c9af46ef1b191b4;hp=06d2ecf6f8ae7886894a71f8662bb662e1b5babe;hb=f280bcfb21aacce03abf17b3ad732c1351df42b9;hpb=1ec96668dd0dcb19cc2f7b99cbf73df0d769c97d diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index 06d2ecf6f..bf7a7a6f6 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . --> - + systemd @@ -88,19 +89,6 @@ The following options are understood: - - - - - Prints a short help - text and exits. - - - - - Prints a systemd version - identifier and exits. - @@ -118,25 +106,11 @@ configuration items understood in unit definition files. - - - - Extract D-Bus - interface introspection data. This is - mostly useful at install time - to generate data suitable for the - D-Bus interfaces - repository. Optionally the interface - name for the introspection data may be - specified. If omitted, the - introspection data for all interfaces - is dumped. - Set default unit to - activate on startup. If not specified + activate on startup. If not specified, defaults to default.target. @@ -206,10 +180,8 @@ target. Argument must be one of , , - , , , - , . @@ -217,7 +189,7 @@ Set log level. As argument this accepts a numerical log - level or the well-known syslog3 + level or the well-known syslog3 symbolic names (lowercase): , , @@ -233,7 +205,7 @@ Highlight important log messages. Argument is a boolean - value. If the argument is omitted it + value. If the argument is omitted, it defaults to . @@ -278,6 +250,9 @@ to . + + + @@ -294,18 +269,18 @@ systemd.unit5, however some are created automatically from other configuration, dynamically from system state or - programmatically at runtime. Units may be 'active' - (meaning started, bound, plugged in, ... depending on - the unit type, see below), or 'inactive' (meaning + programmatically at runtime. Units may be "active" + (meaning started, bound, plugged in, ..., depending on + the unit type, see below), or "inactive" (meaning stopped, unbound, unplugged, ...), as well as in the process of being activated or deactivated, i.e. between the two states (these states are called - 'activating', 'deactivating'). A special 'failed' - state is available as well which is very similar to - 'inactive' and is entered when the service failed in + "activating", "deactivating"). A special "failed" + state is available as well, which is very similar to + "inactive" and is entered when the service failed in some way (process returned error code on exit, or crashed, or an operation timed out). If this state is - entered the cause will be logged, for later + entered, the cause will be logged, for later reference. Note that the various unit types may have a number of additional substates, which are mapped to the five generalized unit states described @@ -374,7 +349,7 @@ Slice units may be used to group units which manage system processes (such as service and scope units) in a - hierachial tree for resource management + hierarchical tree for resource management purposes. See systemd.slice5. @@ -407,7 +382,7 @@ and ordering dependencies are placed between two units. Also note that the majority of dependencies are implicitly created and maintained by systemd. In most - cases it should be unnecessary to declare additional + cases, it should be unnecessary to declare additional dependencies manually, however it is possible to do this. @@ -429,7 +404,7 @@ multi-user.target (for limited console-only boots for use in embedded or server environments, or similar; a subset of - graphical.target). However it is at the discretion of + graphical.target). However, it is at the discretion of the administrator to configure it as an alias to any other target unit. See systemd.special7 @@ -447,7 +422,7 @@ file system hierarchy (beneath /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/), or in tools such as - ps1 + ps1 (ps xawf -eo pid,user,cgroup,args is particularly useful to list all processes and the systemd units they belong to.). @@ -494,7 +469,7 @@ /proc. For more information about the concepts and - ideas behind systemd please refer to the Original Design Document. @@ -867,26 +842,21 @@ SIGRTMIN+26 SIGRTMIN+27 SIGRTMIN+28 - SIGRTMIN+29 Sets the log level to - journal-or-kmsg - (or console on + journal-or-kmsg (or + console on SIGRTMIN+27, kmsg on - SIGRTMIN+28, - or syslog-or-kmsg - on SIGRTMIN+29), as + SIGRTMIN+28), as controlled via systemd.log_target=journal-or-kmsg - (or systemd.log_target=console - on SIGRTMIN+27, + (or + systemd.log_target=console + on SIGRTMIN+27 or systemd.log_target=kmsg - on SIGRTMIN+28, - or - systemd.log_target=syslog-or-kmsg - on SIGRTMIN+29) on - the kernel command + on SIGRTMIN+28) + on the kernel command line. @@ -1022,7 +992,7 @@ option prefixed with rd. is honored only in the initial RAM disk (initrd), - while the one that isn't prefixed only + while the one that is not prefixed only in the main system. @@ -1030,9 +1000,9 @@ systemd.dump_core= Takes a boolean - argument. If + argument. If , systemd dumps core when it - crashes. Otherwise no core dump is + crashes. Otherwise, no core dump is created. Defaults to . @@ -1041,9 +1011,9 @@ systemd.crash_shell= Takes a boolean - argument. If + argument. If , systemd spawns a shell when it - crashes. Otherwise no shell is + crashes. Otherwise, no shell is spawned. Defaults to , for security reasons, as the shell is not protected @@ -1065,7 +1035,7 @@ systemd.confirm_spawn= Takes a boolean - argument. If + argument. If , asks for confirmation when spawning processes. Defaults to . @@ -1075,14 +1045,20 @@ systemd.show_status= Takes a boolean - argument. If - shows terse service status updates on - the console during bootup. Defaults to + argument or the constant + auto. If + , shows terse + service status updates on the console + during bootup. + auto behaves like + until a service + fails or there is a significant delay + in boot. Defaults to , unless is passed as kernel command line option in which case it defaults to - . + auto. @@ -1113,16 +1089,11 @@ systemd.setenv= Takes a string - argument in the form - VARIABLE=VALUE. May be used to set - environment variables for the init - process and all its children at boot - time. May be used more than once to - set multiple variables. If the equal - sign and variable are missing it unsets - an environment variable which might be - passed in from the initial ram - disk. + argument in the form VARIABLE=VALUE. + May be used to set default environment + variables to add to forked child processes. + May be used more than once to set multiple + variables. @@ -1155,15 +1126,18 @@ emergency + -b Boot into emergency mode. This is equivalent to systemd.unit=emergency.target - and provided for compatibility - reasons and to be easier to type. + and provided for compatibility reasons + and to be easier to + type. + rescue single s S @@ -1285,6 +1259,7 @@ See Also + The systemd Homepage, systemd-system.conf5, locale.conf5, systemctl1, @@ -1294,9 +1269,9 @@ sd-daemon3, systemd.unit5, systemd.special5, - pkg-config1, + pkg-config1, kernel-command-line7, - bootup7, + bootup7, systemd.directives7