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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2010-10-26 23:22:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2010-10-26 23:22:55 +0200 |
| commit | 248e6030e007b6ee7b31ada6e42053cb1ebfc80d (patch) | |
| tree | f384c0a1367ae41c3176cd741e4f997d1e870b0f | |
| parent | cbe1bded5fb719faf374bf63d36a80c6d13d2b19 (diff) | |
man: be more explicit about the usefulness of --system
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.xml | 14 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -* man: clarify that --system works only for pid == 1 - * oneshot services which do not remain: 'exited' instead of 'dead'? it should be visible in 'systemctl' that they have been run diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index f0fea5d0fe..6aa4f70527 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -141,14 +141,20 @@ <listitem><para>Tell systemd to run a system instance (resp. session instance), even if the process ID is - not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is not - (resp. is) run as init process. + not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is + not (resp. is) run as init process. Normally it should not be necessary to pass these options, as systemd automatically detects the mode it is started in. These options are hence of - little use except for - debugging.</para></listitem> + little use except for debugging. Note + that it is not supported booting and + maintaining a full system with systemd + running in <option>--system</option> + mode, but PID not 1. In practice, + passing <option>--system</option> explicitly is + only useful in conjunction with + <option>--test</option>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--dump-core</option></term> |