systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net systemd.unit 5 systemd.unit systemd unit configuration files systemd.service systemd.socket systemd.device systemd.mount systemd.automount systemd.swap systemd.target A unit configuration file encodes information about a service, a socket, a mount point, an automount point, a swap file or patition, or a start-up target controlled and supervised by systemd. The syntax is inspired by XDG .desktop files, which are in turn inspired by Windows .ini files. This man pages lists the common configuration options of the various unit types. Names= Additional names for this unit. The names listed here mus have the same suffix (i.e. type) as the identifier name. This option may be specified more than once. Requires= Dependencies on other units. If this units get activated the units listed here will be activated as well. If one of the other units gets deactivated or its activation fails, this unit will be deactivated. This option may be specified more than once. systemd8, systemctl8 systemd.service5 systemd.socket5 systemd.device5 systemd.mount5 systemd.automount5 systemd.swap5 systemd.target5