summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man/systemd.socket.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.socket.xml')
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.socket.xml27
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index f1e7d408ab..040305c632 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -374,23 +374,30 @@
and only one service unit is spawned
for all connections (also see
above). This value is ignored for
- datagram sockets and FIFOs where
- a single service unit unconditionally
+ datagram sockets and FIFOs where a
+ single service unit unconditionally
handles all incoming traffic. Defaults
to <option>false</option>. For
performance reasons, it is recommended
to write new daemons only in a way
that is suitable for
- <option>Accept=false</option>. A daemon
- listening on an AF_UNIX socket may, but does not need to, call
+ <option>Accept=false</option>. A
+ daemon listening on an AF_UNIX socket
+ may, but does not need to, call
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- or
+ on the received socket before
+ exiting. However, it must not unlink
+ the socket from a filesystem. It
+ should note invoke
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- on the received socket before exiting. However,
- it must not unlink the socket from a
- filesystem. This option is mostly useful
- to allow daemons designed for usage with
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ on sockets it got with
+ <varname>Accept=false</varname>, but
+ it may do so for sockets it got with
+ <varname>Accept=true</varname> set.
+ Setting <varname>Accept=true</varname>
+ is mostly useful to allow daemons
+ designed for usage with
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
to work unmodified with systemd socket
activation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>