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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-11-27 20:23:18 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-11-27 20:28:48 +0100
commit613b411c947635136637f8cdd66b94512f761eab (patch)
tree5e0713345af39de99409d2193be93ae9e760e1d2 /man
parentdf41776d66b5b7467a5cf9c719b97b66d6534c8c (diff)
service: add the ability for units to join other unit's PrivateNetwork= and PrivateTmp= namespaces
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.exec.xml30
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.unit.xml31
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 8c44071d53..207592dda7 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -846,9 +846,9 @@
system namespace for the executed
processes and mounts private
<filename>/tmp</filename> and
- <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directories
- inside it, that are not shared by
- processes outside of the
+ <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+ directories inside it, that are not
+ shared by processes outside of the
namespace. This is useful to secure
access to temporary files of the
process, but makes sharing between
@@ -856,9 +856,17 @@
<filename>/tmp</filename> or
<filename>/var/tmp</filename>
impossible. All temporary data created
- by service will be removed after service
- is stopped. Defaults to
- false.</para></listitem>
+ by service will be removed after
+ service is stopped. Defaults to
+ false. Note that it is possible to run
+ two or more units within the same
+ private <filename>/tmp</filename> and
+ <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+ namespace by using the
+ <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
+ directive, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -874,8 +882,14 @@
available to the executed process.
This is useful to securely turn off
network access by the executed
- process. Defaults to
- false.</para></listitem>
+ process. Defaults to false. Note that
+ it is possible to run two or more
+ units within the same private network
+ namespace by using the
+ <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname>
+ directive, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 2c8bfbef70..4dc427c305 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -657,6 +657,37 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>For units that start
+ processes (such as service units),
+ lists one or more other units whose
+ network and/or temporary file
+ namespace to join. This only applies
+ to unit types which support the
+ <varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname> and
+ <varname>PrivateTmp=</varname>
+ directives (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). If a unit that has this
+ setting set is started its processes
+ will see the same
+ <filename>/tmp</filename>,
+ <filename>/tmp/var</filename> and
+ network namespace as one listed unit
+ that is started. If multiple listed
+ units are already started it is not
+ defined which namespace is
+ joined. Note that this setting only
+ has an effect if
+ <varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname>
+ and/or <varname>PrivateTmp=</varname>
+ is enabled for both the unit that
+ joins the namespace and the unit whose
+ namespace is joined.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a space-separated