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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.service.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 0b5edb8560..a1d8a523ef 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -461,20 +461,26 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>WatchdogSec=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Configures the watchdog - timeout for a service. This is activated - when the start-up is completed. The service - must call + <listitem><para>Configures the + watchdog timeout for a service. This + is activated when the start-up is + completed. The service must call <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - regularly with "WATCHDOG=1". If the time - between two such calls is larger than - the configured time then the service - enters a failure state. By setting + regularly with "WATCHDOG=1". If the + time between two such calls is larger + than the configured time then the + service is placed in a failure + state. By setting <term><varname>Restart=</varname></term> to <option>on-failure</option> or - <option>always</option> the service can - be restarted. Defaults to 0s, which - disables this feature.</para></listitem> + <option>always</option> the service + will be automatically restarted. The + time configured here will be passed to + the executed service process in the + <varname>WATCHDOG_USEC=</varname> + environment variable. Defaults to 0s, + which disables this + feature.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |