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along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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<refentry id="systemd.special">
<refentry id="daemon">
<refentryinfo>
<title>daemon</title>
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functionality to other processes. Traditionally,
daemons are implemented following a scheme originating
in SysV Unix. Modern daemons should follow a simpler
yet more powerful scheme here called "new-style"
daemons, as implemented by systemd. </para>
yet more powerful scheme (here called "new-style"
daemons), as implemented by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para>
<refsect2>
<title>SysV Daemons</title>
@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
<para>When a traditional SysV daemon
starts, it should execute the following steps
as part of the initialization. Note that these
steps are unnecessary for new-style daemons,
steps are unnecessary for new-style daemons (see below),
and should only be implemented if compatibility
with SysV is essential.</para>
@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
<filename>/proc/self/fd</filename>,
with a fallback of iterating from file
descriptor 3 to the value returned by
getrlimit() for
<function>getrlimit()</function> for
RLIMIT_NOFILE.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reset all signal
@ -91,23 +92,30 @@
SIG_DFL.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reset the signal mask
using sigprocmask().</para></listitem>
using
<function>sigprocmask()</function>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Call fork(),
<listitem><para>Sanitize the
environment block, removing or
resetting environment variables that
might negatively impact daemon
runtime.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Call <function>fork()</function>,
to create a background
process.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the child, call
setsid() to detach from any terminal
and create an independent
session.</para></listitem>
<function>setsid()</function> to
detach from any terminal and create an
independent session.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the child, call
fork() again, to ensure the daemon can
never re-aquire a terminal
again.</para></listitem>
<function>fork()</function> again, to
ensure the daemon can never re-aquire
a terminal again.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Call exit() in the
<listitem><para>Call <function>exit()</function> in the
first child, so that only the second
child (the actual daemon process)
stays around. This ensures that the
@ -122,7 +130,7 @@
<listitem><para>In the daemon process,
reset the umask to 0, so that the file
modes passed to open(), mkdir() and
modes passed to <function>open()</function>, <function>mkdir()</function> and
suchlike directly control the access
mode of the created files and
directories.</para></listitem>
@ -134,6 +142,23 @@
blocks mount points from being
unmounted.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the daemon process,
write the daemon PID (as returned by
<function>getpid()</function>) to a
PID file, for example
<filename>/var/run/foobar.pid</filename>
(for a hypothetical daemon "foobar"),
to ensure that the daemon cannot be
started more than once. This must be
implemented in race-free fashion so
that the PID file is only updated when
at the same time it is verified that
the PID previously stored in the PID
file no longer exists or belongs to a
foreign process. Commonly some kind of
file locking is employed to implement
this logic.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the daemon process,
drop privileges, if possible and
applicable.</para></listitem>
@ -144,21 +169,25 @@
complete. This can be implemented via
an unnamed pipe or similar
communication channel that is created
before the first fork() and available
in both processes.</para></listitem>
before the first
<function>fork()</function> and hence
available in both the original and the
daemon process.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Call exit() in the
<listitem><para>Call
<function>exit()</function> in the
original process. The process that
invoked the daemon must be able to
rely that this exit() happens after
initialization is complete and all
external communication channels
rely that this
<function>exit()</function> happens
after initialization is complete and
all external communication channels
established and
accessible.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>The BSD daemon() function should not be
used, as it does only a subset of these steps.</para>
<para>The BSD <function>daemon()</function> function should not be
used, as it implements only a subset of these steps.</para>
<para>A daemon that needs to provide
compatibility with SysV systems should
@ -190,6 +219,17 @@
execute them when run as new-style
service.</para>
<para>Note that new-style init systems
guarantee execution of daemon processes in
clean process contexts: it is guaranteed that
the environment block is sanitized, that the
signal handlers and mask is reset and that no
left-over file descriptors are passed. Daemons
will be executed in their own session, and
STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR connected to
<filename>/dev/null</filename> unless
otherwise configured. The umask is reset.</para>
<para>It is recommended for new-style daemons
to implement the following:</para>
@ -207,9 +247,10 @@
this is used by the init system to
detect service errors and problems. It
is recommended to follow the exit code
scheme as defined in LSB
recommendations for SysV init scripts
(http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html).</para></listitem>
scheme as defined in the <ulink
url="http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html">LSB
recommendations for SysV init
scripts</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>As much as possible,
rely on systemd's functionality to
@ -220,7 +261,10 @@
implementing your own, rely on
systemd's privilege dropping code
instead of implementing it in the
daemon, and similar.</para></listitem>
daemon, and similar. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for the available
controls.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If possible and
applicable expose the daemon's control
@ -239,8 +283,8 @@
boot-up speed; your daemon can be
restarted on failure, without losing
any bus requests, as the bus queues
requests for activatable
services.</para></listitem>
requests for activatable services. See
below for details.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If your daemon
provides services to other local
@ -255,20 +299,21 @@
protocols (such as syslog, DNS) a
daemon implementing socket-based
activation can be restarted without
losing a single
request.</para></listitem>
losing a single request. See below for
details.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If applicable a daemon
should notify the init system about
startup completion or status
updates via the sd_notify()
startup completion or status updates
via the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
interface.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Instead of using the
syslog() call to log directly to the
<function>syslog()</function> call to log directly to the
system logger, a new-style daemon may
choose to simply log to STDERR via
fprintf(), which is then forwarded to
<function>fprintf()</function>, which is then forwarded to
syslog by the init system. If log
priorities are necessary these can be
encoded by prefixing individual log
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(for log priority 4 "WARNING" in the
syslog priority scheme), following a
similar style as the Linux kernel's
printk() priority system. In fact, using
this style of logging also enables the
init system to optionally direct all
application logging to the kernel log
buffer (kmsg), as accessible via
dmesg.</para></listitem>
<function>printk()</function> priority system. In fact,
using this style of logging also
enables the init system to optionally
direct all application logging to the
kernel log buffer (kmsg), as
accessible via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dmesg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
kind of logging may be enabled by
setting
<varname>StandardError=syslog</varname>
in the service unit file. For details
see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>These recommendations are similar but
not identical to the <ulink
url="http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Articles/LaunchOnDemandDaemons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001762-104738">Apple
MacOS X Daemon Requirements</ulink>.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Socket-Based Activation</title>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Bus-Based Activation</title>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Path-Based Activation</title>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Writing Systemd Unit Files</title>
<para>When writing systemd unit files, it is
recommended to consider the following
suggestions:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>If possible do not use
the <varname>Type=forking</varname>
setting in service files. But if you
do, make sure to set the PID file path
using <varname>PIDFile=</varname>. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If your daemon
registers a D-Bus name on the bus,
make sure to use
<varname>Type=dbus</varname> if
possible.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make sure to set a
good human-readable description string
with
<varname>Description=</varname>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Do not disable
<varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>,
unless you really know what you do and
your unit is involved in early boot or
late system shutdown.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Normally, little if
any dependencies should need to
be defined explicitly. However, if you
do configure explicit dependencies, only refer to
unit names listed on
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or names introduced by your own
package to keep the unit file
operating
system-independent.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make sure to include
an <literal>[Install]</literal> section including
installation information for the unit
file. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. To activate your service
on boot make sure to add a
<varname>WantedBy=multi-user.target</varname>
or
<varname>WantedBy=graphical.target</varname> directive.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Bus Activation</title>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Socket Activation</title>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Writing Service Files</title>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Installing Service Files</title>
<para>At the build installation time
(e.g. <command>make install</command> during
package build) packages are recommended to
install their systemd unit files in the
directory returned by <command>pkg-config
systemd
--variable=systemdsystemnunitdir</command>
(for system services),
resp. <command>pkg-config systemd
--variable=systemdsessionunitdir</command>
(for session services). This will make the
services available in the system on explicit
request but not activate them automatically
during boot. Optionally, during package
installation (e.g. <command>rpm -i</command>
by the administrator) symlinks should be
created in the systemd configuration
directories via the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
tool, to activate them automatically on
boot.</para>
<para>Packages using
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>autoconf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
are recommended to use a configure script
excerpt like the following to determine the
unit installation path during source
configuration:</para>
<programlisting>PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files]),
[], [with_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)])
AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])
AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir"])</programlisting>
<para>This snippet allows automatic
installation of the unit files on systemd
machines, and optionally allows their
installation even on machines lacking
systemd. (Modification of this snippet for the
session unit directory is left as excercise to the
reader.)</para>
<para>Additionally, to ensure that
<command>make distcheck</command> continues to
work, it is recommended to add the following
to the top-level <filename>Makefile.am</filename>
file in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>automake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-based
projects:</para>
<programlisting>DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$$dc_install_base/$(systemdsystemunitdir)</programlisting>
<para>Finally, unit files should be installed in the system with an automake excerpt like the following:</para>
<programlisting>if HAVE_SYSTEMD
systemdsystemunit_DATA = \
foobar.socket \
foobar.service
endif</programlisting>
<para>In the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>rpm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<filename>.spec</filename> file use a snippet like
the following to enable/disable the service
during installation/deinstallation. Consult
the packaging guidelines of your distribution
for details and the equivalent for other
packaging managers:</para>
<programlisting>%post
/usr/bin/systemd-install enable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&amp;1 || :
%preun
if [ "$1" -eq 0 ]; then
/usr/bin/systemd-install disable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&amp;1 || :
fi</programlisting>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Porting Existing Daemons</title>
<para>Since new-style init systems such as
systemd are compatible with traditional SysV
init systems it is not strictly necessary to
port existing daemons to the new
style. However doing this offers additional
functionality to the daemons as well as it
simplifies integration into new-style init
systems.</para>
<para>To port an existing SysV compatible
daemon the following steps are
recommended:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>If not already
implemented, add an optional command
line switch to the daemon to disable
daemonization. This is useful not only
for using the daemon in new-style init
systems, but also to ease debugging.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If the daemon offers
interfaces to other software running
on the local system via local AF_UNIX
sockets, consider implementing
socket-based activation (see
above). Usually a minimal patch is
sufficient to implement this: Extend
the socket creation in the daemon code
so that
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
is checked for already passed sockets
first. If sockets are passed
(i.e. when
<function>sd_listen_fds()</function>
returns a positive value), skip the
socket createn step and use the passed
sockets. Secondly, ensure that the
file-system socket nodes for local
AF_UNIX sockets used in the
socket-based activation are not
removed when the daemon shuts down, if
sockets have been passed. Third, if
the daemon normally closes all
remaining open file descriptors as
part of its initialization, the
sockets passed from the init system
must be spared. Since new-style init
systems guarantee that no left-over
file descriptors are passed to
executed processes, it might be a good
choice to simply skip the closing of
all remaining open file descriptors if
file descriptors are
passed.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Write and install a
systemd unit file for the service (and
the sockets if socket-based activation
is used, as well as a path unit file,
if the daemon processes a spool
directory), see above for
details.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If the daemon exposes
interfaces via D-Bus, write and
install a D-Bus activation file for
the service, see above for
details.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>

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<para>If an path unit is beneath another mount
point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency
between both units is created automatically.</para>
<para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
is set to <option>false</option>, path units will
implicitly have dependencies of type
<varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
<varname>Before=</varname> on
<filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
that path units are terminated cleanly prior to system
shutdown. Only path units involved with early boot or
late system shutdown should disable this
option.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>

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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for the common options of all unit configuration
files. The common configuration items are configured
in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The
service specific configuration options are configured
in the [Service] section.</para>
in the generic <literal>[Unit]</literal> and
<literal>[Install]</literal> sections. The service
specific configuration options are configured in the
<literal>[Service]</literal> section.</para>
<para>Additional options are listed in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
which define the execution environment the commands
are executed in.</para>
<para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
is set to <option>false</option>, service units will
implicitly have dependencies of type
<varname>Requires=</varname> and
<varname>After=</varname> on
<filename>basic.target</filename> as well as
dependencies of type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
<varname>Before=</varname> on
<filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
that normal service units pull in basic system
initialization, and are terminated cleanly prior to
system shutdown. Only services involved with early
boot or late system shutdown should disable this
option.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>Service files must include a [Service] section,
which carries information about the service and the
process it supervises. A number of options that may be
used in this section are shared with other unit
types. These options are documented in
<para>Service files must include a
<literal>[Service]</literal> section, which carries
information about the service and the process it
supervises. A number of options that may be used in
this section are shared with other unit types. These
options are documented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
options specific to the [Service] section of service
units are the following:</para>
options specific to the <literal>[Service]</literal>
section of service units are the following:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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<para>Behaviour of
<option>dbus</option> is similar to
<option>simple</option>, however it
is expected that the daemon acquires a
<option>simple</option>, however it is
expected that the daemon acquires a
name on the D-Bus bus, as configured
by
<varname>BusName=</varname>. systemd
will proceed starting follow-up units
after the D-Bus bus name has been
acquired.</para>
acquired. Service units with this
option configured implicitly have
dependencies on the
<filename>dbus.target</filename>
unit.</para>
<para>Behaviour of
<option>notify</option> is similar to
@ -163,10 +184,13 @@
starting follow-up units after this
notification message has been sent. If
this option is used
<option>NotifyAccess=</option> (see
<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> (see
below) must be set to open access to
the notification socket provided by
systemd.</para>
systemd. If
<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is not
set, it will be implicitly set to
<option>main</option>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -220,11 +244,12 @@
services. This option may not be
specified more than once. Optionally,
if the absolute file name is prefixed
with @, the second token will be
passed as argv[0] to the executed
process, followed by the further
arguments specified. Unless
<option>Type=forking</option> is set,
with <literal>@</literal>, the second
token will be passed as
<literal>argv[0]</literal> to the
executed process, followed by the
further arguments specified. Unless
<varname>Type=forking</varname> is set,
the process started via this command
line will be considered the main
process of the
@ -312,7 +337,7 @@
forcibly via SIGTERM, and after
another delay of this time with
SIGKILL. (See
<option>KillMode=</option>
<varname>KillMode=</varname>
below.) Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a
time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
@ -450,7 +475,7 @@
<para>Processes will first be
terminated via SIGTERM. If then after
a delay (configured via the
<option>TimeoutSec=</option> option)
<varname>TimeoutSec=</varname> option)
processes still remain, the
termination request is repeated with
the SIGKILL signal. See

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which services are instantiated for each incoming
connection.</para>
<para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
is set to <option>false</option>, socket units will
implicitly have dependencies of type
<varname>Requires=</varname> and
<varname>After=</varname> on
<filename>sysinit.target</filename> as well as
dependencies of type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
<varname>Before=</varname> on
<filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
that socket units pull in basic system
initialization, and are terminated cleanly prior to
system shutdown. Only sockets involved with early
boot or late system shutdown should disable this
option.</para>
<para>Socket units may be used to implement on-demand
starting of services, as well as parallelized starting
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<para><filename>basic.target</filename>,
<filename>ctrl-alt-del.target</filename>,
<filename>@SPECIAL_DBUS_SERVICE@</filename>,
<filename>dbus.target</filename>,
<filename>default.target</filename>,
<filename>display-manager.service</filename>,
<filename>emergency.service</filename>,
@ -78,8 +79,8 @@
<filename>sockets.target</filename>,
<filename>swap.target</filename>,
<filename>sysinit.target</filename>,
<filename>syslog.target</filename>,
<filename>@SPECIAL_SYSLOG_SERVICE@</filename>,
<filename>syslog.target</filename>,
<filename>systemd-initctl.service</filename>,
<filename>systemd-initctl.socket</filename>,
<filename>systemd-logger.service</filename>,
@ -141,6 +142,28 @@
up systemd will connect to it
and register its
service.</para>
<para>Units should generally
avoid depending on this unit
directly and instead refer to
the
<filename>dbus.target</filename>
unit instead, which pulls this
one in directly or indirectly
via socket-based activation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>dbus.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Administrators should
ensure that this target pulls
in a service unit with the
name or alias of
<filename>@SPECIAL_DBUS_SERVICE@</filename>
(or a socket unit that
activates this
service).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -522,28 +545,6 @@
files.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>syslog.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>systemd automatically
adds dependencies of type
After for this target unit to
all SysV init script service
units with an LSB header
referring to the
<literal>$syslog</literal>
facility.</para>
<para>Administrators should
ensure that this target pulls
in a service unit with the
name or alias of
<filename>@SPECIAL_SYSLOG_SERVICE@</filename>
(or a socket unit that
activates this
service).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>sysinit.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
@ -571,11 +572,37 @@
and use it for logging if it
has been configured for
that.</para>
<para>Applications should
generally not depend on this
service, and depend on
<para>Units should generally
avoid depending on this unit
directly and instead refer to
the
<filename>syslog.target</filename>
instead.</para>
unit instead, which pulls this
one in directly or indirectly
via socket-based activation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>syslog.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>systemd automatically
adds dependencies of type
After for this target unit to
all SysV init script service
units with an LSB header
referring to the
<literal>$syslog</literal>
facility.</para>
<para>Administrators should
ensure that this target pulls
in a service unit with the
name or alias of
<filename>@SPECIAL_SYSLOG_SERVICE@</filename>
(or a socket unit that
activates this
service).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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dependencies between units. Among other things, target
units are a more flexible replacement for SysV
runlevels in the classic SysV init system. (And for
compatibility reasons there exist special
compatibility reasons special
target units such as
<filename>runlevel3.target</filename> which are used by
<filename>runlevel3.target</filename> exist which are used by
the SysV runlevel compatibility code in systemd. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details).</para>
<para>Unless
<varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> is set to
<option>false</option>, target units will
implicitly complement all configured dependencies of type
<varname>Wants=</varname>,
<varname>Requires=</varname>,
<varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname> with
dependencies of type <varname>After=</varname>.
</para>
</refsect1>
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matching service <filename>foo.service</filename>. The
unit to activate may be controlled by
<varname>Unit=</varname> (see below).</para>
<para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
is set to <option>false</option>, timer units will
implicitly have dependencies of type
<varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
<varname>Before=</varname> on
<filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
that timer units are stopped cleanly prior to system
shutdown. Only timer units involved with early boot or
late system shutdown should disable this
option.</para>
</refsect1>
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<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Description=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A free-form string
describing the unit. This is intended for use
in UIs wanting to show
descriptive information along with the
unit name.</para></listitem>
describing the unit. This is intended
for use in UIs to show descriptive
information along with the unit
name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -451,6 +451,34 @@
<option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
argument. If <option>true</option>
(the default), a few default
dependencies will implicitly be
created for the unit. The actual
dependencies created depend on the
unit type. For example, for service
units, these dependencies ensure that
the service is started only after
basic system initialization is
complete and is properly terminated on
system shutdown. See the respective
man pages for details. Generally, only
services involved with early boot or
late shutdown should set this option
to <option>false</option>. It is
highly recommended to leave this
option enabled for the majority of
common units. If set to
<option>false</option> this option
does not disable all implicit
dependencies, just non-essential
ones.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Unit file may include a [Install] section, which