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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2014-12-25 11:12:54 -0500 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2014-12-25 11:13:13 -0500 |
| commit | b7a4d8de9273fab20e1e32e4846b6a866884e07a (patch) | |
| tree | f059c1d2aca0b122244a519eb896e60ac43f92e5 /man | |
| parent | aa1aad74e6b14730542c26a7c17c5d06c62b6089 (diff) | |
man: add a note why %U,%h,%s are mostly useless
The reasons were already given in the description of %U, but the
are easy to overlook, and it's better to be explicit to avoid
confusion.
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.unit.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index 2e298ca04f..1afa600a08 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -1556,6 +1556,16 @@ </tbody> </tgroup> </table> + + <para>Please note that specifiers + <literal>%U</literal>, <literal>%h</literal>, + <literal>%s</literal> are mostly useless when systemd + is running in system mode. PID 1 cannot query the + user account database for information, so the + specifiers only work as shortcuts for things which are + already specified in a different way in the unit + file. They are fully functional when systemd is + running in <option>--user</option> mode.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |