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-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/kernel-command-line.xml3
-rw-r--r--man/machine-id.xml4
-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml62
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-analyze.xml7
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-journald.service.xml5
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-machine-id-commit.service.xml57
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-machine-id-commit.xml123
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml100
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-notify.xml15
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-rfkill.service.xml (renamed from man/systemd-rfkill@.service.xml)18
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-system.conf.xml3
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.exec.xml23
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.journal-fields.xml10
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.netdev.xml37
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.network.xml8
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.service.xml27
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.socket.xml27
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.special.xml19
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.unit.xml7
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.xml104
-rw-r--r--man/timedatectl.xml2
22 files changed, 384 insertions, 283 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index ca933645a9..305f1b9412 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -767,6 +767,12 @@
complete.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--rotate</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Asks the Journal daemon to rotate journal files.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
diff --git a/man/kernel-command-line.xml b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
index eb73727027..2f81746b5e 100644
--- a/man/kernel-command-line.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@
<term><varname>systemd.unit=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.systemd.unit=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term>
- <term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_reboot=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_target=</varname></term>
diff --git a/man/machine-id.xml b/man/machine-id.xml
index 92d67a3869..db72c2a01c 100644
--- a/man/machine-id.xml
+++ b/man/machine-id.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
<para>The machine ID is usually generated from a random source
during system installation and stays constant for all subsequent
boots. Optionally, for stateless systems, it is generated during
- runtime at boot if it is found to be empty.</para>
+ runtime at early boot if it is found to be empty.</para>
<para>The machine ID does not change based on user configuration
or when hardware is replaced.</para>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ id[8] = (id[8] &amp; 0x3F) | 0x80;</programlisting>
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> originates in the
<filename>/var/lib/dbus/machine-id</filename> file introduced by
D-Bus. In fact, this latter file might be a symlink to
- <varname>/etc/machine-id</varname>.</para>
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index c1359d1678..36edc204b7 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@
<term><option>--state=</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
- LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only
- those in specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
- to show only failed units.</para>
+ <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
+ LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only
+ those in specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
+ to show only failed units.</para>
+
+ <para>As a special case, if one of the arguments is
+ <option>help</option>, a list of allowed values will be
+ printed and the program will exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1120,9 +1124,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<tgroup cols='3'>
<thead>
<row>
- <entry>Printed string</entry>
- <entry>Meaning</entry>
- <entry>Return value</entry>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Exit Code</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
@@ -1137,7 +1141,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<row>
<entry><literal>linked</literal></entry>
<entry morerows='1'>Made available through a symlink to the unit file (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>).</entry>
- <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>linked-runtime</literal></entry>
@@ -1145,7 +1149,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<row>
<entry><literal>masked</literal></entry>
<entry morerows='1'>Disabled entirely (permanently or just in <filename>/run</filename>).</entry>
- <entry morerows='1'>1</entry>
+ <entry morerows='1'>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>masked-runtime</literal></entry>
@@ -1163,7 +1167,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<row>
<entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry>
<entry>Unit file is not enabled.</entry>
- <entry>1</entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -1474,22 +1478,25 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<listitem>
<para>Checks whether the system is operational. This
- returns success when the system is fully up and running,
- meaning not in startup, shutdown or maintenance
- mode. Failure is returned otherwise. In addition, the
+ returns success (exit code 0) when the system is fully up
+ and running, specifically not in startup, shutdown or
+ maintenance mode, and with no failed services. Failure is
+ returned otherwise (exit code non-zero). In addition, the
current state is printed in a short string to standard
output, see table below. Use <option>--quiet</option> to
suppress this output.</para>
<table>
- <title>Manager Operational States</title>
- <tgroup cols='2'>
- <colspec colname='name' />
- <colspec colname='description' />
+ <title><command>is-system-running</command> output</title>
+ <tgroup cols='3'>
+ <colspec colname='name'/>
+ <colspec colname='description'/>
+ <colspec colname='exit-code'/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Exit Code</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
@@ -1499,32 +1506,53 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
<filename>basic.target</filename> is reached
or the <varname>maintenance</varname> state entered.
</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>starting</varname></entry>
<entry><para>Late bootup, before the job queue
becomes idle for the first time, or one of the
rescue targets are reached.</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>running</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The system is fully
operational.</para></entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>degraded</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The system is operational but one or more
units failed.</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>maintenance</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The rescue or emergency target is
active.</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>stopping</varname></entry>
<entry><para>The manager is shutting
down.</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>offline</varname></entry>
+ <entry><para>The manager is not
+ running. Specifically, this is the operational
+ state if an incompatible program is running as
+ system manager (PID 1).</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><varname>unknown</varname></entry>
+ <entry><para>The operational state could not be
+ determined, due to lack of resources or another
+ error cause.</para></entry>
+ <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
diff --git a/man/systemd-analyze.xml b/man/systemd-analyze.xml
index 198315052f..58e6fd1780 100644
--- a/man/systemd-analyze.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-analyze.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@
<option>--log-level=</option> described in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para>
+ <para><command>systemd-analyze set-log-target
+ <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable></command> changes the current log
+ target of the <command>systemd</command> daemon to
+ <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable> (accepts the same values as
+ <option>--log-target=</option> described in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para>
+
<para><command>systemd-analyze verify</command> will load unit
files and print warnings if any errors are detected. Files
specified on the command line will be loaded, but also any other
diff --git a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
index dae6ee6042..bd0082712e 100644
--- a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@
reboot. To make the data persistent, it is sufficient to create
<filename>/var/log/journal/</filename> where
<filename>systemd-journald</filename> will then store the
- data.</para>
+ data:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>mkdir -p /var/log/journal
+systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix /var/log/journal</programlisting>
<para><filename>systemd-journald</filename> will forward all
received log messages to the
diff --git a/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.service.xml b/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.service.xml
index 7c8fc0874e..10f36b3008 100644
--- a/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.service.xml
@@ -42,55 +42,50 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refname>
- <refpurpose>Commit transient machine-id to disk</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Commit a transient machine-id to disk</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</filename></para>
- <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-machine-id-commit</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><filename>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</filename> is a
- service responsible for committing any transient
- <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file to a writable file
+ <para><filename>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</filename> is an
+ early-boot service responsible for committing transient
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> files to a writable disk file
system. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information about this file.</para>
-
- <para>This service is started shortly after
- <filename>local-fs.target</filename> if
- <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is an independent mount point
- (probably a tmpfs one) and /etc is writable.
- <command>systemd-machine-id-commit</command> will then write
- current machine ID to disk and unmount the transient
+ for more information about machine IDs.</para>
+
+ <para>This service is started after
+ <filename>local-fs.target</filename> in case
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is a mount point of its own
+ (usually from a memory file system such as
+ <literal>tmpfs</literal>) and /etc is writable. The service will
+ invoke <command>systemd-machine-id-setup --commit</command>, which
+ writes the current transient machine ID to disk and unmount the
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file in a race-free manner to
- ensure that file is always valid for other processes.</para>
-
- <para>Note that the traditional way to initialize the machine ID
- in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is to use
- <command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> by system installer
- tools. You can also use
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to initialize the machine ID on mounted (but not booted) system
- images. The main use case for that service is
- <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> being an empty file at boot
- and initrd chaining to systemd giving it a read only file system
- that will be turned read-write later during the boot
- process.</para>
-
- <para>There is no consequence if that service fails other than a
- newer machine-id will be generated during next system boot.
- </para>
+ ensure that file is always valid and accessible for other
+ processes. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-setup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para>
+
+ <para>The main use case of this service are systems where
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is read-only and initially
+ not initialized. In this case the system manager will generate a
+ transient machine ID file on a memory file system, and mount it
+ over <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>, during the early boot
+ phase. This service is then invoked in a later boot phase, as soon
+ as <filename>/etc</filename> has been remounted writable and the
+ ID may thus be committed to disk to make it permanent.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-setup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.xml b/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d216aa0745..0000000000
--- a/man/systemd-machine-id-commit.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
- This file is part of systemd.
-
- Copyright 2014 Didier Roche
-
- systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
-
-<refentry id="systemd-machine-id-commit"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd-machine-id-commit</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Didier</firstname>
- <surname>Roche</surname>
- <email>didrocks@ubuntu.com</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd-machine-id-commit</refname>
- <refpurpose>Commit transient machine ID to /etc/machine-id</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-machine-id-commit</command>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>systemd-machine-id-commit</command> may be used to
- write on disk any transient machine ID mounted as a temporary file
- system in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at boot time. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information about this file.</para>
-
- <para>This tool will execute no operation if
- <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> doesn't contain any valid
- machine ID, isn't mounted as an independent temporary file system,
- or <filename>/etc</filename> is read-only. If those conditions are
- met, it will then write current machine ID to disk and unmount the
- transient <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file in a race-free
- manner to ensure that this file is always valid for other
- processes.</para>
-
- <para>Note that the traditional way to initialize the machine ID
- in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is to use
- <command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> by system installer
- tools. You can also use
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to initialize the machine ID on mounted (but not booted) system
- images.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a directory path
- as an argument. All paths will be
- prefixed with the given alternate
- <replaceable>root</replaceable> path,
- including config search paths.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
- <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
- </variablelist>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
- otherwise.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-setup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml b/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml
index 182717f524..efcf408332 100644
--- a/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Didier</firstname>
+ <surname>Roche</surname>
+ <email>didrocks@ubuntu.com</email>
+ </author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
@@ -59,30 +65,43 @@
<para><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> may be used by
system installer tools to initialize the machine ID stored in
- <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time with a
- randomly generated ID. See
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time, with a
+ provisioned or randomly generated ID. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information about this file.</para>
- <para>This tool will execute no operation if
- <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is already
- initialized.</para>
-
- <para>If a valid D-Bus machine ID is already configured for the
- system, the D-Bus machine ID is copied and used to initialize the
- machine ID in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para>
-
- <para>If run inside a KVM virtual machine and a UUID is passed via
- the <option>-uuid</option> option, this UUID is used to initialize
- the machine ID instead of a randomly generated one. The caller
- must ensure that the UUID passed is sufficiently unique and is
- different for every booted instanced of the VM.</para>
-
- <para>Similar, if run inside a Linux container environment and a
- UUID is set for the container this is used to initialize the
- machine ID. For details see the documentation of the <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container
- Interface</ulink>.</para>
+ <para>If the tool is invoked without the <option>--commit</option>
+ switch <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is initialized with a
+ valid, new machined ID if it is missing or empty. The new machine
+ ID will be acquired in the following fashion:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>If a valid D-Bus machine ID is already
+ configured for the system, the D-Bus machine ID is copied and
+ used to initialize the machine ID in
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>If run inside a KVM virtual machine and a UUID
+ is was configured (via the <option>-uuid</option>
+ option), this UUID is used to initialize the machine ID. The
+ caller must ensure that the UUID passed is sufficiently unique
+ and is different for every booted instance of the
+ VM.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Similar, if run inside a Linux container
+ environment and a UUID is configured for the container this is
+ used to initialize the machine ID. For details see the
+ documentation of the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container
+ Interface</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Otherwise a new ID is randomly
+ generated.</para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <para>The <option>--commit</option> switch may be used to commit a
+ transient machined ID to disk, making it persistent. For details,
+ see below.</para>
<para>Use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
@@ -97,13 +116,41 @@
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All
- paths will be prefixed with the given alternate
- <replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search
- paths. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as argument. All paths
+ operated will be prefixed with the given alternate
+ <replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including the path for
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> itself.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--commit</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Commit a transient machine ID to disk. This
+ command may be used to convert a transient machine ID into a
+ persistent one. A transient machine ID file is one that was
+ bind mounted from a memory file system (usually
+ <literal>tmpfs</literal>) to
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> during the early phase of
+ the boot process. This may happen because
+ <filename>/etc</filename> is initially read-only and was
+ missing a valid machine ID file at that point.</para>
+
+ <para>This command will execute no operation if
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is not mounted from a
+ memory file system, or if <filename>/etc</filename> is
+ read-only. The command will write the current transient
+ machine ID to disk and unmount the
+ <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> mount point in a
+ race-free manner to ensure that this file is always valid and
+ accessible for other processes.</para>
+
+ <para>This command is primarily used by the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ early-boot service.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</variablelist>
@@ -122,6 +169,7 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='dbus'><refentrytitle>dbus-uuidgen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd-notify.xml b/man/systemd-notify.xml
index 06d5ae5319..71d501f435 100644
--- a/man/systemd-notify.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-notify.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@
systemd, non-zero otherwise. If this option is passed, no
message is sent. This option is hence unrelated to the other
options. For details about the semantics of this option, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_booted</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_booted</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. An
+ alternative way to check for this state is to call
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ with the <command>is-system-running</command> command. It will
+ return <literal>offline</literal> if the system was not booted
+ with systemd. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
@@ -156,12 +161,12 @@ mkfifo /tmp/waldo
systemd-notify --ready --status="Waiting for data..."
while : ; do
- read a &lt; /tmp/waldo
- systemd-notify --status="Processing $a"
+ read a &lt; /tmp/waldo
+ systemd-notify --status="Processing $a"
- # Do something with $a ...
+ # Do something with $a ...
- systemd-notify --status="Waiting for data..."
+ systemd-notify --status="Waiting for data..."
done</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd-rfkill@.service.xml b/man/systemd-rfkill.service.xml
index 709b09d818..f464842700 100644
--- a/man/systemd-rfkill@.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-rfkill.service.xml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-->
-<refentry id="systemd-rfkill@.service" conditional='ENABLE_RFKILL'>
+<refentry id="systemd-rfkill.service" conditional='ENABLE_RFKILL'>
<refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd-rfkill@.service</title>
+ <title>systemd-rfkill.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
@@ -36,27 +36,29 @@
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd-rfkill@.service</refentrytitle>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-rfkill.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd-rfkill@.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-rfkill.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-rfkill.socket</refname>
<refname>systemd-rfkill</refname>
- <refpurpose>Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and shutdown</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Load and save the RF kill switch state at boot and change</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>systemd-rfkill@.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-rfkill.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-rfkill.socket</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-rfkill</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><filename>systemd-rfkill@.service</filename> is a service
+ <para><filename>systemd-rfkill.service</filename> is a service
that restores the RF kill switch state at early boot and saves it
- at shutdown. On disk, the RF kill switch state is stored in
+ on each change. On disk, the RF kill switch state is stored in
<filename>/var/lib/systemd/rfkill/</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
index a4ba0959ea..56db9ff17e 100644
--- a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@
<term><varname>LogColor=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LogLocation=</varname></term>
<term><varname>DumpCore=yes</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>CrashChangeVT=no</varname></term>
<term><varname>CrashShell=no</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>CrashReboot=no</varname></term>
<term><varname>ShowStatus=yes</varname></term>
- <term><varname>CrashChVT=1</varname></term>
<term><varname>DefaultStandardOutput=journal</varname></term>
<term><varname>DefaultStandardError=inherit</varname></term>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 7633948645..d3f56fee40 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -84,22 +84,27 @@
<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>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an absolute directory path, or the
+ special value <literal>~</literal>. Sets the working directory
+ for executed processes. If set to <literal>~</literal> the
+ home directory of the user specified in
+ <varname>User=</varname> is used. 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. If
+ the setting is prefixed with the <literal>-</literal>
+ character, a missing working directory is not considered
+ fatal.</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 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ root directory for executed processes, with the <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><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>
+ process binary and all its auxiliary files are available in
+ the <function>chroot()</function> jail.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index 49f44d2922..494f97aad1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
@@ -258,6 +258,16 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
+ <option>audit</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for those read from the kernel audit subsystem
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
<option>driver</option>
</term>
<listitem>
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index 05bbad7f65..67c12a7173 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,43 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Bridge] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>The <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section only applies for
+ netdevs of kind <literal>bridge</literal>, and accepts the
+ following key:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='network-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>HelloTimeSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>HelloTimeSec specifies the number of seconds a hello packet is
+ sent out by the root bridge and the designated bridges. Hello packets are
+ used to communicate information about the topology throughout the entire
+ bridged local area network.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MaxAgeSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>MaxAgeSec specifies the number of seconds of maximum message age.
+ If the last seen (received) hello packet is more than this number of
+ seconds old, the bridge in question will start the takeover procedure
+ in attempt to become the Root Bridge itself.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ForwardDelaySec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>ForwardDelaySec specifies the number of seconds spent in each
+ of the Listening and Learning states before the Forwarding state is entered.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>[VLAN] Section Options</title>
diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 629088ea81..e505fbe30f 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -545,6 +545,14 @@
<literal>global</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PreferredSource=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The preferred source address of the route. The address
+ must be in the format described in
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 642d95a029..897ea464d9 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
below (see section "Command Lines" below).
</para>
- <para>When <varname>Type</varname> is not
+ <para>When <varname>Type=</varname> is not
<option>oneshot</option>, only one command may and must be
given. When <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is used, zero or
more commands may be specified. This can be specified by
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
<varname>ExecStop=</varname> defined, or where the service
exited unexpectedly. This argument takes multiple command
lines, following the same scheme as described for
- <varname>ExecStart</varname>. Use of these settings is
+ <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. Use of these settings is
optional. Specifier and environment variable substitution is
supported.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
"keep-alive ping"). If the time between two such calls is
larger than the configured time, then the service is placed in
a failed state and it will be terminated with
- <varname>SIGABRT</varname>. By setting
+ <constant>SIGABRT</constant>. By setting
<varname>Restart=</varname> to <option>on-failure</option> or
<option>always</option>, the service will be automatically
restarted. The time configured here will be passed to the
@@ -905,18 +905,23 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>USBFunctionDescriptors=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configure the location of file containing
- FunctionFS descriptors. This is is used only when socket with
- <varname>ListenUSBFunction</varname> line want to activate this service. Content of
- this file is writen to ep0 file after it is opened. This is required
- for socket activation using <varname>ListenUSBFunction</varname>
- (i.e. for passing all ffs endpoints to service).</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Configure the location of a file containing
+ <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/functionfs.txt">USB
+ FunctionFS</ulink> descriptors, for implementation of USB
+ gadget functions. This is is used only in conjunction with a
+ socket unit with <varname>ListenUSBFunction=</varname>
+ configured. The contents of this file is written to the
+ <filename>ep0</filename> file after it is
+ opened.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>USBFunctionStrings=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configure the location of file containing FunctionFS strings.
- Behavior is similar to <varname>USBFunctionDescriptors</varname>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Configure the location of a file containing
+ USB FunctionFS strings. Behavior is similar to
+ <varname>USBFunctionDescriptors=</varname>
+ above.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 7f884aa1be..212764075d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -262,13 +262,18 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ListenUSBFunction=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Specifies a functionfs endpoint location
- to listen on. This expects an absolute file system path as
- argument. Behavior otherwise is very similar to the
- <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname> directive above. Use this to
- open functionfs endpoint ep0. When using this option, activated
- service has to have <varname>USBFunctionDescriptors</varname>
- and <varname>USBFunctionStrings</varname> options set.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/functionfs.txt">USB
+ FunctionFS</ulink> endpoint location to listen on, for
+ implementation of USB gadget functions. This expects an
+ absolute file system path as the argument. Behavior otherwise
+ is very similar to the <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname>
+ directive above. Use this to open FunctionFS endpoint
+ <filename>ep0</filename>. When using this option, the
+ activated service has to have the
+ <varname>USBFunctionDescriptors=</varname> and
+ <varname>USBFunctionStrings=</varname> options set.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -377,6 +382,14 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Writable=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. May only be used in
+ conjunction with <varname>ListenSpecial=</varname>. If true,
+ the specified special file is opened in read-write mode, if
+ false in read-only mode. Defaults to false.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>MaxConnections=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The maximum number of connections to
simultaneously run services instances for, when
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml
index 6e0dff9b47..78bad4d814 100644
--- a/man/systemd.special.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.special.xml
@@ -215,20 +215,19 @@
<term><filename>exit.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>A special service unit for shutting down the system or
- user service manager. It also works in containers and is
- equivalent to <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on
- non-container systems.</para>
+ user service manager. It is equivalent to
+ <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on non-container
+ systems, and also works in containers.</para>
- <para>Applications wanting to terminate the user service
- manager should start this unit. If systemd receives
+ <para>systemd will start this unit when it receives a
+ request to shut down over D-Bus or a
<constant>SIGTERM</constant> or <constant>SIGINT</constant>
- when running as user service daemon, it will start this
- unit.</para>
+ signal when running as user service daemon.</para>
- <para>Normally, this pulls in
+ <para>Normally, this (indirectly) pulls in
<filename>shutdown.target</filename> which in turn should be
- conflicted by all units that want to be shut down on user
- service manager exit.</para>
+ conflicted by all units that want to be scheduled for
+ shutdown when the service manager starts to exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 015deab4bb..8985b6b940 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -1055,8 +1055,11 @@
<literal>auto</literal> (for dynamic allocation). Network traffic of
all processes inside the unit will have the network class ID assigned
by the kernel. Also see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- .</para></listitem>
+ the kernel docs for
+ <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/net_cls.txt">net_cls controller</ulink>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index 479f55de76..9e927c3204 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
@@ -131,17 +131,48 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dump-core</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Dump core on crash. This switch has no effect
- when run as user instance.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Enable core dumping on crash. This switch has
+ no effect when running as user instance. This setting may also
+ be enabled during boot on the kernel command line via the
+ <varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname> option, see
+ below.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--crash-vt=</option><replaceable>VT</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Switch to a specific virtual console (VT) on
+ crash. Takes a positive integer in the range 1..63, or a
+ boolean argument. If an integer is passed, selects which VT to
+ switch to. If <constant>yes</constant>, the VT kernel messages
+ are written to is selected. If <constant>no</constant>, no VT
+ switch is attempted. This switch has no effect when running as
+ user instance. This setting may also be enabled during boot,
+ on the kernel command line via the
+ <varname>systemd.crash_vt=</varname> option, see
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--crash-shell</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Run shell on
- crash. This switch has no effect when
- run as user
- instance.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Run a shell on crash. This switch has no
+ effect when running as user instance. This setting may also be
+ enabled during boot, on the kernel command line via the
+ <varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname> option, see
+ below.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--crash-reboot</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Automatically reboot the system on crash. This
+ switch has no effect when running as user instance. This
+ setting may also be enabled during boot, on the kernel command
+ line via the <varname>systemd.crash_reboot=</varname> option,
+ see below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--confirm-spawn</option></term>
@@ -854,50 +885,67 @@
<term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
- <option>true</option>, systemd dumps core when it crashes.
- Otherwise, no core dump is created. Defaults to
- <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <option>yes</option>, the systemd manager (PID 1) dumps core
+ when it crashes. Otherwise, no core dump is created. Defaults
+ to <option>yes</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer, or a boolean
+ argument. If a positive integer (in the range 1..63) is
+ specified the system manager (PID 1) will activate the specified
+ virtual terminal (VT) when it crashes. Defaults to
+ <constant>no</constant>, meaning that no such switch is
+ attempted. If set to <constant>yes</constant> the VT the
+ kernel messages are written to is selected.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
- <option>true</option>, systemd spawns a shell when it crashes.
- Otherwise, no shell is spawned. Defaults to
- <option>false</option>, for security reasons, as the shell is
- not protected by any password
+ <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1) spawns a
+ shell when it crashes, after a 10s delay. Otherwise, no shell
+ is spawned. Defaults to <option>no</option>, for security
+ reasons, as the shell is not protected by password
authentication.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.crash_reboot=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an integer argument. If positive systemd
- activates the specified virtual terminal when it crashes.
- Defaults to <constant>-1</constant>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
+ <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1) will reboot
+ the machine automatically when it crashes, after a 10s delay.
+ Otherwise, the system will hang indefinitely. Defaults to
+ <option>no</option>, in order to avoid a reboot loop. If
+ combined with <varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname>, it is
+ first attempted to invoke a shell, and if this is not
+ successful the system is rebooted.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If
- <option>true</option>, asks for confirmation when spawning
- processes. Defaults to
- <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <option>yes</option>, the system manager (PID 1) asks for
+ confirmation when spawning processes. Defaults to
+ <option>no</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument or the constant
- <constant>auto</constant>. If <option>true</option>, shows
- terse service status updates on the console during bootup.
- <constant>auto</constant> behaves like <option>false</option>
- until a service fails or there is a significant delay in boot.
- Defaults to <option>true</option>, unless
- <option>quiet</option> is passed as kernel command line option
- in which case it defaults to
+ <constant>auto</constant>. If <option>yes</option>, the
+ systemd manager (PID 1) shows terse service status updates on
+ the console during bootup. <constant>auto</constant> behaves
+ like <option>false</option> until a service fails or there is
+ a significant delay in boot. Defaults to
+ <option>yes</option>, unless <option>quiet</option> is passed
+ as kernel command line option in which case it defaults to
<constant>auto</constant>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml
index 9a86c4126a..c439bc56ed 100644
--- a/man/timedatectl.xml
+++ b/man/timedatectl.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
protected by a different access policy.</para>
<para>Note that even if time synchronization is turned off
- with this command another, unrelated system service might
+ with this command, another unrelated system service might
still synchronize the clock with the network. Also note that
strictly speaking
<filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> does more than