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-<refentry id="systemd.exec">
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd.exec</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.exec</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd.exec</refname>
- <refpurpose>Execution environment configuration</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>systemd.service</filename>,
- <filename>systemd.socket</filename>,
- <filename>systemd.mount</filename>,
- <filename>systemd.swap</filename></para>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para>Unit configuration files for services, sockets,
- mount points and swap devices share a subset of
- configuration options which define the execution
- environment of spawned processes.</para>
-
- <para>This man page lists the configuration options
- shared by these four unit types. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for the common options of all unit configuration
- files, and
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information on the specific unit
- configuration files. The execution specific
- configuration options are configured in the [Service],
- [Socket], [Mount], or [Swap] sections, depending on the unit
- type.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>WorkingDirectory=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
- directory path. Sets the working
- directory for executed processes. If
- not set defaults to the root directory
- when systemd is running as a system
- instance and the respective user's
- home directory if run as
- user.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RootDirectory=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
- directory path. Sets the root
- directory for executed processes, with
- the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- system call. If this is used it must
- be ensured that the process and all
- its auxiliary files are available in
- the <function>chroot()</function>
- jail.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the Unix user
- or group that the processes are executed
- as, respectively. Takes a single user or group
- name or ID as argument. If no group is
- set, the default group of the user is
- chosen.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SupplementaryGroups=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the supplementary
- Unix groups the processes are executed
- as. This takes a space separated list
- of group names or IDs. This option may
- be specified more than once in which
- case all listed groups are set as
- supplementary groups. This option does
- not override but extends the list of
- supplementary groups configured in the
- system group database for the
- user.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Nice=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the default nice
- level (scheduling priority) for
- executed processes. Takes an integer
- between -20 (highest priority) and 19
- (lowest priority). See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setpriority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>OOMScoreAdjust=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the adjustment
- level for the Out-Of-Memory killer for
- executed processes. Takes an integer
- between -1000 (to disable OOM killing
- for this process) and 1000 (to make
- killing of this process under memory
- pressure very likely). See <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt">proc.txt</ulink>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>IOSchedulingClass=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the IO scheduling
- class for executed processes. Takes an
- integer between 0 and 3 or one of the
- strings <option>none</option>,
- <option>realtime</option>,
- <option>best-effort</option> or
- <option>idle</option>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ioprio_set</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>IOSchedulingPriority=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the IO scheduling
- priority for executed processes. Takes
- an integer between 0 (highest
- priority) and 7 (lowest priority). The
- available priorities depend on the
- selected IO scheduling class (see
- above). See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ioprio_set</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CPUSchedulingPolicy=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the CPU
- scheduling policy for executed
- processes. Takes one of
- <option>other</option>,
- <option>batch</option>,
- <option>idle</option>,
- <option>fifo</option> or
- <option>rr</option>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CPUSchedulingPriority=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets the CPU
- scheduling priority for executed
- processes. Takes an integer between 1
- (lowest priority) and 99 (highest
- priority). The available priority
- range depends on the selected CPU
- scheduling policy (see above). See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CPUSchedulingResetOnFork=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true elevated CPU
- scheduling priorities and policies
- will be reset when the executed
- processes fork, and can hence not leak
- into child processes. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Defaults to false.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls the CPU
- affinity of the executed
- processes. Takes a space-separated
- list of CPU indexes. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sched_setaffinity</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>UMask=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls the file mode
- creation mask. Takes an access mode in
- octal notation. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>umask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Defaults to
- 0022.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Environment=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets environment
- variables for executed
- processes. Takes a space-separated
- list of variable assignments. This
- option may be specified more than once
- in which case all listed variables
- will be set. If the same variable is
- set twice the later setting will
- override the earlier setting. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Similar to
- <varname>Environment=</varname> but
- reads the environment variables from a
- text file. The text file should
- contain new-line separated variable
- assignments. Empty lines and lines
- starting with ; or # will be ignored,
- which may be used for commenting. The
- parser strips leading and
- trailing whitespace from the values
- of assignments, unless you use
- double quotes (").
- The
- argument passed should be an absolute
- file name, optionally prefixed with
- "-", which indicates that if the file
- does not exist it won't be read and no
- error or warning message is
- logged. The files listed with this
- directive will be read shortly before
- the process is executed. Settings from
- these files override settings made
- with
- <varname>Environment=</varname>. If
- the same variable is set twice from
- these files the files will be read in
- the order they are specified and the
- later setting will override the
- earlier setting. </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>StandardInput=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls where file
- descriptor 0 (STDIN) of the executed
- processes is connected to. Takes one
- of <option>null</option>,
- <option>tty</option>,
- <option>tty-force</option>,
- <option>tty-fail</option> or
- <option>socket</option>. If
- <option>null</option> is selected
- standard input will be connected to
- <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
- i.e. all read attempts by the process
- will result in immediate EOF. If
- <option>tty</option> is selected
- standard input is connected to a TTY
- (as configured by
- <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
- below) and the executed process
- becomes the controlling process of the
- terminal. If the terminal is already
- being controlled by another process the
- executed process waits until the current
- controlling process releases the
- terminal.
- <option>tty-force</option>
- is similar to <option>tty</option>,
- but the executed process is forcefully
- and immediately made the controlling
- process of the terminal, potentially
- removing previous controlling
- processes from the
- terminal. <option>tty-fail</option> is
- similar to <option>tty</option> but if
- the terminal already has a controlling
- process start-up of the executed
- process fails. The
- <option>socket</option> option is only
- valid in socket-activated services,
- and only when the socket configuration
- file (see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details) specifies a single socket
- only. If this option is set standard
- input will be connected to the socket
- the service was activated from, which
- is primarily useful for compatibility
- with daemons designed for use with the
- traditional
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- daemon. This setting defaults to
- <option>null</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>StandardOutput=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls where file
- descriptor 1 (STDOUT) of the executed
- processes is connected to. Takes one
- of <option>inherit</option>,
- <option>null</option>,
- <option>tty</option>,
- <option>syslog</option>,
- <option>kmsg</option>,
- <option>journal</option>,
- <option>syslog+console</option>,
- <option>kmsg+console</option>,
- <option>journal+console</option> or
- <option>socket</option>. If set to
- <option>inherit</option> the file
- descriptor of standard input is
- duplicated for standard output. If set
- to <option>null</option> standard
- output will be connected to
- <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
- i.e. everything written to it will be
- lost. If set to <option>tty</option>
- standard output will be connected to a
- tty (as configured via
- <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see
- below). If the TTY is used for output
- only the executed process will not
- become the controlling process of the
- terminal, and will not fail or wait
- for other processes to release the
- terminal. <option>syslog</option>
- connects standard output to the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- system syslog
- service. <option>kmsg</option>
- connects it with the kernel log buffer
- which is accessible via
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dmesg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. <option>journal</option>
- connects it with the journal which is
- accessible via
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- (Note that everything that is written
- to syslog or kmsg is implicitly stored
- in the journal as well, those options
- are hence supersets of this
- one). <option>syslog+console</option>,
- <option>journal+console</option> and
- <option>kmsg+console</option> work
- similarly but copy the output to the
- system console as
- well. <option>socket</option> connects
- standard output to a socket from
- socket activation, semantics are
- similar to the respective option of
- <varname>StandardInput=</varname>.
- This setting defaults to the value set
- with
- <option>DefaultStandardOutput=</option>
- in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- which defaults to
- <option>journal</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>StandardError=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls where file
- descriptor 2 (STDERR) of the executed
- processes is connected to. The
- available options are identical to
- those of
- <varname>StandardOutput=</varname>,
- with one exception: if set to
- <option>inherit</option> the file
- descriptor used for standard output is
- duplicated for standard error. This
- setting defaults to the value set with
- <option>DefaultStandardError=</option>
- in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- which defaults to
- <option>inherit</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TTYPath=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the terminal
- device node to use if standard input,
- output or stderr are connected to a
- TTY (see above). Defaults to
- <filename>/dev/console</filename>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TTYReset=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Reset the terminal
- device specified with
- <varname>TTYPath=</varname> before and
- after execution. Defaults to
- <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TTYVHangup=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Disconnect all clients
- which have opened the terminal device
- specified with
- <varname>TTYPath=</varname>
- before and after execution. Defaults
- to
- <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TTYVTDisallocate=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>If the terminal
- device specified with
- <varname>TTYPath=</varname> is a
- virtual console terminal try to
- deallocate the TTY before and after
- execution. This ensures that the
- screen and scrollback buffer is
- cleared. Defaults to
- <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SyslogIdentifier=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the process name
- to prefix log lines sent to syslog or
- the kernel log buffer with. If not set
- defaults to the process name of the
- executed process. This option is only
- useful when
- <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
- <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
- set to <option>syslog</option> or
- <option>kmsg</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SyslogFacility=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the syslog
- facility to use when logging to
- syslog. One of <option>kern</option>,
- <option>user</option>,
- <option>mail</option>,
- <option>daemon</option>,
- <option>auth</option>,
- <option>syslog</option>,
- <option>lpr</option>,
- <option>news</option>,
- <option>uucp</option>,
- <option>cron</option>,
- <option>authpriv</option>,
- <option>ftp</option>,
- <option>local0</option>,
- <option>local1</option>,
- <option>local2</option>,
- <option>local3</option>,
- <option>local4</option>,
- <option>local5</option>,
- <option>local6</option> or
- <option>local7</option>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. This option is only
- useful when
- <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
- <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
- set to <option>syslog</option>.
- Defaults to
- <option>daemon</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SyslogLevel=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Default syslog level
- to use when logging to syslog or the
- kernel log buffer. One of
- <option>emerg</option>,
- <option>alert</option>,
- <option>crit</option>,
- <option>err</option>,
- <option>warning</option>,
- <option>notice</option>,
- <option>info</option>,
- <option>debug</option>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. This option is only
- useful when
- <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
- <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
- set to <option>syslog</option> or
- <option>kmsg</option>. Note that
- individual lines output by the daemon
- might be prefixed with a different log
- level which can be used to override
- the default log level specified
- here. The interpretation of these
- prefixes may be disabled with
- <varname>SyslogLevelPrefix=</varname>,
- see below. For details see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
-
- Defaults to
- <option>info</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SyslogLevelPrefix=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true and
- <varname>StandardOutput=</varname> or
- <varname>StandardError=</varname> are
- set to <option>syslog</option>,
- <option>kmsg</option> or
- <option>journal</option>, log lines
- written by the executed process that
- are prefixed with a log level will be
- passed on to syslog with this log
- level set but the prefix removed. If
- set to false, the interpretation of
- these prefixes is disabled and the
- logged lines are passed on as-is. For
- details about this prefixing see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Defaults to true.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the timer slack
- in nanoseconds for the executed
- processes. The timer slack controls
- the accuracy of wake-ups triggered by
- timers. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information. Note that in
- contrast to most other time span
- definitions this parameter takes an
- integer value in nano-seconds if no
- unit is specified. The usual time
- units are understood
- too.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>LimitCPU=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitFSIZE=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitDATA=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitSTACK=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitCORE=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitRSS=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitNOFILE=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitAS=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitNPROC=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitMEMLOCK=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitLOCKS=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitSIGPENDING=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitMSGQUEUE=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitNICE=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>These settings control
- various resource limits for executed
- processes. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Use the string
- <varname>infinity</varname> to
- configure no limit on a specific
- resource.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <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><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>TCPWrapName=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>If this is a
- socket-activated service this sets the
- tcpwrap service name to check the
- permission for the current connection
- with. This is only useful in
- conjunction with socket-activated
- services, and stream sockets (TCP) in
- particular. It has no effect on other
- socket types (e.g. datagram/UDP) and
- on processes unrelated to socket-based
- activation. If the tcpwrap
- verification fails daemon start-up
- will fail and the connection is
- terminated. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tcpd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Note that this option may
- be used to do access control checks
- only. Shell commands and commands
- described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hosts_options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- are not supported.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls which
- capabilities to include in the
- capability bounding set for the
- executed process. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Takes a whitespace
- separated list of capability names as
- read by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Capabilities listed will be included
- in the bounding set, all others are
- removed. If the list of capabilities
- is prefixed with ~ all but the listed
- capabilities will be included, the
- effect of the assignment
- inverted. Note that this option also
- effects the respective capabilities in
- the effective, permitted and
- inheritable capability sets, on top of
- what <varname>Capabilities=</varname>
- does. If this option is not used the
- capability bounding set is not
- modified on process execution, hence
- no limits on the capabilities of the
- process are
- enforced.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SecureBits=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls the secure
- bits set for the executed process. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Takes a list of strings:
- <option>keep-caps</option>,
- <option>keep-caps-locked</option>,
- <option>no-setuid-fixup</option>,
- <option>no-setuid-fixup-locked</option>,
- <option>noroot</option> and/or
- <option>noroot-locked</option>.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Capabilities=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- set for the executed process. Take a
- capability string describing the
- effective, permitted and inherited
- capability sets as documented in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_text</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Note that these capability sets are
- usually influenced by the capabilities
- attached to the executed file. Due to
- that
- <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>
- is probably the much more useful
- setting.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ControlGroup=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls the control
- groups the executed processes shall be
- made members of. Takes a
- space-separated list of cgroup
- identifiers. A cgroup identifier has a
- format like
- <filename>cpu:/foo/bar</filename>,
- where "cpu" identifies the kernel
- control group controller used, and
- <filename>/foo/bar</filename> is the
- control group path. The controller
- name and ":" may be omitted in which
- case the named systemd control group
- hierarchy is implied. Alternatively,
- the path and ":" may be omitted, in
- which case the default control group
- path for this unit is implied. This
- option may be used to place executed
- processes in arbitrary groups in
- arbitrary hierarchies -- which can be
- configured externally with additional
- execution limits. By default systemd
- will place all executed processes in
- separate per-unit control groups
- (named after the unit) in the systemd
- named hierarchy. Since every process
- can be in one group per hierarchy only
- overriding the control group path in
- the named systemd hierarchy will
- disable automatic placement in the
- default group. This option is
- primarily intended to place executed
- processes in specific paths in
- specific kernel controller
- hierarchies. It is however not
- recommended to manipulate the service
- control group path in the systemd
- named hierarchy. For details about
- control groups see <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ControlGroupModify=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true, the control groups
- created for this unit will be owned by
- the user specified with
- <varname>User=</varname> (and the
- appropriate group), and he/she can create
- subgroups as well as add processes to
- the group.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ControlGroupPersistent=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true, the control groups
- created for this unit will be marked
- to be persistent, i.e. systemd will
- not remove them when stopping the
- unit. The default is false, meaning
- that the control groups will be
- removed when the unit is stopped. For
- details about the semantics of this
- logic see <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PaxControlGroups">PaxControlGroups</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ControlGroupAttribute=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Set a specific control
- group attribute for executed
- processes, and (if needed) add the
- executed processes to a cgroup in the
- hierarchy of the controller the
- attribute belongs to. Takes two
- space-separated arguments: the
- attribute name (syntax is
- <literal>cpu.shares</literal> where
- <literal>cpu</literal> refers to a
- specific controller and
- <literal>shares</literal> to the
- attribute name), and the attribute
- value. Example:
- <literal>ControlGroupAttribute=cpu.shares
- 512</literal>. If this option is used
- for an attribute that belongs to a
- kernel controller hierarchy the unit
- is not already configured to be added
- to (for example via the
- <literal>ControlGroup=</literal>
- option) then the unit will be added to
- the controller and the default unit
- cgroup path is implied. Thus, using
- <varname>ControlGroupAttribute=</varname>
- is in most case sufficient to make use
- of control group enforcements,
- explicit
- <varname>ControlGroup=</varname> are
- only necessary in case the implied
- default control group path for a
- service is not desirable. For details
- about control group attributes see
- <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>. This
- option may appear more than once, in
- order to set multiple control group
- attributes.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CPUShares=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Assign the specified
- overall CPU time shares to the
- processes executed. Takes an integer
- value. This controls the
- <literal>cpu.shares</literal> control
- group attribute, which defaults to
- 1024. For details about this control
- group attribute see <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt">sched-design-CFS.txt</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MemoryLimit=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>MemorySoftLimit=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Limit the overall memory usage
- of the executed processes to a certain
- size. Takes a memory size in bytes. If
- the value is suffixed with K, M, G or
- T the specified memory size is parsed
- as Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes,
- or Terabytes (to the base
- 1024), respectively. This controls the
- <literal>memory.limit_in_bytes</literal>
- and
- <literal>memory.soft_limit_in_bytes</literal>
- control group attributes. For details
- about these control group attributes
- see <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt">memory.txt</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>DeviceAllow=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>DeviceDeny=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Control access to
- specific device nodes by the executed processes. Takes two
- space separated strings: a device node
- path (such as
- <filename>/dev/null</filename>)
- followed by a combination of r, w, m
- to control reading, writing, or
- creating of the specific device node
- by the unit, respectively. This controls the
- <literal>devices.allow</literal>
- and
- <literal>devices.deny</literal>
- control group attributes. For details
- about these control group attributes
- see <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt">devices.txt</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>BlockIOWeight=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Set the default or
- per-device overall block IO weight
- value for the executed
- processes. Takes either a single
- weight value (between 10 and 1000) to
- set the default block IO weight, or a
- space separated pair of a file path
- and a weight value to specify the
- device specific weight value (Example:
- "/dev/sda 500"). The file path may be
- specified as path to a block device
- node or as any other file in which
- case the backing block device of the
- file system of the file is
- determined. This controls the
- <literal>blkio.weight</literal> and
- <literal>blkio.weight_device</literal>
- control group attributes, which
- default to 1000. Use this option
- multiple times to set weights for
- multiple devices. For details about
- these control group attributes see
- <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt">blkio-controller.txt</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>BlockIOReadBandwidth=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>BlockIOWriteBandwidth=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Set the per-device
- overall block IO bandwidth limit for
- the executed processes. Takes a space
- separated pair of a file path and a
- bandwidth value (in bytes per second)
- to specify the device specific
- bandwidth. The file path may be
- specified as path to a block device
- node or as any other file in which
- case the backing block device of the
- file system of the file is determined.
- If the bandwidth is suffixed with K, M,
- G, or T the specified bandwidth is
- parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes,
- Gigabytes, or Terabytes, respectively (Example:
- "/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0
- 5M"). This controls the
- <literal>blkio.read_bps_device</literal>
- and
- <literal>blkio.write_bps_device</literal>
- control group attributes. Use this
- option multiple times to set bandwidth
- limits for multiple devices. For
- details about these control group
- attributes see <ulink
- url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt">blkio-controller.txt</ulink>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Sets up a new
- file-system name space for executed
- processes. These options may be used
- to limit access a process might have
- to the main file-system
- hierarchy. Each setting takes a
- space-separated list of absolute
- directory paths. Directories listed in
- <varname>ReadWriteDirectories=</varname>
- are accessible from within the
- namespace with the same access rights
- as from outside. Directories listed in
- <varname>ReadOnlyDirectories=</varname>
- are accessible for reading only,
- writing will be refused even if the
- usual file access controls would
- permit this. Directories listed in
- <varname>InaccessibleDirectories=</varname>
- will be made inaccessible for processes
- inside the namespace. Note that
- restricting access with these options
- does not extend to submounts of a
- directory. You must list submounts
- separately in these settings to
- ensure the same limited access. These
- options may be specified more than
- once in which case all directories
- listed will have limited access from
- within the
- namespace.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>PrivateTmp=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true sets up a new file
- system namespace for the executed
- processes and mounts a private
- <filename>/tmp</filename> directory
- inside it, that is not shared by
- processes outside of the
- namespace. This is useful to secure
- access to temporary files of the
- process, but makes sharing between
- processes via
- <filename>/tmp</filename>
- impossible. Defaults to
- false.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true sets up a new
- network namespace for the executed
- processes and configures only the
- loopback network device
- <literal>lo</literal> inside it. No
- other network devices will be
- available to the executed process.
- This is useful to securely turn off
- network access by the executed
- process. Defaults to
- false.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>MountFlags=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a mount
- propagation flag:
- <option>shared</option>,
- <option>slave</option> or
- <option>private</option>, which
- control whether the file system
- namespace set up for this unit's
- processes will receive or propagate
- new mounts. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Default to
- <option>shared</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>UtmpIdentifier=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a four
- character identifier string for an
- utmp/wtmp entry for this service. This
- should only be set for services such
- as <command>getty</command>
- implementations where utmp/wtmp
- entries must be created and cleared
- before and after execution. If the
- configured string is longer than four
- characters it is truncated and the
- terminal four characters are
- used. This setting interprets %I style
- string replacements. This setting is
- unset by default, i.e. no utmp/wtmp
- entries are created or cleaned up for
- this service.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>IgnoreSIGPIPE=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true causes SIGPIPE to be
- ignored in the executed
- process. Defaults to true, since
- SIGPIPE generally is useful only in
- shell pipelines.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>NoNewPrivileges=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true ensures that the
- service process and all its children
- can never gain new privileges. This
- option is more powerful than the respective
- secure bits flags (see above), as it
- also prohibits UID changes of any
- kind. This is the simplest, most
- effective way to ensure that a process
- and its children can never elevate
- privileges again.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a space
- separated list of system call
- names. If this setting is used all
- system calls executed by the unit
- process except for the listed ones
- will result in immediate process
- termination with the SIGSYS signal
- (whitelisting). If the first character
- of the list is <literal>~</literal>
- the effect is inverted: only the
- listed system calls will result in
- immediate process termination
- (blacklisting). If this option is used
- <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>
- is implied. This feature makes use of
- the Secure Computing Mode 2 interfaces
- of the kernel ('seccomp filtering')
- and is useful for enforcing a minimal
- sandboxing environment. Note that the
- <function>execve</function>,
- <function>rt_sigreturn</function>,
- <function>sigreturn</function>,
- <function>exit_group</function>,
- <function>exit</function> system calls
- are implicitly whitelisted and don't
- need to be listed
- explicitly.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>