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