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