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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-systemd" role="wrap" revision="systemd">
9 <?dbhtml filename="systemd.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>systemd</productname>
13 <productnumber>&systemd-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&systemd-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Systemd-&systemd-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd">
20 <primary sortas="a-systemd">systemd</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The systemd package contains programs for controlling the startup,
27 running, and shutdown of the system.</para>
28
29 <segmentedlist>
30 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
31 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
32
33 <seglistitem>
34 <seg>&systemd-fin-sbu;</seg>
35 <seg>&systemd-fin-du;</seg>
36 </seglistitem>
37 </segmentedlist>
38 </sect2>
39
40 <sect2 role="installation">
41 <title>Installation of systemd</title>
42
43 <para>Remove two unneeded groups,
44 <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem> and
45 <systemitem class="groupname">sgx</systemitem>, from the default udev
46 rules:</para>
47
48 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' \
49 -e 's/GROUP="sgx", //' rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in</userinput></screen>
50
51 <para>Prepare systemd for compilation:</para>
52
53<screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir -p build
54cd build
55
56meson setup \
57 --prefix=/usr \
58 --buildtype=release \
59 -Ddefault-dnssec=no \
60 -Dfirstboot=false \
61 -Dinstall-tests=false \
62 -Dldconfig=false \
63 -Dsysusers=false \
64 -Drpmmacrosdir=no \
65 -Dhomed=false \
66 -Duserdb=false \
67 -Dman=false \
68 -Dmode=release \
69 -Dpamconfdir=no \
70 -Ddev-kvm-mode=0660 \
71 -Dnobody-group=nogroup \
72 -Ddocdir=/usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version; \
73 ..</userinput></screen>
74
75 <variablelist>
76 <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
77
78 <varlistentry>
79 <term><parameter>--buildtype=release</parameter></term>
80 <listitem>
81 <para>This switch overrides the default buildtype
82 (<quote>debug</quote>), which produces unoptimized
83 binaries.</para>
84 </listitem>
85 </varlistentry>
86
87 <varlistentry>
88 <term><parameter>-Ddefault-dnssec=no</parameter></term>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>This switch turns off the experimental DNSSEC support.</para>
91 </listitem>
92 </varlistentry>
93
94 <varlistentry>
95 <term><parameter>-Dfirstboot=false</parameter></term>
96 <listitem>
97 <para>This switch prevents installation of systemd
98 services responsible for setting up the system for
99 the first time. These are not useful in LFS, because
100 everything is done manually.</para>
101 </listitem>
102 </varlistentry>
103
104 <varlistentry>
105 <term><parameter>-Dinstall-tests=false</parameter></term>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>This switch prevents installation of the compiled tests.</para>
108 </listitem>
109 </varlistentry>
110
111 <varlistentry>
112 <term><parameter>-Dldconfig=false</parameter></term>
113 <listitem>
114 <para>This switch prevents installation of a systemd unit that runs
115 <command>ldconfig</command> at boot; this is not useful for source
116 distributions such as LFS, and makes the boot time longer. Remove
117 this option to enable running <command>ldconfig</command> at boot.</para>
118 </listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120
121 <varlistentry>
122 <term><parameter>-Dsysusers=false</parameter></term>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>This switch prevents installation of systemd
125 services responsible for setting up the
126 <filename>/etc/group</filename> and
127 <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> files. Both files
128 were created in the previous chapter. This daemon is not useful
129 on an LFS system since user accounts are manually created.</para>
130 </listitem>
131 </varlistentry>
132
133 <varlistentry>
134 <term><parameter>-Drpmmacrosdir=no</parameter></term>
135 <listitem>
136 <para>This switch disables installation of RPM Macros
137 for use with systemd, because LFS does not support RPM.</para>
138 </listitem>
139 </varlistentry>
140
141 <varlistentry>
142 <term><parameter>-D{userdb,homed}=false</parameter></term>
143 <listitem>
144 <para>Remove two daemons with dependencies that do not fit
145 within the scope of LFS.</para>
146 </listitem>
147 </varlistentry>
148
149 <varlistentry>
150 <term><parameter>-Dman=false</parameter></term>
151 <listitem>
152 <para>Prevent the generation of man pages to avoid extra
153 dependencies. We will install pre-generated man pages for systemd
154 from a tarball.</para>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry>
159 <term><parameter>-Dmode=release</parameter></term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>Disable some features considered experimental by upstream.
162 </para>
163 </listitem>
164 </varlistentry>
165
166 <varlistentry>
167 <term><parameter>-Dpamconfdir=no</parameter></term>
168 <listitem>
169 <para>Prevent the installation of a PAM configuration file not
170 functional on LFS.</para>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173
174 <varlistentry>
175 <term><parameter>-Ddev-kvm-mode=0660</parameter></term>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>The default udev rule would allow all users to access
178 <filename class='devicefile'>/dev/kvm</filename>. The editors
179 consider it dangerous. This option overrides it.</para>
180 </listitem>
181 </varlistentry>
182
183 <varlistentry>
184 <term><parameter>-Dnobody-group=nogroup</parameter></term>
185 <listitem>
186 <para>Tell the package what group name to use for
187 the 'nobody-group'.</para>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190 </variablelist>
191
192 <para>Compile the package:</para>
193
194<screen><userinput remap="make">ninja</userinput></screen>
195
196 <para>Install the package:</para>
197
198<screen><userinput remap="install">ninja install</userinput></screen>
199
200 <para>Install the man pages:</para>
201
202 <!-- Please make sure systemd man pages tarball has a common leading
203 component in the path. -->
204<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../../systemd-man-pages-&systemd-version;.tar.xz \
205 --no-same-owner --strip-components=1 \
206 -C /usr/share/man</userinput></screen>
207
208 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file needed by
209 <command>systemd-journald</command>:</para>
210
211<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemd-machine-id-setup</userinput></screen>
212
213 <para>Set up the basic target structure:</para>
214
215<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemctl preset-all</userinput></screen>
216
217 <para>Disable two services for upgrading binary distros. They are useless for
218 a basic Linux system built from source, and each one will report an error if
219 it's enabled but not configured:</para>
220
221<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemctl disable systemd-sysupdate{,-reboot}</userinput></screen>
222
223<!-- dev: 50-pid-max.conf is not removed in BLFS, so I commented the following out.
224 If it causes any trouble, we can add this back and also copy it into BLFS -->
225<!--
226 <para>Prevent systemd from resetting the maximum PID value which causes
227 some problems with packages and units in BLFS:</para>
228
229<screen><userinput remap="adjust">rm -f /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf</userinput></screen>
230-->
231
232 </sect2>
233
234 <sect2 id="contents-systemd" role="content">
235 <title>Contents of systemd</title>
236
237 <segmentedlist>
238 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
239 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
240 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
241
242 <seglistitem>
243 <seg>busctl, coredumpctl, halt (symlink to systemctl),
244 hostnamectl, init, journalctl, kernel-install, localectl, loginctl,
245 machinectl, mount.ddi (symlink to systemd-dissect), networkctl,
246 oomctl, portablectl, poweroff (symlink to
247 systemctl), reboot (symlink to systemctl), resolvconf (symlink to
248 resolvectl), resolvectl, runlevel (symlink to systemctl), shutdown
249 (symlink to systemctl), systemctl, systemd-ac-power, systemd-analyze,
250 systemd-ask-password, systemd-cat, systemd-cgls, systemd-cgtop,
251 systemd-confext (symlink to systemd-sysext), systemd-creds,
252 systemd-delta, systemd-detect-virt,
253 systemd-dissect, systemd-escape, systemd-hwdb, systemd-id128,
254 systemd-inhibit, systemd-machine-id-setup,
255 systemd-mount, systemd-notify, systemd-nspawn, systemd-path,
256 systemd-repart, systemd-resolve (symlink to resolvectl), systemd-run,
257 systemd-socket-activate, systemd-stdio-bridge, systemd-sysext,
258 systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-tty-ask-password-agent,
259 systemd-umount (symlink to systemd-mount),
260 telinit (symlink to systemctl), timedatectl, and udevadm</seg>
261 <seg>libnss_myhostname.so.2, libnss_mymachines.so.2,
262 libnss_resolve.so.2, libnss_systemd.so.2,
263 libsystemd.so, libsystemd-shared-&systemd-version;.so (in /usr/lib/systemd),
264 and libudev.so</seg>
265 <seg>/etc/binfmt.d, /etc/init.d, /etc/kernel, /etc/modules-load.d,
266 /etc/sysctl.d, /etc/systemd, /etc/tmpfiles.d, /etc/udev,
267 /etc/xdg/systemd, /usr/lib/systemd, /usr/lib/udev, /usr/include/systemd,
268 /usr/lib/binfmt.d, /usr/lib/environment.d, /usr/lib/kernel,
269 /usr/lib/modules-load.d, /usr/lib/sysctl.d, /usr/lib/systemd,
270 /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d,
271 /usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version;, /usr/share/factory,
272 /usr/share/systemd, /var/lib/systemd, and /var/log/journal</seg>
273 </seglistitem>
274 </segmentedlist>
275
276 <variablelist>
277 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
278 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
279 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
280
281 <varlistentry id="busctl">
282 <term><command>busctl</command></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>Is used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus</para>
285 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd busctl">
286 <primary sortas="b-busctl">busctl</primary>
287 </indexterm>
288 </listitem>
289 </varlistentry>
290
291 <varlistentry id="coredumpctl">
292 <term><command>coredumpctl</command></term>
293 <listitem>
294 <para>Is used to retrieve coredumps from the systemd journal</para>
295 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd coredumpctl">
296 <primary sortas="b-coredumpctl">coredumpctl</primary>
297 </indexterm>
298 </listitem>
299 </varlistentry>
300
301 <varlistentry id="halt">
302 <term><command>halt</command></term>
303 <listitem>
304 <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
305 <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
306 when it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
307 file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
308 brought down</para>
309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd halt">
310 <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="hostnamectl">
316 <term><command>hostnamectl</command></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>Is used to query and change the system hostname and related
319 settings</para>
320 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd hostnamectl">
321 <primary sortas="b-hostnamectl">hostnamectl</primary>
322 </indexterm>
323 </listitem>
324 </varlistentry>
325
326 <varlistentry id="init">
327 <term><command>init</command></term>
328 <listitem>
329 <para>Is the first process to be started after the kernel has initialized
330 the hardware; <command>init</command> takes over the boot process and starts the
331 processes specified by its configuration files; in this case, it starts
332 systemd</para>
333 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd init">
334 <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="journalctl">
340 <term><command>journalctl</command></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>Is used to query the contents of the systemd journal</para>
343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd journalctl">
344 <primary sortas="b-journalctl">journalctl</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="kernel-install">
350 <term><command>kernel-install</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>Is used to add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and
353 from /boot; in LFS, this is done manually</para>
354 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd kernel-install">
355 <primary sortas="b-kernel-install">kernel-install</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 <varlistentry id="localectl">
361 <term><command>localectl</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>Is used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
364 settings</para>
365 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd localectl">
366 <primary sortas="b-localectl">localectl</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
371 <varlistentry id="loginctl">
372 <term><command>loginctl</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Login
375 Manager</para>
376 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd loginctl">
377 <primary sortas="b-loginctl">loginctl</primary>
378 </indexterm>
379 </listitem>
380 </varlistentry>
381
382 <varlistentry id="machinectl">
383 <term><command>machinectl</command></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Virtual
386 Machine and Container Registration Manager</para>
387 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd machinectl">
388 <primary sortas="b-machinectl">machinectl</primary>
389 </indexterm>
390 </listitem>
391 </varlistentry>
392
393 <varlistentry id="networkctl">
394 <term><command>networkctl</command></term>
395 <listitem>
396 <para>Is used to introspect and configure the state of the network
397 links configured by systemd-networkd</para>
398 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd networkctl">
399 <primary sortas="b-networkctl">networkctl</primary>
400 </indexterm>
401 </listitem>
402 </varlistentry>
403
404 <varlistentry id="oomctl">
405 <term><command>oomctl</command></term>
406 <listitem>
407 <para>Controls the systemd Out Of Memory daemon</para>
408 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd oomctl">
409 <primary sortas="b-oomctl">oomctl</primary>
410 </indexterm>
411 </listitem>
412 </varlistentry>
413
414 <varlistentry id="portablectl">
415 <term><command>portablectl</command></term>
416 <listitem>
417 <para>Is used to attach or detach portable services from the local
418 system</para>
419 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd portablectl">
420 <primary sortas="b-portablectl">portablectl</primary>
421 </indexterm>
422 </listitem>
423 </varlistentry>
424
425 <varlistentry id="poweroff">
426 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
427 <listitem>
428 <para>Instructs the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
429 (see <command>halt</command>)</para>
430 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd poweroff">
431 <primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary>
432 </indexterm>
433 </listitem>
434 </varlistentry>
435
436 <varlistentry id="reboot">
437 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
438 <listitem>
439 <para>Instructs the kernel to reboot the system (see
440 <command>halt</command>)</para>
441 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd reboot">
442 <primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary>
443 </indexterm>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
447 <varlistentry id="resolvconf">
448 <term><command>resolvconf</command></term>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>Registers DNS server and domain configuration with
451 <command>systemd-resolved</command></para>
452 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvconf">
453 <primary sortas="b-resolvconf">resolvconf</primary>
454 </indexterm>
455 </listitem>
456 </varlistentry>
457
458 <varlistentry id="resolvectl">
459 <term><command>resolvectl</command></term>
460 <listitem>
461 <para>Sends control commands to the network name resolution
462 manager, or resolves domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
463 DNS records, and services</para>
464 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvectl">
465 <primary sortas="b-resolvectl">resolvectl</primary>
466 </indexterm>
467 </listitem>
468 </varlistentry>
469
470 <varlistentry id="runlevel">
471 <term><command>runlevel</command></term>
472 <listitem>
473 <para>Outputs the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the
474 last run-level record in <filename>/run/utmp</filename></para>
475 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd runlevel">
476 <primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary>
477 </indexterm>
478 </listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480
481 <varlistentry id="shutdown">
482 <term><command>shutdown</command></term>
483 <listitem>
484 <para>Brings the system down in a safe and secure manner, signaling
485 all processes and notifying all logged-in users</para>
486 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd shutdown">
487 <primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary>
488 </indexterm>
489 </listitem>
490 </varlistentry>
491
492 <varlistentry id="systemctl">
493 <term><command>systemctl</command></term>
494 <listitem>
495 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd system
496 and service manager</para>
497 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemctl">
498 <primary sortas="b-systemctl">systemctl</primary>
499 </indexterm>
500 </listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
502
503 <varlistentry id="systemd-ac-power">
504 <term><command>systemd-ac-power</command></term>
505 <listitem>
506 <para>Reports whether the system is connected to an external
507 power source.</para>
508 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ac-power">
509 <primary sortas="b-systemd-ac-power">systemd-ac-power</primary>
510 </indexterm>
511 </listitem>
512 </varlistentry>
513
514 <varlistentry id="systemd-analyze">
515 <term><command>systemd-analyze</command></term>
516 <listitem>
517 <para>Is used to analyze system startup performance,
518 as well as identify troublesome systemd units</para>
519 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-analyze">
520 <primary sortas="b-systemd-analyze">systemd-analyze</primary>
521 </indexterm>
522 </listitem>
523 </varlistentry>
524
525 <varlistentry id="systemd-ask-password">
526 <term><command>systemd-ask-password</command></term>
527 <listitem>
528 <para>Is used to query a system password or passphrase from the user,
529 using a message specified on the Linux command line</para>
530 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ask-password">
531 <primary sortas="b-systemd-ask-password">systemd-ask-password</primary>
532 </indexterm>
533 </listitem>
534 </varlistentry>
535
536 <varlistentry id="systemd-cat">
537 <term><command>systemd-cat</command></term>
538 <listitem>
539 <para>Is used to connect the STDOUT and STDERR outputs of a process
540 with the systemd journal
541 </para>
542 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cat">
543 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cat">systemd-cat</primary>
544 </indexterm>
545 </listitem>
546 </varlistentry>
547
548 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgls">
549 <term><command>systemd-cgls</command></term>
550 <listitem>
551 <para>Recursively shows the contents of the selected Linux control
552 group hierarchy in a tree</para>
553 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgls">
554 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgls">systemd-cgls</primary>
555 </indexterm>
556 </listitem>
557 </varlistentry>
558
559 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgtop">
560 <term><command>systemd-cgtop</command></term>
561 <listitem>
562 <para>Shows the top control groups of the local Linux control group
563 hierarchy, ordered by their CPU, memory and disk I/O loads</para>
564 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgtop">
565 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgtop">systemd-cgtop</primary>
566 </indexterm>
567 </listitem>
568 </varlistentry>
569
570 <varlistentry id="systemd-creds">
571 <term><command>systemd-creds</command></term>
572 <listitem>
573 <para>Displays and processes credentials</para>
574 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-creds">
575 <primary sortas="b-systemd-creds">systemd-creds</primary>
576 </indexterm>
577 </listitem>
578 </varlistentry>
579
580 <varlistentry id="systemd-delta">
581 <term><command>systemd-delta</command></term>
582 <listitem>
583 <para>Is used to identify and compare configuration files in
584 <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> that override the defaults
585 in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename></para>
586 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-delta">
587 <primary sortas="b-systemd-delta">systemd-delta</primary>
588 </indexterm>
589 </listitem>
590 </varlistentry>
591
592 <varlistentry id="systemd-detect-virt">
593 <term><command>systemd-detect-virt</command></term>
594 <listitem>
595 <para>Detects whether the system is being run in a virtual
596 environment, and adjusts udev accordingly</para>
597 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-detect-virt">
598 <primary sortas="b-systemd-detect-virt">systemd-detect-virt</primary>
599 </indexterm>
600 </listitem>
601 </varlistentry>
602
603 <varlistentry id="systemd-dissect">
604 <term><command>systemd-dissect</command></term>
605 <listitem>
606 <para>Is used to inspect OS disk images</para>
607 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-dissect">
608 <primary sortas="b-systemd-dissect">systemd-dissect</primary>
609 </indexterm>
610 </listitem>
611 </varlistentry>
612
613 <varlistentry id="systemd-escape">
614 <term><command>systemd-escape</command></term>
615 <listitem>
616 <para>Is used to escape strings for inclusion in systemd unit
617 names</para>
618 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-escape">
619 <primary sortas="b-systemd-escape">systemd-escape</primary>
620 </indexterm>
621 </listitem>
622 </varlistentry>
623
624 <varlistentry id="systemd-hwdb">
625 <term><command>systemd-hwdb</command></term>
626 <listitem>
627 <para>Is used to manage the hardware database (hwdb)</para>
628 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-hwdb">
629 <primary sortas="b-systemd-hwdb">systemd-hwdb</primary>
630 </indexterm>
631 </listitem>
632 </varlistentry>
633
634 <varlistentry id="systemd-id128">
635 <term><command>systemd-id128</command></term>
636 <listitem>
637 <para>Generates and prints id128 (UUID) strings</para>
638 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-id128">
639 <primary sortas="b-systemd-id128">systemd-id128</primary>
640 </indexterm>
641 </listitem>
642 </varlistentry>
643
644 <varlistentry id="systemd-inhibit">
645 <term><command>systemd-inhibit</command></term>
646 <listitem>
647 <para>Is used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle
648 inhibitor lock taken, preventing an action such as a system shutdown
649 until the process is completed</para>
650 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-inhibit">
651 <primary sortas="b-systemd-inhibit">systemd-inhibit</primary>
652 </indexterm>
653 </listitem>
654 </varlistentry>
655
656 <varlistentry id="systemd-machine-id-setup">
657 <term><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command></term>
658 <listitem>
659 <para>Is used by system installer tools to initialize the machine ID
660 stored in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time with a
661 randomly generated ID</para>
662 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-machine-id-setup">
663 <primary sortas="b-systemd-machine-id-setup">systemd-machine-id-setup</primary>
664 </indexterm>
665 </listitem>
666 </varlistentry>
667
668 <varlistentry id="systemd-mount">
669 <term><command>systemd-mount</command></term>
670 <listitem>
671 <para>Is used to temporarily mount or automount disks</para>
672 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-mount">
673 <primary sortas="b-systemd-mount">systemd-mount</primary>
674 </indexterm>
675 </listitem>
676 </varlistentry>
677
678 <varlistentry id="systemd-notify">
679 <term><command>systemd-notify</command></term>
680 <listitem>
681 <para>Is used by daemon scripts to notify the init system of status
682 changes</para>
683 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-notify">
684 <primary sortas="b-systemd-notify">systemd-notify</primary>
685 </indexterm>
686 </listitem>
687 </varlistentry>
688
689 <varlistentry id="systemd-nspawn">
690 <term><command>systemd-nspawn</command></term>
691 <listitem>
692 <para>Is used to run a command, or an entire OS, in a light-weight namespace
693 container</para>
694 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-nspawn">
695 <primary sortas="b-systemd-nspawn">systemd-nspawn</primary>
696 </indexterm>
697 </listitem>
698 </varlistentry>
699
700 <varlistentry id="systemd-path">
701 <term><command>systemd-path</command></term>
702 <listitem>
703 <para>Is used to query system and user paths</para>
704 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-path">
705 <primary sortas="b-systemd-path">systemd-path</primary>
706 </indexterm>
707 </listitem>
708 </varlistentry>
709
710 <varlistentry id="systemd-repart">
711 <term><command>systemd-repart</command></term>
712 <listitem>
713 <para>Is used to grow and add partitions to a partition table when
714 systemd is used with an OS image (e.g. a container)</para>
715 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-repart">
716 <primary sortas="b-systemd-repart">systemd-repart</primary>
717 </indexterm>
718 </listitem>
719 </varlistentry>
720
721 <varlistentry id="systemd-resolve">
722 <term><command>systemd-resolve</command></term>
723 <listitem>
724 <para>Is used to resolve domain names, IPV4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS
725 resource records, and services</para>
726 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-resolve">
727 <primary sortas="b-systemd-resolve">systemd-resolve</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729 </listitem>
730 </varlistentry>
731
732 <varlistentry id="systemd-run">
733 <term><command>systemd-run</command></term>
734 <listitem>
735 <para>Is used to create and start a transient .service or a .scope
736 unit and run the specified command in it; this is useful for
737 validating systemd units</para>
738 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-run">
739 <primary sortas="b-systemd-run">systemd-run</primary>
740 </indexterm>
741 </listitem>
742 </varlistentry>
743
744 <varlistentry id="systemd-socket-activate">
745 <term><command>systemd-socket-activate</command></term>
746 <listitem>
747 <para>Is used to listen on socket devices and launch a process upon
748 a successful connection to the socket</para>
749 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-socket-activate">
750 <primary sortas="b-systemd-socket-activate">systemd-socket-activate</primary>
751 </indexterm>
752 </listitem>
753 </varlistentry>
754
755 <varlistentry id="systemd-sysext">
756 <term><command>systemd-sysext</command></term>
757 <listitem>
758 <para>Activates system extension images</para>
759 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-sysext">
760 <primary sortas="b-systemd-sysext">systemd-sysext</primary>
761 </indexterm>
762 </listitem>
763 </varlistentry>
764
765 <varlistentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
766 <term><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command></term>
767 <listitem>
768 <para>Creates, deletes, and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
769 directories, based on the configuration file format and location
770 specified in
771 <filename class="directory">tmpfiles.d</filename> directories</para>
772 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tmpfiles">
773 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tmpfiles">systemd-tmpfiles</primary>
774 </indexterm>
775 </listitem>
776 </varlistentry>
777
778 <varlistentry id="systemd-umount">
779 <term><command>systemd-umount</command></term>
780 <listitem>
781 <para>Unmounts mount points</para>
782 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-umount">
783 <primary sortas="b-systemd-umount">systemd-umount</primary>
784 </indexterm>
785 </listitem>
786 </varlistentry>
787
788 <varlistentry id="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
789 <term><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command></term>
790 <listitem>
791 <para>Is used to list and/or process pending systemd password
792 requests</para>
793 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
794 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</primary>
795 </indexterm>
796 </listitem>
797 </varlistentry>
798
799 <varlistentry id="telinit">
800 <term><command>telinit</command></term>
801 <listitem>
802 <para>Tells <command>init</command> which run-level to change
803 to</para>
804 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd telinit">
805 <primary sortas="b-telinit">telinit</primary>
806 </indexterm>
807 </listitem>
808 </varlistentry>
809
810 <varlistentry id="timedatectl">
811 <term><command>timedatectl</command></term>
812 <listitem>
813 <para>Is used to query and change the system clock and its settings
814 </para>
815 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd timedatectl">
816 <primary sortas="b-timedatectl">timedatectl</primary>
817 </indexterm>
818 </listitem>
819 </varlistentry>
820
821 <varlistentry id="udevadm">
822 <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
823 <listitem>
824 <para>Is a generic udev administration tool which controls the udevd
825 daemon, provides info from the udev hardware database, monitors
826 uevents, waits for uevents to finish, tests udev configuration, and
827 triggers uevents for a given device</para>
828 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd udevadm">
829 <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
830 </indexterm>
831 </listitem>
832 </varlistentry>
833
834 <varlistentry id="libsystemd">
835 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsystemd</filename></term>
836 <listitem>
837 <para>Is the main systemd utility library</para>
838 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libsystemd">
839 <primary sortas="c-libsystemd">libsystemd</primary>
840 </indexterm>
841 </listitem>
842 </varlistentry>
843
844 <varlistentry id="libudev">
845 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
846 <listitem>
847 <para>Is a library to access Udev device information</para>
848 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libudev">
849 <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
850 </indexterm>
851 </listitem>
852 </varlistentry>
853
854 </variablelist>
855
856 </sect2>
857
858</sect1>
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