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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-04-20 20:52:28 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-04-22 16:17:00 +0200
commitb9a049b1fb10135182f56403b800e4dabc2d5243 (patch)
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parent8c856804780681e135d98ca94d08afe247557770 (diff)
man: don't claim systemd would connect stdout/stderr of daemons with /dev/null
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functionality of the init system, it is recommended not to
execute them when run as new-style service.</para>
- <para>Note that new-style init systems guarantee execution of
- daemon processes in a clean process context: it is guaranteed
- that the environment block is sanitized, that the signal
- handlers and mask is reset and that no left-over file
- descriptors are passed. Daemons will be executed in their own
- session, with standard input/output/error connected to
- <filename>/dev/null</filename> unless otherwise configured. The
- umask is reset.
+ <para>Note that new-style init systems guarantee execution of daemon processes in a clean process context: it is
+ guaranteed that the environment block is sanitized, that the signal handlers and mask is reset and that no
+ left-over file descriptors are passed. Daemons will be executed in their own session, with standard input
+ connected to <filename>/dev/null</filename> and standard output/error connected to the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ logging service, unless otherwise configured. The umask is reset.
</para>
<para>It is recommended for new-style daemons to implement the