man: try to reword explanation of Sockets= a bit

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Lennart Poettering 2014-10-20 21:06:14 +02:00
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<term><varname>Sockets=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the name of
the socket units this service shall
inherit the sockets from when the
service is started. Normally it
should not be necessary to use this
setting as all sockets whose unit
inherit socket file descriptors
from when the service is
started. Normally it should not be
necessary to use this setting as all
socket file descriptors whose unit
shares the same name as the service
(ignoring the different suffix of course)
are passed to the spawned
process.</para>
(subject to the different unit name
suffix of course) are passed to the
spawned process.</para>
<para>Note that the same socket may be
passed to multiple processes at the
same time. Also note that a different
service may be activated on incoming
traffic than that which inherits the
sockets. Or in other words: the
<para>Note that the same socket file
descriptors may be passed to multiple
processes simultaneously. Also note
that a different service may be
activated on incoming socket traffic
than the one which is ultimately
configured to inherit the socket file
descriptors. Or in other words: the
<varname>Service=</varname> setting of
<filename>.socket</filename> units
does not have to match the inverse of