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-rw-r--r--man/standard-conf.xml71
-rw-r--r--man/standard-options.xml39
-rw-r--r--man/user-system-options.xml50
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diff --git a/man/less-variables.xml b/man/less-variables.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>Environment</title>
+
+ <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
+ <varlistentry id='pager'>
+ <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Pager to use when
+ <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
+ overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
+ this to an empty string or the value
+ <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
+ <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='less'>
+ <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LESS</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Override the default
+ options passed to
+ <command>less</command>
+ (<literal>FRSXMK</literal>).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/standard-conf.xml b/man/standard-conf.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refsection PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<refsection>
+ <refsection id='confd'>
+ <title>Configuration Directories and Precedence</title>
+
+ <para>Configuration files are read from directories in
+ <filename>/etc/</filename>, <filename>/run/</filename>, and
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, in order of precedence.
+ Each configuration file in these configuration directories shall be named in
+ the style of <filename><replaceable>filename</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files with the same name in
+ <filename>/run/</filename> and <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in
+ <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the same name in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>Packages should install their configuration files in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> are
+ reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the
+ configuration files installed by vendor packages. All configuration files
+ are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which of
+ the directories they reside in. If multiple files specify the same option,
+ the entry in the file with the lexicographically latest name will take
+ precedence. It is recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit number
+ and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.</para>
+
+ <para>If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file supplied by
+ the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename> in the configuration directory in
+ <filename>/etc/</filename>, with the same filename as the vendor
+ configuration file.</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection id='main-conf'>
+ <title>Configuration Directories and Precedence</title>
+
+ <para>Default configuration is defined during compilation, so a
+ configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate
+ from those defaults. By default the configuration file in
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/</filename> contains commented out entries
+ showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file
+ can be edited to create local overrides.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>When packages need to customize the configuration, they can
+ install configuration snippets in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/</filename>. Files in
+ <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administrator, who may use this logic to override the
+ configuration files installed by vendor packages. The main
+ configuration file is read before any of the configuration
+ directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file in
+ any configuration directory override entries in the single
+ configuration file. Files in the
+ <filename>*.conf.d/</filename> configuration subdirectories
+ are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of
+ which of the subdirectories they reside in. If multiple files
+ specify the same option, the entry in the file with the
+ lexicographically latest name takes precedence. It is recommended
+ to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit
+ number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.</para>
+
+ <para>To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
+ recommended way is to place a symlink to
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename> in the configuration directory in
+ <filename>/etc/</filename>, with the same filename as the vendor
+ configuration file.</para>
+ </refsection>
+</refsection>
diff --git a/man/standard-options.xml b/man/standard-options.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry id='help'>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem id='help-text'>
+ <para>Print a short help text and exit.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='version'>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+
+ <listitem id='version-text'>
+ <para>Print a short version string and exit.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='no-pager'>
+ <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Do not pipe output into a pager.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='no-legend'>
+ <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. column headers and the
+ footer with hints.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/user-system-options.xml b/man/user-system-options.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry id='user'>
+ <term><option>--user</option></term>
+
+ <listitem id='user-text'>
+ <para>Talk to the service manager of the calling user,
+ rather than the service manager of the system.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='system'>
+ <term><option>--system</option></term>
+
+ <listitem id='system-text'>
+ <para>Talk to the service manager of the system. This is the
+ implied default.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='host'>
+ <term><option>-H</option></term>
+ <term><option>--host=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem id='host-text'>
+ <para>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a
+ username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>, to
+ connect to. The hostname may optionally be suffixed by a
+ container name, separated by <literal>:</literal>, which
+ connects directly to a specific container on the specified
+ host. This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager
+ instance. Container names may be enumerated with
+ <command>machinectl -H
+ <replaceable>HOST</replaceable></command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id='machine'>
+ <term><option>-M</option></term>
+ <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem id='machine-text'>
+ <para>Execute operation on a local container. Specify a
+ container name to connect to.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>