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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=disabled \
66 -Duserdb=false \
67 -Dman=false \
68 -Dmode=release \
69 -Dpamconfdir=no \
70 -Ddev-kvm-mode=0660 \
71 -Dnobody-group=nogroup \
72 -Dukify=disabled \
73 -Ddocdir=/usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version; \
74 ..</userinput></screen>
75
76 <variablelist>
77 <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
78
79 <varlistentry>
80 <term><parameter>--buildtype=release</parameter></term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>This switch overrides the default buildtype
83 (<quote>debug</quote>), which produces unoptimized
84 binaries.</para>
85 </listitem>
86 </varlistentry>
87
88 <varlistentry>
89 <term><parameter>-Ddefault-dnssec=no</parameter></term>
90 <listitem>
91 <para>This switch turns off the experimental DNSSEC support.</para>
92 </listitem>
93 </varlistentry>
94
95 <varlistentry>
96 <term><parameter>-Dfirstboot=false</parameter></term>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>This switch prevents installation of systemd
99 services responsible for setting up the system for
100 the first time. These are not useful in LFS, because
101 everything is done manually.</para>
102 </listitem>
103 </varlistentry>
104
105 <varlistentry>
106 <term><parameter>-Dinstall-tests=false</parameter></term>
107 <listitem>
108 <para>This switch prevents installation of the compiled tests.</para>
109 </listitem>
110 </varlistentry>
111
112 <varlistentry>
113 <term><parameter>-Dldconfig=false</parameter></term>
114 <listitem>
115 <para>This switch prevents installation of a systemd unit that runs
116 <command>ldconfig</command> at boot; this is not useful for source
117 distributions such as LFS, and makes the boot time longer. Remove
118 this option to enable running <command>ldconfig</command> at boot.</para>
119 </listitem>
120 </varlistentry>
121
122 <varlistentry>
123 <term><parameter>-Dsysusers=false</parameter></term>
124 <listitem>
125 <para>This switch prevents installation of systemd
126 services responsible for setting up the
127 <filename>/etc/group</filename> and
128 <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> files. Both files
129 were created in the previous chapter. This daemon is not useful
130 on an LFS system since user accounts are manually created.</para>
131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
134 <varlistentry>
135 <term><parameter>-Drpmmacrosdir=no</parameter></term>
136 <listitem>
137 <para>This switch disables installation of RPM Macros
138 for use with systemd, because LFS does not support RPM.</para>
139 </listitem>
140 </varlistentry>
141
142 <varlistentry>
143 <term><parameter>-Dhomed=disabled</parameter> and
144 <parameter>-Duserdb=false</parameter></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Remove two daemons with dependencies that do not fit
147 within the scope of LFS.</para>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry>
152 <term><parameter>-Dman=false</parameter></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Prevent the generation of man pages to avoid extra
155 dependencies. We will install pre-generated man pages for systemd
156 from a tarball.</para>
157 </listitem>
158 </varlistentry>
159
160 <varlistentry>
161 <term><parameter>-Dmode=release</parameter></term>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>Disable some features considered experimental by upstream.
164 </para>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry>
169 <term><parameter>-Dpamconfdir=no</parameter></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>Prevent the installation of a PAM configuration file not
172 functional on LFS.</para>
173 </listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175
176 <varlistentry>
177 <term><parameter>-Ddev-kvm-mode=0660</parameter></term>
178 <listitem>
179 <para>The default udev rule would allow all users to access
180 <filename class='devicefile'>/dev/kvm</filename>. The editors
181 consider it dangerous. This option overrides it.</para>
182 </listitem>
183 </varlistentry>
184
185 <varlistentry>
186 <term><parameter>-Dnobody-group=nogroup</parameter></term>
187 <listitem>
188 <para>Tell the package the group name with GID 65534 is
189 <systemitem class='groupname'>nogroup</systemitem>.</para>
190 </listitem>
191 </varlistentry>
192
193 <varlistentry>
194 <term><parameter>-Dukify=disabled</parameter></term>
195 <listitem>
196 <para>Do not install the <command>systemd-ukify</command> script.
197 At runtime this script requires the
198 <application>pefile</application> Python module that neither LFS
199 nor BLFS provides.</para>
200 </listitem>
201 </varlistentry>
202
203 </variablelist>
204
205 <para>Compile the package:</para>
206
207<screen><userinput remap="make">ninja</userinput></screen>
208
209 <para>Install the package:</para>
210
211<screen><userinput remap="install">ninja install</userinput></screen>
212
213 <para>Install the man pages:</para>
214
215 <!-- Please make sure systemd man pages tarball has a common leading
216 component in the path. -->
217<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../../systemd-man-pages-&systemd-version;.tar.xz \
218 --no-same-owner --strip-components=1 \
219 -C /usr/share/man</userinput></screen>
220
221 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file needed by
222 <command>systemd-journald</command>:</para>
223
224<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemd-machine-id-setup</userinput></screen>
225
226 <para>Set up the basic target structure:</para>
227
228<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemctl preset-all</userinput></screen>
229
230 <para>Disable two services for upgrading binary distros. They are useless for
231 a basic Linux system built from source, and each one will report an error if
232 it's enabled but not configured:</para>
233
234<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemctl disable systemd-sysupdate{,-reboot}</userinput></screen>
235
236<!-- dev: 50-pid-max.conf is not removed in BLFS, so I commented the following out.
237 If it causes any trouble, we can add this back and also copy it into BLFS -->
238<!--
239 <para>Prevent systemd from resetting the maximum PID value which causes
240 some problems with packages and units in BLFS:</para>
241
242<screen><userinput remap="adjust">rm -f /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf</userinput></screen>
243-->
244
245 </sect2>
246
247 <sect2 id="contents-systemd" role="content">
248 <title>Contents of systemd</title>
249
250 <segmentedlist>
251 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
252 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
253 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
254
255 <seglistitem>
256 <seg>busctl, coredumpctl, halt (symlink to systemctl),
257 hostnamectl, init, journalctl, kernel-install, localectl, loginctl,
258 machinectl, mount.ddi (symlink to systemd-dissect), networkctl,
259 oomctl, portablectl, poweroff (symlink to
260 systemctl), reboot (symlink to systemctl), resolvconf (symlink to
261 resolvectl), resolvectl, runlevel (symlink to systemctl), shutdown
262 (symlink to systemctl), systemctl, systemd-ac-power, systemd-analyze,
263 systemd-ask-password, systemd-cat, systemd-cgls, systemd-cgtop,
264 systemd-confext (symlink to systemd-sysext), systemd-creds,
265 systemd-delta, systemd-detect-virt,
266 systemd-dissect, systemd-escape, systemd-hwdb, systemd-id128,
267 systemd-inhibit, systemd-machine-id-setup,
268 systemd-mount, systemd-notify, systemd-nspawn, systemd-path,
269 systemd-repart, systemd-resolve (symlink to resolvectl), systemd-run,
270 systemd-socket-activate, systemd-stdio-bridge, systemd-sysext,
271 systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-tty-ask-password-agent,
272 systemd-umount (symlink to systemd-mount),
273 telinit (symlink to systemctl), timedatectl, and udevadm</seg>
274 <seg>libnss_myhostname.so.2, libnss_mymachines.so.2,
275 libnss_resolve.so.2, libnss_systemd.so.2,
276 libsystemd.so, libsystemd-shared-&systemd-version;.so (in /usr/lib/systemd),
277 and libudev.so</seg>
278 <seg>/etc/binfmt.d, /etc/init.d, /etc/kernel, /etc/modules-load.d,
279 /etc/sysctl.d, /etc/systemd, /etc/tmpfiles.d, /etc/udev,
280 /etc/xdg/systemd, /usr/lib/systemd, /usr/lib/udev, /usr/include/systemd,
281 /usr/lib/binfmt.d, /usr/lib/environment.d, /usr/lib/kernel,
282 /usr/lib/modules-load.d, /usr/lib/sysctl.d, /usr/lib/systemd,
283 /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d,
284 /usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version;, /usr/share/factory,
285 /usr/share/systemd, /var/lib/systemd, and /var/log/journal</seg>
286 </seglistitem>
287 </segmentedlist>
288
289 <variablelist>
290 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
291 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
292 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
293
294 <varlistentry id="busctl">
295 <term><command>busctl</command></term>
296 <listitem>
297 <para>Is used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus</para>
298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd busctl">
299 <primary sortas="b-busctl">busctl</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="coredumpctl">
305 <term><command>coredumpctl</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>Is used to retrieve coredumps from the systemd journal</para>
308 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd coredumpctl">
309 <primary sortas="b-coredumpctl">coredumpctl</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="halt">
315 <term><command>halt</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
318 <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
319 when it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
320 file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
321 brought down</para>
322 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd halt">
323 <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="hostnamectl">
329 <term><command>hostnamectl</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>Is used to query and change the system hostname and related
332 settings</para>
333 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd hostnamectl">
334 <primary sortas="b-hostnamectl">hostnamectl</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="init">
340 <term><command>init</command></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>Is the first process to be started after the kernel has initialized
343 the hardware; <command>init</command> takes over the boot process and starts the
344 processes specified by its configuration files; in this case, it starts
345 systemd</para>
346 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd init">
347 <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
348 </indexterm>
349 </listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry id="journalctl">
353 <term><command>journalctl</command></term>
354 <listitem>
355 <para>Is used to query the contents of the systemd journal</para>
356 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd journalctl">
357 <primary sortas="b-journalctl">journalctl</primary>
358 </indexterm>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361
362 <varlistentry id="kernel-install">
363 <term><command>kernel-install</command></term>
364 <listitem>
365 <para>Is used to add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and
366 from /boot; in LFS, this is done manually</para>
367 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd kernel-install">
368 <primary sortas="b-kernel-install">kernel-install</primary>
369 </indexterm>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry id="localectl">
374 <term><command>localectl</command></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>Is used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
377 settings</para>
378 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd localectl">
379 <primary sortas="b-localectl">localectl</primary>
380 </indexterm>
381 </listitem>
382 </varlistentry>
383
384 <varlistentry id="loginctl">
385 <term><command>loginctl</command></term>
386 <listitem>
387 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Login
388 Manager</para>
389 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd loginctl">
390 <primary sortas="b-loginctl">loginctl</primary>
391 </indexterm>
392 </listitem>
393 </varlistentry>
394
395 <varlistentry id="machinectl">
396 <term><command>machinectl</command></term>
397 <listitem>
398 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Virtual
399 Machine and Container Registration Manager</para>
400 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd machinectl">
401 <primary sortas="b-machinectl">machinectl</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="networkctl">
407 <term><command>networkctl</command></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>Is used to introspect and configure the state of the network
410 links configured by systemd-networkd</para>
411 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd networkctl">
412 <primary sortas="b-networkctl">networkctl</primary>
413 </indexterm>
414 </listitem>
415 </varlistentry>
416
417 <varlistentry id="oomctl">
418 <term><command>oomctl</command></term>
419 <listitem>
420 <para>Controls the systemd Out Of Memory daemon</para>
421 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd oomctl">
422 <primary sortas="b-oomctl">oomctl</primary>
423 </indexterm>
424 </listitem>
425 </varlistentry>
426
427 <varlistentry id="portablectl">
428 <term><command>portablectl</command></term>
429 <listitem>
430 <para>Is used to attach or detach portable services from the local
431 system</para>
432 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd portablectl">
433 <primary sortas="b-portablectl">portablectl</primary>
434 </indexterm>
435 </listitem>
436 </varlistentry>
437
438 <varlistentry id="poweroff">
439 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
440 <listitem>
441 <para>Instructs the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
442 (see <command>halt</command>)</para>
443 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd poweroff">
444 <primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary>
445 </indexterm>
446 </listitem>
447 </varlistentry>
448
449 <varlistentry id="reboot">
450 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
451 <listitem>
452 <para>Instructs the kernel to reboot the system (see
453 <command>halt</command>)</para>
454 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd reboot">
455 <primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary>
456 </indexterm>
457 </listitem>
458 </varlistentry>
459
460 <varlistentry id="resolvconf">
461 <term><command>resolvconf</command></term>
462 <listitem>
463 <para>Registers DNS server and domain configuration with
464 <command>systemd-resolved</command></para>
465 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvconf">
466 <primary sortas="b-resolvconf">resolvconf</primary>
467 </indexterm>
468 </listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
471 <varlistentry id="resolvectl">
472 <term><command>resolvectl</command></term>
473 <listitem>
474 <para>Sends control commands to the network name resolution
475 manager, or resolves domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
476 DNS records, and services</para>
477 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvectl">
478 <primary sortas="b-resolvectl">resolvectl</primary>
479 </indexterm>
480 </listitem>
481 </varlistentry>
482
483 <varlistentry id="runlevel">
484 <term><command>runlevel</command></term>
485 <listitem>
486 <para>Outputs the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the
487 last run-level record in <filename>/run/utmp</filename></para>
488 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd runlevel">
489 <primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary>
490 </indexterm>
491 </listitem>
492 </varlistentry>
493
494 <varlistentry id="shutdown">
495 <term><command>shutdown</command></term>
496 <listitem>
497 <para>Brings the system down in a safe and secure manner, signaling
498 all processes and notifying all logged-in users</para>
499 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd shutdown">
500 <primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary>
501 </indexterm>
502 </listitem>
503 </varlistentry>
504
505 <varlistentry id="systemctl">
506 <term><command>systemctl</command></term>
507 <listitem>
508 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd system
509 and service manager</para>
510 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemctl">
511 <primary sortas="b-systemctl">systemctl</primary>
512 </indexterm>
513 </listitem>
514 </varlistentry>
515
516 <varlistentry id="systemd-ac-power">
517 <term><command>systemd-ac-power</command></term>
518 <listitem>
519 <para>Reports whether the system is connected to an external
520 power source.</para>
521 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ac-power">
522 <primary sortas="b-systemd-ac-power">systemd-ac-power</primary>
523 </indexterm>
524 </listitem>
525 </varlistentry>
526
527 <varlistentry id="systemd-analyze">
528 <term><command>systemd-analyze</command></term>
529 <listitem>
530 <para>Is used to analyze system startup performance,
531 as well as identify troublesome systemd units</para>
532 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-analyze">
533 <primary sortas="b-systemd-analyze">systemd-analyze</primary>
534 </indexterm>
535 </listitem>
536 </varlistentry>
537
538 <varlistentry id="systemd-ask-password">
539 <term><command>systemd-ask-password</command></term>
540 <listitem>
541 <para>Is used to query a system password or passphrase from the user,
542 using a message specified on the Linux command line</para>
543 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ask-password">
544 <primary sortas="b-systemd-ask-password">systemd-ask-password</primary>
545 </indexterm>
546 </listitem>
547 </varlistentry>
548
549 <varlistentry id="systemd-cat">
550 <term><command>systemd-cat</command></term>
551 <listitem>
552 <para>Is used to connect the STDOUT and STDERR outputs of a process
553 with the systemd journal
554 </para>
555 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cat">
556 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cat">systemd-cat</primary>
557 </indexterm>
558 </listitem>
559 </varlistentry>
560
561 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgls">
562 <term><command>systemd-cgls</command></term>
563 <listitem>
564 <para>Recursively shows the contents of the selected Linux control
565 group hierarchy in a tree</para>
566 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgls">
567 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgls">systemd-cgls</primary>
568 </indexterm>
569 </listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgtop">
573 <term><command>systemd-cgtop</command></term>
574 <listitem>
575 <para>Shows the top control groups of the local Linux control group
576 hierarchy, ordered by their CPU, memory and disk I/O loads</para>
577 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgtop">
578 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgtop">systemd-cgtop</primary>
579 </indexterm>
580 </listitem>
581 </varlistentry>
582
583 <varlistentry id="systemd-creds">
584 <term><command>systemd-creds</command></term>
585 <listitem>
586 <para>Displays and processes credentials</para>
587 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-creds">
588 <primary sortas="b-systemd-creds">systemd-creds</primary>
589 </indexterm>
590 </listitem>
591 </varlistentry>
592
593 <varlistentry id="systemd-delta">
594 <term><command>systemd-delta</command></term>
595 <listitem>
596 <para>Is used to identify and compare configuration files in
597 <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> that override the defaults
598 in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename></para>
599 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-delta">
600 <primary sortas="b-systemd-delta">systemd-delta</primary>
601 </indexterm>
602 </listitem>
603 </varlistentry>
604
605 <varlistentry id="systemd-detect-virt">
606 <term><command>systemd-detect-virt</command></term>
607 <listitem>
608 <para>Detects whether the system is being run in a virtual
609 environment, and adjusts udev accordingly</para>
610 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-detect-virt">
611 <primary sortas="b-systemd-detect-virt">systemd-detect-virt</primary>
612 </indexterm>
613 </listitem>
614 </varlistentry>
615
616 <varlistentry id="systemd-dissect">
617 <term><command>systemd-dissect</command></term>
618 <listitem>
619 <para>Is used to inspect OS disk images</para>
620 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-dissect">
621 <primary sortas="b-systemd-dissect">systemd-dissect</primary>
622 </indexterm>
623 </listitem>
624 </varlistentry>
625
626 <varlistentry id="systemd-escape">
627 <term><command>systemd-escape</command></term>
628 <listitem>
629 <para>Is used to escape strings for inclusion in systemd unit
630 names</para>
631 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-escape">
632 <primary sortas="b-systemd-escape">systemd-escape</primary>
633 </indexterm>
634 </listitem>
635 </varlistentry>
636
637 <varlistentry id="systemd-hwdb">
638 <term><command>systemd-hwdb</command></term>
639 <listitem>
640 <para>Is used to manage the hardware database (hwdb)</para>
641 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-hwdb">
642 <primary sortas="b-systemd-hwdb">systemd-hwdb</primary>
643 </indexterm>
644 </listitem>
645 </varlistentry>
646
647 <varlistentry id="systemd-id128">
648 <term><command>systemd-id128</command></term>
649 <listitem>
650 <para>Generates and prints id128 (UUID) strings</para>
651 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-id128">
652 <primary sortas="b-systemd-id128">systemd-id128</primary>
653 </indexterm>
654 </listitem>
655 </varlistentry>
656
657 <varlistentry id="systemd-inhibit">
658 <term><command>systemd-inhibit</command></term>
659 <listitem>
660 <para>Is used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle
661 inhibitor lock taken, preventing an action such as a system shutdown
662 until the process is completed</para>
663 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-inhibit">
664 <primary sortas="b-systemd-inhibit">systemd-inhibit</primary>
665 </indexterm>
666 </listitem>
667 </varlistentry>
668
669 <varlistentry id="systemd-machine-id-setup">
670 <term><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command></term>
671 <listitem>
672 <para>Is used by system installer tools to initialize the machine ID
673 stored in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time with a
674 randomly generated ID</para>
675 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-machine-id-setup">
676 <primary sortas="b-systemd-machine-id-setup">systemd-machine-id-setup</primary>
677 </indexterm>
678 </listitem>
679 </varlistentry>
680
681 <varlistentry id="systemd-mount">
682 <term><command>systemd-mount</command></term>
683 <listitem>
684 <para>Is used to temporarily mount or automount disks</para>
685 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-mount">
686 <primary sortas="b-systemd-mount">systemd-mount</primary>
687 </indexterm>
688 </listitem>
689 </varlistentry>
690
691 <varlistentry id="systemd-notify">
692 <term><command>systemd-notify</command></term>
693 <listitem>
694 <para>Is used by daemon scripts to notify the init system of status
695 changes</para>
696 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-notify">
697 <primary sortas="b-systemd-notify">systemd-notify</primary>
698 </indexterm>
699 </listitem>
700 </varlistentry>
701
702 <varlistentry id="systemd-nspawn">
703 <term><command>systemd-nspawn</command></term>
704 <listitem>
705 <para>Is used to run a command, or an entire OS, in a light-weight namespace
706 container</para>
707 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-nspawn">
708 <primary sortas="b-systemd-nspawn">systemd-nspawn</primary>
709 </indexterm>
710 </listitem>
711 </varlistentry>
712
713 <varlistentry id="systemd-path">
714 <term><command>systemd-path</command></term>
715 <listitem>
716 <para>Is used to query system and user paths</para>
717 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-path">
718 <primary sortas="b-systemd-path">systemd-path</primary>
719 </indexterm>
720 </listitem>
721 </varlistentry>
722
723 <varlistentry id="systemd-repart">
724 <term><command>systemd-repart</command></term>
725 <listitem>
726 <para>Is used to grow and add partitions to a partition table when
727 systemd is used with an OS image (e.g. a container)</para>
728 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-repart">
729 <primary sortas="b-systemd-repart">systemd-repart</primary>
730 </indexterm>
731 </listitem>
732 </varlistentry>
733
734 <varlistentry id="systemd-resolve">
735 <term><command>systemd-resolve</command></term>
736 <listitem>
737 <para>Is used to resolve domain names, IPV4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS
738 resource records, and services</para>
739 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-resolve">
740 <primary sortas="b-systemd-resolve">systemd-resolve</primary>
741 </indexterm>
742 </listitem>
743 </varlistentry>
744
745 <varlistentry id="systemd-run">
746 <term><command>systemd-run</command></term>
747 <listitem>
748 <para>Is used to create and start a transient .service or a .scope
749 unit and run the specified command in it; this is useful for
750 validating systemd units</para>
751 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-run">
752 <primary sortas="b-systemd-run">systemd-run</primary>
753 </indexterm>
754 </listitem>
755 </varlistentry>
756
757 <varlistentry id="systemd-socket-activate">
758 <term><command>systemd-socket-activate</command></term>
759 <listitem>
760 <para>Is used to listen on socket devices and launch a process upon
761 a successful connection to the socket</para>
762 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-socket-activate">
763 <primary sortas="b-systemd-socket-activate">systemd-socket-activate</primary>
764 </indexterm>
765 </listitem>
766 </varlistentry>
767
768 <varlistentry id="systemd-sysext">
769 <term><command>systemd-sysext</command></term>
770 <listitem>
771 <para>Activates system extension images</para>
772 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-sysext">
773 <primary sortas="b-systemd-sysext">systemd-sysext</primary>
774 </indexterm>
775 </listitem>
776 </varlistentry>
777
778 <varlistentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
779 <term><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command></term>
780 <listitem>
781 <para>Creates, deletes, and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
782 directories, based on the configuration file format and location
783 specified in
784 <filename class="directory">tmpfiles.d</filename> directories</para>
785 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tmpfiles">
786 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tmpfiles">systemd-tmpfiles</primary>
787 </indexterm>
788 </listitem>
789 </varlistentry>
790
791 <varlistentry id="systemd-umount">
792 <term><command>systemd-umount</command></term>
793 <listitem>
794 <para>Unmounts mount points</para>
795 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-umount">
796 <primary sortas="b-systemd-umount">systemd-umount</primary>
797 </indexterm>
798 </listitem>
799 </varlistentry>
800
801 <varlistentry id="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
802 <term><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command></term>
803 <listitem>
804 <para>Is used to list and/or process pending systemd password
805 requests</para>
806 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
807 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</primary>
808 </indexterm>
809 </listitem>
810 </varlistentry>
811
812 <varlistentry id="telinit">
813 <term><command>telinit</command></term>
814 <listitem>
815 <para>Tells <command>init</command> which run-level to change
816 to</para>
817 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd telinit">
818 <primary sortas="b-telinit">telinit</primary>
819 </indexterm>
820 </listitem>
821 </varlistentry>
822
823 <varlistentry id="timedatectl">
824 <term><command>timedatectl</command></term>
825 <listitem>
826 <para>Is used to query and change the system clock and its settings
827 </para>
828 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd timedatectl">
829 <primary sortas="b-timedatectl">timedatectl</primary>
830 </indexterm>
831 </listitem>
832 </varlistentry>
833
834 <varlistentry id="udevadm">
835 <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
836 <listitem>
837 <para>Is a generic udev administration tool which controls the udevd
838 daemon, provides info from the udev hardware database, monitors
839 uevents, waits for uevents to finish, tests udev configuration, and
840 triggers uevents for a given device</para>
841 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd udevadm">
842 <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
843 </indexterm>
844 </listitem>
845 </varlistentry>
846
847 <varlistentry id="libsystemd">
848 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsystemd</filename></term>
849 <listitem>
850 <para>Is the main systemd utility library</para>
851 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libsystemd">
852 <primary sortas="c-libsystemd">libsystemd</primary>
853 </indexterm>
854 </listitem>
855 </varlistentry>
856
857 <varlistentry id="libudev">
858 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
859 <listitem>
860 <para>Is a library to access Udev device information</para>
861 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libudev">
862 <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
863 </indexterm>
864 </listitem>
865 </varlistentry>
866
867 </variablelist>
868
869 </sect2>
870
871</sect1>
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