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-rw-r--r--man/journald.conf.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/machinectl.xml12
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-system.conf.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.automount.xml15
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.exec.xml49
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.mount.xml14
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.network.xml79
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.slice.xml3
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.socket.xml16
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.swap.xml13
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.timer.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.unit.xml26
12 files changed, 132 insertions, 113 deletions
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index a9690e8138..3964cd6bc5 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RateLimitInterval=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>RateLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
<term><varname>RateLimitBurst=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configures the rate limiting that is applied
to all messages generated on the system. If, in the time
- interval defined by <varname>RateLimitInterval=</varname>,
+ interval defined by <varname>RateLimitIntervalSec=</varname>,
more messages than specified in
<varname>RateLimitBurst=</varname> are logged by a service,
all further messages within the interval are dropped until the
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
per-service, so that two services which log do not interfere
with each other's limits. Defaults to 1000 messages in 30s.
The time specification for
- <varname>RateLimitInterval=</varname> may be specified in the
+ <varname>RateLimitIntervalSec=</varname> may be specified in the
following units: <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>,
<literal>h</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>,
<literal>us</literal>. To turn off any kind of rate limiting,
diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml
index 43a3b98840..4b7f9a0391 100644
--- a/man/machinectl.xml
+++ b/man/machinectl.xml
@@ -589,13 +589,11 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><command>clone</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
- <listitem><para>Clones a container or VM image. The
- arguments specify the name of the image to clone and the name
- of the newly cloned image. Note that plain directory container
- images are cloned into subvolume images with this command.
- Note that cloning a container or VM image is optimized for
- btrfs file systems, and might not be efficient on others, due
- to file system limitations.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Clones a container or VM image. The arguments specify the name of the image to clone and the
+ name of the newly cloned image. Note that plain directory container images are cloned into btrfs subvolume
+ images with this command, if the underlying file system supports this. Note that cloning a container or VM
+ image is optimized for btrfs file systems, and might not be efficient on others, due to file system
+ limitations.</para>
<para>Note that this command leaves host name, machine ID and
all other settings that could identify the instance
diff --git a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
index edc6df914a..8833e73c72 100644
--- a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
@@ -271,16 +271,16 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>DefaultStartLimitInterval=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>DefaultStartLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
<term><varname>DefaultStartLimitBurst=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configure the default unit start rate
limiting, as configured per-service by
- <varname>StartLimitInterval=</varname> and
+ <varname>StartLimitIntervalSec=</varname> and
<varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname>. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details on the per-service settings.
- <varname>DefaultStartLimitInterval=</varname> defaults to
+ <varname>DefaultStartLimitIntervalSec=</varname> defaults to
10s. <varname>DefaultStartLimitBurst=</varname> defaults to
5.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.automount.xml b/man/systemd.automount.xml
index 93bae2a6dc..a43dc981bd 100644
--- a/man/systemd.automount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.automount.xml
@@ -66,14 +66,13 @@
[Install] sections. The automount specific configuration options
are configured in the [Automount] section.</para>
- <para>Automount units must be named after the automount
- directories they control. Example: the automount point
- <filename noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be
- configured in a unit file
- <filename>home-lennart.automount</filename>. For details about the
- escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit name
- see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>Automount units must be named after the automount directories they control. Example: the automount point
+ <filename noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured in a unit file
+ <filename>home-lennart.automount</filename>. For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system
+ path to a unit name see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that
+ automount units cannot be templated, nor is it possible to add multiple names to an automount unit by creating
+ additional symlinks to its unit file.</para>
<para>For each automount unit file a matching mount unit file (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index fea42ebd31..2a93760428 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@
required to access <filename>/tmp</filename> and
<filename>/var/tmp</filename>.</para>
- <para>Units whose output standard output or error output is connected to <option>journal</option>,
- <option>syslog</option> or <option>kmsg</option> (or their combinations with console output, see below)
- automatically acquire dependencies of type <varname>After=</varname> on
- <filename>systemd-journald.socket</filename>.</para>
+ <para>Units whose standard output or error output is connected to <option>journal</option>, <option>syslog</option>
+ or <option>kmsg</option> (or their combinations with console output, see below) automatically acquire dependencies
+ of type <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>systemd-journald.socket</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -469,8 +468,8 @@
similar to the same option of
<varname>StandardInput=</varname>.</para>
- <para>If the standard output (or error output, see below) of a unit is connected with the journal, syslog or
- the kernel log buffer the unit will implicitly gain a dependency of type <varname>After=</varname> on
+ <para>If the standard output (or error output, see below) of a unit is connected to the journal, syslog or the
+ kernel log buffer, the unit will implicitly gain a dependency of type <varname>After=</varname> on
<filename>systemd-journald.socket</filename> (also see the automatic dependencies section above).</para>
<para>This setting defaults to the value set with
@@ -630,27 +629,23 @@
<term><varname>LimitNICE=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>These settings set both soft and hard limits
- of various resources for executed processes. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. The resource limit is possible to specify in two formats,
- <option>value</option> to set soft and hard limits to the same value,
- or <option>soft:hard</option> to set both limits individually (e.g. LimitAS=4G:16G).
- Use the string <varname>infinity</varname> to
- configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative
- suffixes K (=1024), M (=1024*1024) and so on for G, T, P and E
- may be used for resource limits measured in bytes
- (e.g. LimitAS=16G). For the limits referring to time values,
- the usual time units ms, s, min, h and so on may be used (see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details). Note that if no time unit is specified for
- <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> the default unit of seconds is
- implied, while for <varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname> the default
- unit of microseconds is implied. Also, note that the effective
- granularity of the limits might influence their
- enforcement. For example, time limits specified for
- <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> will be rounded up implicitly to
- multiples of 1s.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Set soft and hard limits on various resources for executed processes. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on
+ the resource limit concept. Resource limits may be specified in two formats: either as single value to set a
+ specific soft and hard limit to the same value, or as colon-separated pair <option>soft:hard</option> to set
+ both limits individually (e.g. <literal>LimitAS=4G:16G</literal>). Use the string <varname>infinity</varname>
+ to configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative suffixes K, M, G, T, P and E (to the base
+ 1024) may be used for resource limits measured in bytes (e.g. LimitAS=16G). For the limits referring to time
+ values, the usual time units ms, s, min, h and so on may be used (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details). Note that if no time unit is specified for <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> the default unit of seconds
+ is implied, while for <varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname> the default unit of microseconds is implied. Also, note
+ that the effective granularity of the limits might influence their enforcement. For example, time limits
+ specified for <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> will be rounded up implicitly to multiples of 1s. For
+ <varname>LimitNICE=</varname> the value may be specified in two syntaxes: if prefixed with <literal>+</literal>
+ or <literal>-</literal>, the value is understood as regular Linux nice value in the range -20..19. If not
+ prefixed like this the value is understood as raw resource limit parameter in the range 0..40 (with 0 being
+ equivalent to 1).</para>
<para>Note that most process resource limits configured with
these options are per-process, and processes may fork in order
diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index f116782b40..bf56a49e58 100644
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -82,14 +82,12 @@
will refuse options that are not listed in
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> if it is not run as UID 0.</para>
- <para>Mount units must be named after the mount point directories
- they control. Example: the mount point
- <filename noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be
- configured in a unit file <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename>.
- For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system
- path to a unit name, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Note that mount units cannot be templated.</para>
+ <para>Mount units must be named after the mount point directories they control. Example: the mount point <filename
+ noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured in a unit file <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename>.
+ For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit name, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that mount
+ units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a mount unit by creating additional symlinks to
+ it.</para>
<para>Optionally, a mount unit may be accompanied by an automount
unit, to allow on-demand or parallelized mounting. See
diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 9bf1b198ad..5e287faa6e 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -652,6 +652,18 @@
<para>An address label.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PreferredLifetime=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden.
+ Only three settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal>
+ which is the default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal> which means
+ that the address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used,
+ unless explicitly requested. A setting of PreferredLifetime=0 is useful for
+ addresses which are added to be used only by a specific application,
+ which is then configured to use them explicitly.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
@@ -706,6 +718,14 @@
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Table=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The table identifier for the route (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
+ The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
@@ -815,9 +835,8 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>DHCP client identifier to use. Either <literal>mac</literal>
- to use the MAC address of the link or <literal>duid</literal>
- (the default) to use a RFC4361-compliant Client ID.</para>
+ <para>The DHCPv4 client identifier to use. Either <literal>mac</literal> to use the MAC address of the link
+ or <literal>duid</literal> (the default, see below) to use a RFC4361-compliant Client ID.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -828,6 +847,25 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the DHCP DUID bytes as a single newline-terminated, hexadecimal string, with each
+ byte separated by a ':'. A DHCPv6 client sends the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) and the interface Identity
+ Association Identifier (IAID) to a DHCP server when acquiring a dynamic IPv6 address. Similar, DHCPv4 clients
+ send the IAID and DUID to the DHCP server when acquiring a dynamic IPv4 address if
+ <option>ClientIdentifier=duid</option>. IAID and DUID allows a DHCP server to uniquely identify the machine
+ and the interface requesting a DHCP IP address.</para>
+
+ <para>The DUID value specified here takes precedence over the DUID that systemd-networkd generates
+ using the machine-id from the <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file, as well as the
+ global DUID that may be specified in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf
+ </refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>The configured DHCP DUID should conform to the specification in
+ <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-9">RFC 3315</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6355">RFC 6355</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>RequestBroadcast=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Request the server to use broadcast messages before
@@ -846,40 +884,7 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>[DUID] Section Options</title>
-
- <para>This section configures the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) value used by DHCP
- protocol. DHCPv6 client protocol sends the DHCP Unique Identifier and the interface
- Identity Association Identifier (IAID) to a DHCP server when acquiring a dynamic IPv6
- address. DHCPv4 client protocol sends IAID and DUID to the DHCP server when acquiring
- a dynamic IPv4 address if <option>ClientIdentifier=duid</option>. IAID and DUID allows a
- DHCP server to uniquely identify the machine and the interface requesting a DHCP IP.</para>
-
- <para>The DUID value specified here overrides the DUID that systemd-networkd generates
- using the machine-id from the <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file, as well as the
- global DUID that may be specified in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf
- </refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
-
- <para>The configured DHCP DUID should conform to the specification in
- <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-9">RFC 3315</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6355">RFC 6355</ulink>.</para>
-
- <para>The following options are available in <literal>[DUID]</literal> section:</para>
-
- <variablelist class='network-directives'>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RawData=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Specifies the DUID bytes as a single newline-terminated, hexadecimal
- string, with each byte separated by a ':'.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
+ </refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>[DHCPServer] Section Options</title>
diff --git a/man/systemd.slice.xml b/man/systemd.slice.xml
index 16247628af..eee98d99ee 100644
--- a/man/systemd.slice.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.slice.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
the root slice <filename>-.slice</filename>.
</para>
+ <para>Note that slice units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a slice unit by creating
+ additional symlinks to it.</para>
+
<para>By default, service and scope units are placed in
<filename>system.slice</filename>, virtual machines and containers
registered with
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 2d6339680b..735268c79d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -807,6 +807,22 @@
suffix.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>TriggerLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>TriggerLimitBurst=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures a limit on how often this socket unit my be activated within a specific time
+ interval. The <varname>TriggerLimitIntervalSec=</varname> may be used to configure the length of the time
+ interval in the usual time units <literal>us</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>, <literal>s</literal>,
+ <literal>min</literal>, <literal>h</literal>, … and defaults to 5s (See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on
+ the various time units available). The <varname>TriggerLimitBurst=</varname> setting takes an integer value and
+ specifies the numer of permitted activations per time interval, and defaults to 2500 (thus by default
+ permitting 2500 activations per 5s). Set either to 0 to disable any form of trigger rate limiting. If the limit
+ is hit, the socket unit is placed into a failure mode, and will not be connectible anymore until
+ restarted. Note that this limit is enforced before the service activation is enqueued.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
<para>Check
diff --git a/man/systemd.swap.xml b/man/systemd.swap.xml
index 6fc4c7bf13..cf4e1ba839 100644
--- a/man/systemd.swap.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.swap.xml
@@ -78,13 +78,12 @@
which configure resource control settings for these processes of the
unit.</para>
- <para>Swap units must be named after the devices
- or files they control. Example: the swap device
- <filename noindex='true'>/dev/sda5</filename> must be configured in a
- unit file <filename>dev-sda5.swap</filename>. For details about
- the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit
- name, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>Swap units must be named after the devices or files they control. Example: the swap device <filename
+ noindex='true'>/dev/sda5</filename> must be configured in a unit file <filename>dev-sda5.swap</filename>. For
+ details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit name, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that swap
+ units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a swap unit by creating additional symlinks to
+ it.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index eb0afee141..0d0cccf152 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
<filename>foo.timer</filename> activates a matching service
<filename>foo.service</filename>. The unit to activate may be
controlled by <varname>Unit=</varname> (see below).</para>
+
+ <para>Note that in case the unit to activate is already active at the time the timer elapses it is not restarted,
+ but simply left running. There is no concept of spawning new service instances in this case. Due to this, services
+ with <varname>RemainAfterExit=</varname> set (which stay around continously even after the service's main process
+ exited) are usually not suitable for activation via repetitive timers, as they will only be activated once, and
+ then stay around forever.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 7993301167..abd47bd237 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -751,14 +751,14 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>StartLimitInterval=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>StartLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
<term><varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configure unit start rate limiting. By default, units which are started more than 5 times
within 10 seconds are not permitted to start any more times until the 10 second interval ends. With these two
- options, this rate limiting may be modified. Use <varname>StartLimitInterval=</varname> to configure the
- checking interval (defaults to <varname>DefaultStartLimitInterval=</varname> in manager configuration file, set
- to 0 to disable any kind of rate limiting). Use <varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname> to configure how many
+ options, this rate limiting may be modified. Use <varname>StartLimitIntervalSec=</varname> to configure the
+ checking interval (defaults to <varname>DefaultStartLimitIntervalSec=</varname> in manager configuration file,
+ set to 0 to disable any kind of rate limiting). Use <varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname> to configure how many
starts per interval are allowed (defaults to <varname>DefaultStartLimitBurst=</varname> in manager
configuration file). These configuration options are particularly useful in conjunction with the service
setting <varname>Restart=</varname> (see
@@ -769,14 +769,15 @@
manually at a later point, from which point on, the restart logic is again activated. Note that
<command>systemctl reset-failed</command> will cause the restart rate counter for a service to be flushed,
which is useful if the administrator wants to manually start a unit and the start limit interferes with
- that.</para></listitem>
+ that. Note that this rate-limiting is enforced after any unit condition checks are executed, and hence unit
+ activations with failing conditions are not counted by this rate limiting.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>StartLimitAction=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configure the action to take if the rate limit configured with
- <varname>StartLimitInterval=</varname> and <varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname> is hit. Takes one of
+ <varname>StartLimitIntervalSec=</varname> and <varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname> is hit. Takes one of
<option>none</option>, <option>reboot</option>, <option>reboot-force</option>,
<option>reboot-immediate</option>, <option>poweroff</option>, <option>poweroff-force</option> or
<option>poweroff-immediate</option>. If <option>none</option> is set, hitting the rate limit will trigger no
@@ -1102,13 +1103,12 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Alias=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>A space-separated list of additional names
- this unit shall be installed under. The names listed here must
- have the same suffix (i.e. type) as the unit file name. This
- option may be specified more than once, in which case all
- listed names are used. At installation time,
- <command>systemctl enable</command> will create symlinks from
- these names to the unit filename.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list of additional names this unit shall be installed under. The names listed
+ here must have the same suffix (i.e. type) as the unit file name. This option may be specified more than once,
+ in which case all listed names are used. At installation time, <command>systemctl enable</command> will create
+ symlinks from these names to the unit filename. Note that not all unit types support such alias names, and this
+ setting is not supported for them. Specifically, mount, slice, swap, and automount units do not support
+ aliasing.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>