From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:06:14 +0000 (+0200) Subject: man: try to reword explanation of Sockets= a bit X-Git-Tag: v217~188 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=388ce34425fe838dc47583e6686b93bac2f7c617;ds=sidebyside man: try to reword explanation of Sockets= a bit --- diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index b9604b8c2..115d1692e 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -968,21 +968,24 @@ Sockets= Specifies the name of the socket units this service shall - inherit the sockets from when the - service is started. Normally it - should not be necessary to use this - setting as all sockets whose unit + inherit socket file descriptors + from when the service is + started. Normally it should not be + necessary to use this setting as all + socket file descriptors whose unit shares the same name as the service - (ignoring the different suffix of course) - are passed to the spawned - process. - - Note that the same socket may be - passed to multiple processes at the - same time. Also note that a different - service may be activated on incoming - traffic than that which inherits the - sockets. Or in other words: the + (subject to the different unit name + suffix of course) are passed to the + spawned process. + + Note that the same socket file + descriptors may be passed to multiple + processes simultaneously. Also note + that a different service may be + activated on incoming socket traffic + than the one which is ultimately + configured to inherit the socket file + descriptors. Or in other words: the Service= setting of .socket units does not have to match the inverse of