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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-12-29 10:55:27 +0100
committerMartin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>2016-12-29 10:55:27 +0100
commit9eb484fa40856a5f4d17b1c7dfe414a727758a89 (patch)
treebc836fc04501459cb0111fe4326ac866e89805f8 /man
parent2a4e5c629e24f2f3a62c567b57b22ed7d6c75019 (diff)
man: add brief documentation for the (sd-pam) processes created due to PAMName= (#4967)
A follow-up for #4942, adding a brief but more correct explanation of the processes.
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diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 812e615530..2dd8107684 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -859,14 +859,17 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PAMName=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the PAM service name to set up a session
- as. If set, the executed process will be registered as a PAM
- session under the specified service name. This is only useful
- in conjunction with the <varname>User=</varname> setting. If
- not set, no PAM session will be opened for the executed
- processes. See
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Sets the PAM service name to set up a session as. If set, the executed process will be
+ registered as a PAM session under the specified service name. This is only useful in conjunction with the
+ <varname>User=</varname> setting, and is otherwise ignored. If not set, no PAM session will be opened for the
+ executed processes. See <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that for each unit making use of this option a PAM session handler process will be maintained as
+ part of the unit and stays around as long as the unit is active, to ensure that appropriate actions can be
+ taken when the unit and hence the PAM session terminates. This process is named <literal>(sd-pam)</literal> and
+ is an immediate child process of the unit's main process.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>