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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>First, apply a patch to fix a security vulnerability and regressions
44 with hostnames and idle units:</para>
45
46<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
47
48 <para>Now, apply a patch to fix a problem with the linux kernel's headers in
49 version 5.17 and later:</para>
50
51<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-kernel_5.17_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
52
53 <para>Remove two unneeded groups,
54 <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem> and
55 <systemitem class="groupname">sgx</systemitem>, from the default udev
56 rules:</para>
57
58 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' \
59 -e 's/GROUP="sgx", //' rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in</userinput></screen>
60
61 <para>Prepare systemd for compilation:</para>
62
63<screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir -p build
64cd build
65
66meson --prefix=/usr \
67 --sysconfdir=/etc \
68 --localstatedir=/var \
69 --buildtype=release \
70 -Dblkid=true \
71 -Ddefault-dnssec=no \
72 -Dfirstboot=false \
73 -Dinstall-tests=false \
74 -Dldconfig=false \
75 -Dsysusers=false \
76 -Db_lto=false \
77 -Drpmmacrosdir=no \
78 -Dhomed=false \
79 -Duserdb=false \
80 -Dman=false \
81 -Dmode=release \
82 -Ddocdir=/usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version; \
83 ..</userinput></screen>
84
85 <variablelist>
86 <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
87
88 <varlistentry>
89 <term><parameter>--buildtype=release</parameter></term>
90 <listitem>
91 <para>This switch overrides the default buildtype
92 (<quote>debug</quote>), which would produce unoptimized
93 binaries.</para>
94 </listitem>
95 </varlistentry>
96
97 <varlistentry>
98 <term><parameter>-Ddefault-dnssec=no</parameter></term>
99 <listitem>
100 <para>This switch turns off the experimental DNSSEC support.</para>
101 </listitem>
102 </varlistentry>
103
104 <varlistentry>
105 <term><parameter>-Dfirstboot=false</parameter></term>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>This switch prevents installation of systemd
108 services responsible for setting up the system for
109 the first time. They are not useful for LFS because
110 everything is done manually.</para>
111 </listitem>
112 </varlistentry>
113
114 <varlistentry>
115 <term><parameter>-Dinstall-tests=false</parameter></term>
116 <listitem>
117 <para>This switch prevents installation of the compiled tests.</para>
118 </listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120
121 <varlistentry>
122 <term><parameter>-Dldconfig=false</parameter></term>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>This switch prevents installation of a systemd unit that runs
125 <command>ldconfig</command> at boot, which is not useful for source
126 distributions such as LFS and makes the boot time longer. Remove it
127 if the described feature is desired.</para>
128 </listitem>
129 </varlistentry>
130
131 <varlistentry>
132 <term><parameter>-Dsysusers=false</parameter></term>
133 <listitem>
134 <para>This switch prevents installation of systemd
135 services responsible for setting up the
136 <filename>/etc/group</filename> and
137 <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> files. Both files
138 were created in the previous chapter. This daemon is not useful
139 on an LFS system since user accounts are manually created.</para>
140 </listitem>
141 </varlistentry>
142
143 <varlistentry>
144 <term><parameter>-Drpmmacrosdir=no</parameter></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>This switch disables installation of RPM Macros
147 for use with systemd because LFS does not support RPM.</para>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry>
152 <term><parameter>-D{userdb,homed}=false</parameter></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Remove two daemons that have dependencies that do not fit
155 the scope of LFS.</para>
156 </listitem>
157 </varlistentry>
158
159 <varlistentry>
160 <term><parameter>-Dman=false</parameter></term>
161 <listitem>
162 <para>Prevent the generation of man pages to avoid extra
163 dependencies. We will install pre-generated man pages for systemd
164 from a tarball later.</para>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry>
169 <term><parameter>-Dmode=release</parameter></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>Disable some features considered experimental by upstream.
172 </para>
173 </listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175
176 </variablelist>
177
178 <para>Compile the package:</para>
179
180<screen><userinput remap="make">ninja</userinput></screen>
181
182 <para>Install the package:</para>
183
184<screen><userinput remap="install">ninja install</userinput></screen>
185
186 <para>Install the man pages:</para>
187
188<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../../systemd-man-pages-&systemd-man-version;.tar.xz -C /usr/share/man</userinput></screen>
189
190 <para>Remove a useless directory:</para>
191
192<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -rf /usr/lib/pam.d</userinput></screen>
193
194 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file needed by
195 <command>systemd-journald</command>:</para>
196
197<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemd-machine-id-setup</userinput></screen>
198
199 <para>Setup the basic target structure:</para>
200
201<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemctl preset-all</userinput></screen>
202
203<!-- dev: 50-pid-max.conf is not removed in BLFS, so I commented the following out.
204 If it causes any trouble, we can add this back and also copy it into BLFS -->
205<!--
206 <para>Prevent systemd from resetting the maximum PID value which causes
207 some problems with packages and units in BLFS:</para>
208
209<screen><userinput remap="adjust">rm -f /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf</userinput></screen>
210-->
211
212 </sect2>
213
214 <sect2 id="contents-systemd" role="content">
215 <title>Contents of systemd</title>
216
217 <segmentedlist>
218 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
219 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
220 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
221
222 <seglistitem>
223 <seg>busctl, coredumpctl, halt (symlink to systemctl),
224 hostnamectl, init, journalctl, kernel-install, localectl, loginctl,
225 machinectl, networkctl, oomctl, portablectl, poweroff (symlink to
226 systemctl), reboot (symlink to systemctl), resolvconf (symlink to
227 resolvectl), resolvectl, runlevel (symlink to systemctl), shutdown
228 (symlink to systemctl), systemctl, systemd-analyze,
229 systemd-ask-password, systemd-cat, systemd-cgls, systemd-cgtop,
230 systemd-creds, systemd-delta, systemd-detect-virt,
231 systemd-dissect, systemd-escape, systemd-hwdb, systemd-id128,
232 systemd-inhibit, systemd-machine-id-setup,
233 systemd-mount, systemd-notify, systemd-nspawn, systemd-path,
234 systemd-repart, systemd-resolve (symlink to resolvectl), systemd-run,
235 systemd-socket-activate, systemd-stdio-bridge, systemd-sysext,
236 systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-tty-ask-password-agent,
237 systemd-umount (symlink to systemd-mount),
238 telinit (symlink to systemctl), timedatectl, and udevadm</seg>
239 <seg>libnss_myhostname.so.2, libnss_mymachines.so.2,
240 libnss_resolve.so.2, libnss_systemd.so.2,
241 libsystemd.so, libsystemd-shared-&systemd-version;.so (in /usr/lib/systemd),
242 and libudev.so</seg>
243 <seg>/etc/binfmt.d, /etc/init.d, /etc/kernel, /etc/modules-load.d,
244 /etc/sysctl.d, /etc/systemd, /etc/tmpfiles.d, /etc/udev,
245 /etc/xdg/systemd, /usr/lib/systemd, /usr/lib/udev, /usr/include/systemd,
246 /usr/lib/binfmt.d, /usr/lib/environment.d, /usr/lib/kernel,
247 /usr/lib/modules-load.d, /usr/lib/sysctl.d, /usr/lib/systemd,
248 /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d,
249 /usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version;, /usr/share/factory,
250 /usr/share/systemd, /var/lib/systemd, and /var/log/journal</seg>
251 </seglistitem>
252 </segmentedlist>
253
254 <variablelist>
255 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
256 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
257 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
258
259 <varlistentry id="busctl">
260 <term><command>busctl</command></term>
261 <listitem>
262 <para>Is used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus</para>
263 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd busctl">
264 <primary sortas="b-busctl">busctl</primary>
265 </indexterm>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry id="coredumpctl">
270 <term><command>coredumpctl</command></term>
271 <listitem>
272 <para>Is used to retrieve coredumps from the systemd journal</para>
273 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd coredumpctl">
274 <primary sortas="b-coredumpctl">coredumpctl</primary>
275 </indexterm>
276 </listitem>
277 </varlistentry>
278
279 <varlistentry id="halt">
280 <term><command>halt</command></term>
281 <listitem>
282 <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
283 <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
284 then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
285 file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
286 brought down</para>
287 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd halt">
288 <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="hostnamectl">
294 <term><command>hostnamectl</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>Is used to query and change the system hostname and related
297 settings</para>
298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd hostnamectl">
299 <primary sortas="b-hostnamectl">hostnamectl</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="init">
305 <term><command>init</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>Is the first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
308 the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all
309 processes according to its configuration files. In this case, it starts
310 systemd</para>
311 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd init">
312 <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="journalctl">
318 <term><command>journalctl</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>Is used to query the contents of the systemd journal</para>
321 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd journalctl">
322 <primary sortas="b-journalctl">journalctl</primary>
323 </indexterm>
324 </listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry id="kernel-install">
328 <term><command>kernel-install</command></term>
329 <listitem>
330 <para>Is used to add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and
331 from /boot. In LFS, this is done manually</para>
332 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd kernel-install">
333 <primary sortas="b-kernel-install">kernel-install</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="localectl">
339 <term><command>localectl</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>Is used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
342 settings</para>
343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd localectl">
344 <primary sortas="b-localectl">localectl</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="loginctl">
350 <term><command>loginctl</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Login
353 Manager</para>
354 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd loginctl">
355 <primary sortas="b-loginctl">loginctl</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 <varlistentry id="machinectl">
361 <term><command>machinectl</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Virtual
364 Machine and Container Registration Manager</para>
365 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd machinectl">
366 <primary sortas="b-machinectl">machinectl</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
371 <varlistentry id="networkctl">
372 <term><command>networkctl</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>Is used to introspect and configure the state of the network
375 links configured by systemd-networkd</para>
376 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd networkctl">
377 <primary sortas="b-networkctl">networkctl</primary>
378 </indexterm>
379 </listitem>
380 </varlistentry>
381
382 <varlistentry id="oomctl">
383 <term><command>oomctl</command></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>Controls the systemd Out Of Memory daemon</para>
386 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd oomctl">
387 <primary sortas="b-oomctl">oomctl</primary>
388 </indexterm>
389 </listitem>
390 </varlistentry>
391
392 <varlistentry id="portablectl">
393 <term><command>portablectl</command></term>
394 <listitem>
395 <para>Is used to attach or detach portable services from the local
396 system</para>
397 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd portablectl">
398 <primary sortas="b-portablectl">portablectl</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry id="poweroff">
404 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>Instructs the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
407 (see <command>halt</command>)</para>
408 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd poweroff">
409 <primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary>
410 </indexterm>
411 </listitem>
412 </varlistentry>
413
414 <varlistentry id="reboot">
415 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
416 <listitem>
417 <para>Instructs the kernel to reboot the system (see
418 <command>halt</command>)</para>
419 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd reboot">
420 <primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary>
421 </indexterm>
422 </listitem>
423 </varlistentry>
424
425 <varlistentry id="resolvconf">
426 <term><command>resolvconf</command></term>
427 <listitem>
428 <para>Registers DNS server and domain configuration with
429 <command>systemd-resolved</command></para>
430 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvconf">
431 <primary sortas="b-resolvconf">resolvconf</primary>
432 </indexterm>
433 </listitem>
434 </varlistentry>
435
436 <varlistentry id="resolvectl">
437 <term><command>resolvectl</command></term>
438 <listitem>
439 <para>Sends control commands to the network name resolution
440 manager, or resolves domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
441 DNS records, and services</para>
442 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvectl">
443 <primary sortas="b-resolvectl">resolvectl</primary>
444 </indexterm>
445 </listitem>
446 </varlistentry>
447
448 <varlistentry id="runlevel">
449 <term><command>runlevel</command></term>
450 <listitem>
451 <para>Outputs the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the
452 last run-level record in <filename>/run/utmp</filename></para>
453 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd runlevel">
454 <primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary>
455 </indexterm>
456 </listitem>
457 </varlistentry>
458
459 <varlistentry id="shutdown">
460 <term><command>shutdown</command></term>
461 <listitem>
462 <para>Brings the system down in a safe and secure manner, signaling
463 all processes and notifying all logged-in users</para>
464 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd shutdown">
465 <primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary>
466 </indexterm>
467 </listitem>
468 </varlistentry>
469
470 <varlistentry id="systemctl">
471 <term><command>systemctl</command></term>
472 <listitem>
473 <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd system
474 and service manager</para>
475 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemctl">
476 <primary sortas="b-systemctl">systemctl</primary>
477 </indexterm>
478 </listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480
481 <varlistentry id="systemd-analyze">
482 <term><command>systemd-analyze</command></term>
483 <listitem>
484 <para>Is used to determine system startup performance of the current
485 boot, as well as identify troublesome systemd units</para>
486 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-analyze">
487 <primary sortas="b-systemd-analyze">systemd-analyze</primary>
488 </indexterm>
489 </listitem>
490 </varlistentry>
491
492 <varlistentry id="systemd-ask-password">
493 <term><command>systemd-ask-password</command></term>
494 <listitem>
495 <para>Is used to query a system password or passphrase from the user,
496 using a question message specified on the command line</para>
497 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ask-password">
498 <primary sortas="b-systemd-ask-password">systemd-ask-password</primary>
499 </indexterm>
500 </listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
502
503 <varlistentry id="systemd-cat">
504 <term><command>systemd-cat</command></term>
505 <listitem>
506 <para>Is used to connect the STDOUT and STDERR outputs of a process
507 with the systemd journal
508 </para>
509 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cat">
510 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cat">systemd-cat</primary>
511 </indexterm>
512 </listitem>
513 </varlistentry>
514
515 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgls">
516 <term><command>systemd-cgls</command></term>
517 <listitem>
518 <para>Recursively shows the contents of the selected Linux control
519 group hierarchy in a tree</para>
520 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgls">
521 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgls">systemd-cgls</primary>
522 </indexterm>
523 </listitem>
524 </varlistentry>
525
526 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgtop">
527 <term><command>systemd-cgtop</command></term>
528 <listitem>
529 <para>Shows the top control groups of the local Linux control group
530 hierarchy, ordered by their CPU, memory and disk I/O load</para>
531 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgtop">
532 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgtop">systemd-cgtop</primary>
533 </indexterm>
534 </listitem>
535 </varlistentry>
536
537 <varlistentry id="systemd-creds">
538 <term><command>systemd-creds</command></term>
539 <listitem>
540 <para>Displays and processes credentials</para>
541 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-creds">
542 <primary sortas="b-systemd-creds">systemd-creds</primary>
543 </indexterm>
544 </listitem>
545 </varlistentry>
546
547 <varlistentry id="systemd-delta">
548 <term><command>systemd-delta</command></term>
549 <listitem>
550 <para>Is used to identify and compare configuration files in
551 <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> that override default
552 counterparts in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename></para>
553 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-delta">
554 <primary sortas="b-systemd-delta">systemd-delta</primary>
555 </indexterm>
556 </listitem>
557 </varlistentry>
558
559 <varlistentry id="systemd-detect-virt">
560 <term><command>systemd-detect-virt</command></term>
561 <listitem>
562 <para>Detects whether the system is being run in a virtual
563 environment, and adjusts udev accordingly</para>
564 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-detect-virt">
565 <primary sortas="b-systemd-detect-virt">systemd-detect-virt</primary>
566 </indexterm>
567 </listitem>
568 </varlistentry>
569
570 <varlistentry id="systemd-dissect">
571 <term><command>systemd-dissect</command></term>
572 <listitem>
573 <para>Is used to inspect OS disk images</para>
574 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-dissect">
575 <primary sortas="b-systemd-dissect">systemd-dissect</primary>
576 </indexterm>
577 </listitem>
578 </varlistentry>
579
580 <varlistentry id="systemd-escape">
581 <term><command>systemd-escape</command></term>
582 <listitem>
583 <para>Is used to escape strings for inclusion in systemd unit
584 names</para>
585 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-escape">
586 <primary sortas="b-systemd-escape">systemd-escape</primary>
587 </indexterm>
588 </listitem>
589 </varlistentry>
590
591 <varlistentry id="systemd-hwdb">
592 <term><command>systemd-hwdb</command></term>
593 <listitem>
594 <para>Is used to manage the hardware database (hwdb)</para>
595 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-hwdb">
596 <primary sortas="b-systemd-hwdb">systemd-hwdb</primary>
597 </indexterm>
598 </listitem>
599 </varlistentry>
600
601 <varlistentry id="systemd-id128">
602 <term><command>systemd-id128</command></term>
603 <listitem>
604 <para>Generates and prints id128 strings</para>
605 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-id128">
606 <primary sortas="b-systemd-id128">systemd-id128</primary>
607 </indexterm>
608 </listitem>
609 </varlistentry>
610
611 <varlistentry id="systemd-inhibit">
612 <term><command>systemd-inhibit</command></term>
613 <listitem>
614 <para>Is used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle
615 inhibitor lock taken, preventing an action such as a system shutdown
616 until the process is completed</para>
617 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-inhibit">
618 <primary sortas="b-systemd-inhibit">systemd-inhibit</primary>
619 </indexterm>
620 </listitem>
621 </varlistentry>
622
623 <varlistentry id="systemd-machine-id-setup">
624 <term><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command></term>
625 <listitem>
626 <para>Is used by system installer tools to initialize the machine ID
627 stored in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time with a
628 randomly generated ID</para>
629 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-machine-id-setup">
630 <primary sortas="b-systemd-machine-id-setup">systemd-machine-id-setup</primary>
631 </indexterm>
632 </listitem>
633 </varlistentry>
634
635 <varlistentry id="systemd-mount">
636 <term><command>systemd-mount</command></term>
637 <listitem>
638 <para>Is used to temporarily mount or automount disks</para>
639 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-mount">
640 <primary sortas="b-systemd-mount">systemd-mount</primary>
641 </indexterm>
642 </listitem>
643 </varlistentry>
644
645 <varlistentry id="systemd-notify">
646 <term><command>systemd-notify</command></term>
647 <listitem>
648 <para>Is used by daemon scripts to notify the init system about status
649 changes</para>
650 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-notify">
651 <primary sortas="b-systemd-notify">systemd-notify</primary>
652 </indexterm>
653 </listitem>
654 </varlistentry>
655
656 <varlistentry id="systemd-nspawn">
657 <term><command>systemd-nspawn</command></term>
658 <listitem>
659 <para>Is used to run a command or OS in a light-weight namespace
660 container</para>
661 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-nspawn">
662 <primary sortas="b-systemd-nspawn">systemd-nspawn</primary>
663 </indexterm>
664 </listitem>
665 </varlistentry>
666
667 <varlistentry id="systemd-path">
668 <term><command>systemd-path</command></term>
669 <listitem>
670 <para>Is used to query system and user paths</para>
671 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-path">
672 <primary sortas="b-systemd-path">systemd-path</primary>
673 </indexterm>
674 </listitem>
675 </varlistentry>
676
677 <varlistentry id="systemd-repart">
678 <term><command>systemd-repart</command></term>
679 <listitem>
680 <para>Is used to grow and add partitions to a partition table when
681 systemd is used in an OS image (e.g. a container)</para>
682 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-repart">
683 <primary sortas="b-systemd-repart">systemd-repart</primary>
684 </indexterm>
685 </listitem>
686 </varlistentry>
687
688 <varlistentry id="systemd-resolve">
689 <term><command>systemd-resolve</command></term>
690 <listitem>
691 <para>Is used to resolve domain names, IPV4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS
692 resource records, and services</para>
693 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-resolve">
694 <primary sortas="b-systemd-resolve">systemd-resolve</primary>
695 </indexterm>
696 </listitem>
697 </varlistentry>
698
699 <varlistentry id="systemd-run">
700 <term><command>systemd-run</command></term>
701 <listitem>
702 <para>Is used to create and start a transient .service or a .scope
703 unit and run the specified command in it. This is useful for
704 validating systemd units</para>
705 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-run">
706 <primary sortas="b-systemd-run">systemd-run</primary>
707 </indexterm>
708 </listitem>
709 </varlistentry>
710
711 <varlistentry id="systemd-socket-activate">
712 <term><command>systemd-socket-activate</command></term>
713 <listitem>
714 <para>Is used to listen on socket devices and launch a process upon
715 a successful connection to the socket</para>
716 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-socket-activate">
717 <primary sortas="b-systemd-socket-activate">systemd-socket-activate</primary>
718 </indexterm>
719 </listitem>
720 </varlistentry>
721
722 <varlistentry id="systemd-sysext">
723 <term><command>systemd-sysext</command></term>
724 <listitem>
725 <para>Activates system extension images</para>
726 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-sysext">
727 <primary sortas="b-systemd-sysext">systemd-sysext</primary>
728 </indexterm>
729 </listitem>
730 </varlistentry>
731
732 <varlistentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
733 <term><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command></term>
734 <listitem>
735 <para>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and
736 directories, based on the configuration file format and location
737 specified in
738 <filename class="directory">tmpfiles.d</filename> directories</para>
739 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tmpfiles">
740 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tmpfiles">systemd-tmpfiles</primary>
741 </indexterm>
742 </listitem>
743 </varlistentry>
744
745 <varlistentry id="systemd-umount">
746 <term><command>systemd-umount</command></term>
747 <listitem>
748 <para>Unmounts mount points</para>
749 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-umount">
750 <primary sortas="b-systemd-umount">systemd-umount</primary>
751 </indexterm>
752 </listitem>
753 </varlistentry>
754
755 <varlistentry id="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
756 <term><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command></term>
757 <listitem>
758 <para>Is used to list and/or process pending systemd password
759 requests</para>
760 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
761 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</primary>
762 </indexterm>
763 </listitem>
764 </varlistentry>
765
766 <varlistentry id="telinit">
767 <term><command>telinit</command></term>
768 <listitem>
769 <para>Tells <command>init</command> which run-level to change
770 to</para>
771 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd telinit">
772 <primary sortas="b-telinit">telinit</primary>
773 </indexterm>
774 </listitem>
775 </varlistentry>
776
777 <varlistentry id="timedatectl">
778 <term><command>timedatectl</command></term>
779 <listitem>
780 <para>Is used to query and change the system clock and its settings
781 </para>
782 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd timedatectl">
783 <primary sortas="b-timedatectl">timedatectl</primary>
784 </indexterm>
785 </listitem>
786 </varlistentry>
787
788 <varlistentry id="udevadm">
789 <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
790 <listitem>
791 <para>Is a generic udev administration tool which controls the udevd
792 daemon, provides info from the Udev hardware database, monitors
793 uevents, waits for uevents to finish, tests udev configuration, and
794 triggers uevents for a given device</para>
795 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd udevadm">
796 <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
797 </indexterm>
798 </listitem>
799 </varlistentry>
800
801 <varlistentry id="libsystemd">
802 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsystemd</filename></term>
803 <listitem>
804 <para>Is the main systemd utility library</para>
805 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libsystemd">
806 <primary sortas="c-libsystemd">libsystemd</primary>
807 </indexterm>
808 </listitem>
809 </varlistentry>
810
811 <varlistentry id="libudev">
812 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
813 <listitem>
814 <para>Is a library to access Udev device information</para>
815 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libudev">
816 <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
817 </indexterm>
818 </listitem>
819 </varlistentry>
820
821 </variablelist>
822
823 </sect2>
824
825</sect1>
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