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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2017-02-19 20:02:12 -0500
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2017-02-22 11:52:31 -0500
commit770c4777c92c2c2b5763348135719478f36c3616 (patch)
tree757d5f677d0be0709b938dc21d678b3bb3785064 /man/systemd.xml
parentee0755131de1986e816f8e003d848532f6e36f3e (diff)
man: update descriptions of argument-less kernel cmdline args
This updates the man page for the changes introduced in 1d84ad944520fc3e062ef518c4db4e1d3a1866af. "=" is kep if the option is predominantly used with an argument, and dropped otherwise. v2: - update also description of log_color - drop '=' in all cases where it is optional (previous rule of dropping it only in some cases was just too arbitrary.)
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.xml')
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1 files changed, 60 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index c6f2613139..bc1563d5e1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
+ <command>systemd</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>init <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
+ <command>init</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@
user instance. This setting may also be enabled during boot,
on the kernel command line via the
<varname>systemd.crash_vt=</varname> option, see
+ <!-- FIXME: there is no crash_vt command line option? -->
below.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -898,88 +902,91 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.dump_core</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
- <option>yes</option>, the systemd manager (PID 1) dumps core
- when it crashes. Otherwise, no core dump is created. Defaults
- to <option>yes</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or enables the option if specified
+ without an argument. If enabled, the systemd manager (PID 1) dumps core when
+ it crashes. Otherwise, no core dump is created. Defaults to enabled.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer, or a boolean
- argument. If a positive integer (in the range 1–63) is
- specified, the system manager (PID 1) will activate the specified
- virtual terminal (VT) when it crashes. Defaults to
- <constant>no</constant>, meaning that no such switch is
- attempted. If set to <constant>yes</constant>, the VT the
- kernel messages are written to is selected.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer, or a boolean argument. Can be also
+ specified without an argument, with the same effect as a positive boolean. If
+ a positive integer (in the range 1–63) is specified, the system manager (PID
+ 1) will activate the specified virtual terminal (VT) when it
+ crashes. Defaults to disabled, meaning that no such switch is attempted. If
+ set to enabled, the VT the kernel messages are written to is selected.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_shell</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
- <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1) spawns a
- shell when it crashes, after a 10s delay. Otherwise, no shell
- is spawned. Defaults to <option>no</option>, for security
- reasons, as the shell is not protected by password
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or enables the option if specified
+ without an argument. If enabled, the system manager (PID 1) spawns a shell
+ when it crashes, after a 10s delay. Otherwise, no shell is spawned. Defaults
+ to disabled, for security reasons, as the shell is not protected by password
authentication.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.crash_reboot=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_reboot</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
- <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1) will reboot
- the machine automatically when it crashes, after a 10s delay.
- Otherwise, the system will hang indefinitely. Defaults to
- <option>no</option>, in order to avoid a reboot loop. If
- combined with <varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname>, the
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or enables the option if specified
+ without an argument. If enabled, the system manager (PID 1) will reboot the
+ machine automatically when it crashes, after a 10s delay. Otherwise, the
+ system will hang indefinitely. Defaults to disabled, in order to avoid a
+ reboot loop. If combined with <varname>systemd.crash_shell</varname>, the
system is rebooted after the shell exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or a path to the
- virtual console where the confirmation messages should be
- emitted. If <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1)
- asks for confirmation when spawning processes using
- <option>/dev/console</option>. If a path or a console name
- (such as <literal>ttyS0</literal>) is provided, the virtual
- console pointed to by this path or described by the give name
- will be used instead. Defaults to <option>no</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or a path to the virtual console
+ where the confirmation messages should be emitted. Can be also specified
+ without an argument, with the same effect as a positive boolean. If enabled,
+ the system manager (PID 1) asks for confirmation when spawning processes
+ using <option>/dev/console</option>. If a path or a console name (such as
+ <literal>ttyS0</literal>) is provided, the virtual console pointed to by this
+ path or described by the give name will be used instead. Defaults to disabled.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.show_status</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or the constant <constant>auto</constant>. If <option>yes</option>,
- the systemd manager (PID 1) shows terse service status updates on the console during bootup.
- <constant>auto</constant> behaves like <option>false</option> until a unit fails or there is a significant
- delay in boot. Defaults to <option>yes</option>, unless <option>quiet</option> is passed as kernel command
- line option, in which case it defaults to <constant>auto</constant>. If specified overrides the system manager
- configuration file option <option>ShowStatus=</option>, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. However,
- the process command line option <option>--show-status=</option> takes precedence over both this kernel command
- line option and the configuration file option.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or the constant
+ <constant>auto</constant>. Can be also specified without an argument, with
+ the same effect as a positive boolean. If enabled, the systemd manager (PID
+ 1) shows terse service status updates on the console during bootup.
+ <constant>auto</constant> behaves like <option>false</option> until a unit
+ fails or there is a significant delay in boot. Defaults to enabled, unless
+ <option>quiet</option> is passed as kernel command line option, in which case
+ it defaults to <constant>auto</constant>. If specified overrides the system
+ manager configuration file option <option>ShowStatus=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ However, the process command line option <option>--show-status=</option>
+ takes precedence over both this kernel command line option and the
+ configuration file option.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.log_target=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_level=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>systemd.log_color=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_location=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.log_color</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls log output, with the same effect as
- the <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET</varname>,
+ <listitem><para>Controls log output, with the same effect as the
+ <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET</varname>,
<varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL</varname>,
- <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR</varname>,
- <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION</varname> environment variables
- described above.</para></listitem>
+ <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION</varname>,
+ <varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR</varname> environment variables described above.
+ <varname>systemd.log_color</varname> can be specified without an argument,
+ with the same effect as a positive boolean.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>