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-<refentry id="systemd-run"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd-run</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd-run</refname>
- <refpurpose>Run programs in transient scope units, service units, or timer-scheduled service units</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-run</command>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
- <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGS</arg>
- </arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-run</command>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">TIMER OPTIONS</arg>
- <arg choice="req"><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></arg>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGS</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>systemd-run</command> may be used to create and start a transient <filename>.service</filename> or
- <filename>.scope</filename> unit and run the specified <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable> in it. It may also be
- used to create and start a transient <filename>.timer</filename> unit, that activates a
- <filename>.service</filename> unit when elapsing.</para>
-
- <para>If a command is run as transient service unit, it will be started and managed by the service manager like any
- other service, and thus shows up in the output of <command>systemctl list-units</command> like any other unit. It
- will run in a clean and detached execution environment, with the service manager as its parent process. In this
- mode, <command>systemd-run</command> will start the service asynchronously in the background and return after the
- command has begun execution (unless <option>--no-block</option> or <option>--watch</option> are specified, see
- below).</para>
-
- <para>If a command is run as transient scope unit, it will be executed by <command>systemd-run</command> itself as
- parent process and will thus inherit the execution environment of the caller. However, the processes of the command
- are managed by the service manager similar to normal services, and will show up in the output of <command>systemctl
- list-units</command>. Execution in this case is synchronous, and will return only when the command finishes. This
- mode is enabled via the <option>--scope</option> switch (see below). </para>
-
- <para>If a command is run with timer options such as <option>--on-calendar=</option> (see below), a transient timer
- unit is created alongside the service unit for the specified command. Only the transient timer unit is started
- immediately, the transient service unit will be started when the timer elapses. If the <option>--unit=</option>
- option is specified, the <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable> may be omitted. In this case,
- <command>systemd-run</command> creates only a <filename>.timer</filename> unit that invokes the specified unit when
- elapsing.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
- privileged operations.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--scope</option></term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Create a transient <filename>.scope</filename> unit instead of the default transient
- <filename>.service</filename> unit (see above).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--unit=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Use this unit name instead of an automatically
- generated one.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--property=</option></term>
- <term><option>-p</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets a property on the scope or service unit that is created. This option takes an assignment
- in the same format as
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
- <command>set-property</command> command.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--description=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Provide a description for the service, scope or timer unit. If not specified, the command
- itself will be used as a description. See <varname>Description=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--slice=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Make the new <filename>.service</filename> or <filename>.scope</filename> unit part of the
- specified slice, instead of <filename>system.slice</filename>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remain-after-exit</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>After the service process has terminated, keep the service around until it is explicitly
- stopped. This is useful to collect runtime information about the service after it finished running. Also see
- <varname>RemainAfterExit=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--send-sighup</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>When terminating the scope or service unit, send a SIGHUP immediately after SIGTERM. This is
- useful to indicate to shells and shell-like processes that the connection has been severed. Also see
- <varname>SendSIGHUP=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--service-type=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the service type. Also see
- <varname>Type=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
- option has no effect in conjunction with
- <option>--scope</option>. Defaults to
- <constant>simple</constant>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--uid=</option></term>
- <term><option>--gid=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Runs the service process under the specified UNIX user and group. Also see
- <varname>User=</varname> and <varname>Group=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--nice=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Runs the service process with the specified
- nice level. Also see <varname>Nice=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-E <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term>
- <term><option>--setenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Runs the service process with the specified environment variable set.
- Also see <varname>Environment=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--pty</option></term>
- <term><option>-t</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>When invoking the command, the transient service connects its standard input and output to the
- terminal <command>systemd-run</command> is invoked on, via a pseudo TTY device. This allows running binaries
- that expect interactive user input as services, such as interactive command shells.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
- <term><option>-q</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Suppresses additional informational output
- while running. This is particularly useful in combination with
- <option>--pty</option> when it will suppress the initial
- message explaining how to terminate the TTY connection.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--on-active=</option></term>
- <term><option>--on-boot=</option></term>
- <term><option>--on-startup=</option></term>
- <term><option>--on-unit-active=</option></term>
- <term><option>--on-unit-inactive=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Defines a monotonic timer relative to different starting points for starting the specified
- command. See <varname>OnActiveSec=</varname>, <varname>OnBootSec=</varname>, <varname>OnStartupSec=</varname>,
- <varname>OnUnitActiveSec=</varname> and <varname>OnUnitInactiveSec=</varname> in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
- details. These options may not be combined with <option>--scope</option>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--on-calendar=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Defines a calendar timer for starting the specified command. See <varname>OnCalendar=</varname>
- in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
- option may not be combined with <option>--scope</option>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--timer-property=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets a property on the timer unit that is created. This option is similar to
- <option>--property=</option> but applies to the transient timer unit rather than the transient service unit
- created. This option only has an effect in conjunction with <option>--on-active=</option>,
- <option>--on-boot=</option>, <option>--on-startup=</option>, <option>--on-unit-active=</option>,
- <option>--on-unit-inactive=</option> or <option>--on-calendar=</option>. This option takes an assignment in the
- same format as <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
- <command>set-property</command> command.</para> </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-block</option></term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Do not synchronously wait for the unit start operation to finish. If this option is not specified, the
- start request for the transient unit will be verified, enqueued and <command>systemd-run</command> will wait
- until the unit's start-up is completed. By passing this argument, it is only verified and enqueued. This
- option may not be combined with <option>--wait</option>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--wait</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Synchronously wait for the transient service to terminate. If this option is specified, the
- start request for the transient unit is verified, enqueued, and waited for. Subsequently the invoked unit is
- monitored, and it is waited until it is deactivated again (most likely because the specified command
- completed). On exit, terse information about the unit's runtime is shown, including total runtime (as well as
- CPU usage, if <option>--property=CPUAccounting=1</option> was set) and the exit code and status of the main
- process. This output may be suppressed with <option>--quiet</option>. This option may not be combined with
- <option>--no-block</option>, <option>--scope</option> or the various timer options.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
- <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" />
- <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
- <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
-
- <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
- <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>All command line arguments after the first non-option
- argument become part of the command line of the launched
- process. If a command is run as service unit, its first argument
- needs to be an absolute binary path.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Examples</title>
-
- <example>
- <title>Logging environment variables provided by systemd to services</title>
-
- <programlisting># systemd-run env
-Running as unit: run-19945.service
-# journalctl -u run-19945.service
-Sep 08 07:37:21 bupkis systemd[1]: Starting /usr/bin/env...
-Sep 08 07:37:21 bupkis systemd[1]: Started /usr/bin/env.
-Sep 08 07:37:21 bupkis env[19948]: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-Sep 08 07:37:21 bupkis env[19948]: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-Sep 08 07:37:21 bupkis env[19948]: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.11.0-0.rc5.git6.2.fc20.x86_64</programlisting>
- </example>
-
- <example>
- <title>Limiting resources available to a command</title>
-
- <programlisting># systemd-run -p BlockIOWeight=10 updatedb</programlisting>
-
- <para>This command invokes the
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>updatedb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- tool, but lowers the block I/O weight for it to 10. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information on the <varname>BlockIOWeight=</varname>
- property.</para>
- </example>
-
- <example>
- <title>Running commands at a specified time</title>
-
- <para>The following command will touch a file after 30 seconds.</para>
-
- <programlisting># date; systemd-run --on-active=30 --timer-property=AccuracySec=100ms /bin/touch /tmp/foo
-Mon Dec 8 20:44:24 KST 2014
-Running as unit: run-71.timer
-Will run service as unit: run-71.service
-# journalctl -b -u run-71.timer
--- Logs begin at Fri 2014-12-05 19:09:21 KST, end at Mon 2014-12-08 20:44:54 KST. --
-Dec 08 20:44:38 container systemd[1]: Starting /bin/touch /tmp/foo.
-Dec 08 20:44:38 container systemd[1]: Started /bin/touch /tmp/foo.
-# journalctl -b -u run-71.service
--- Logs begin at Fri 2014-12-05 19:09:21 KST, end at Mon 2014-12-08 20:44:54 KST. --
-Dec 08 20:44:48 container systemd[1]: Starting /bin/touch /tmp/foo...
-Dec 08 20:44:48 container systemd[1]: Started /bin/touch /tmp/foo.</programlisting>
- </example>
-
- <example>
- <title>Allowing access to the tty</title>
-
- <para>The following command invokes <filename>/bin/bash</filename> as a service
- passing its standard input, output and error to the calling TTY.</para>
-
- <programlisting># systemd-run -t --send-sighup /bin/bash</programlisting>
- </example>
-
- <example>
- <title>Start <command>screen</command> as a user service</title>
-
- <programlisting>$ systemd-run --scope --user screen
-Running scope as unit run-r14b0047ab6df45bfb45e7786cc839e76.scope.
-
-$ screen -ls
-There is a screen on:
- 492..laptop (Detached)
-1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-fatima.
-</programlisting>
-
- <para>This starts the <command>screen</command> process as a child of the
- <command>systemd --user</command> process that was started by
- <filename>user@.service</filename>, in a scope unit. A
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- unit is used instead of a
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- unit, because <command>screen</command> will exit when detaching from the terminal,
- and a service unit would be terminated. Running <command>screen</command>
- as a user unit has the advantage that it is not part of the session scope.
- If <varname>KillUserProcesses=yes</varname> is configured in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- the default, the session scope will be terminated when the user logs
- out of that session.</para>
-
- <para>The <filename>user@.service</filename> is started automatically
- when the user first logs in, and stays around as long as at least one
- login session is open. After the user logs out of the last session,
- <filename>user@.service</filename> and all services underneath it
- are terminated. This behavior is the default, when "lingering" is
- not enabled for that user. Enabling lingering means that
- <filename>user@.service</filename> is started automatically during
- boot, even if the user is not logged in, and that the service is
- not terminated when the user logs out.</para>
-
- <para>Enabling lingering allows the user to run processes without being logged in,
- for example to allow <command>screen</command> to persist after the user logs out,
- even if the session scope is terminated. In the default configuration, users can
- enable lingering for themselves:</para>
-
- <programlisting>$ loginctl enable-linger</programlisting>
- </example>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>