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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2018-03-01 13:11:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2018-03-01 13:11:00 +0100 |
| commit | 2f3828e5c65d3fc8fa89d54201a01200c5279ff8 (patch) | |
| tree | a278a3c3695b273ce15c7a954ab48f5d5a8bd430 | |
| parent | ee4e9a1090941797d7ed64e23a49ceeba762577c (diff) | |
| download | systemd-2f3828e5c65d3fc8fa89d54201a01200c5279ff8.tar.gz | |
man: document that link-ed files must be on /
Fixes #8307.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index c311548f4b..1588ca719d 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -1120,7 +1120,10 @@ Jan 12 10:46:45 example.com bluetoothd[8900]: gatt-time-server: Input/output err automatically searched for unit files with appropriate names), or absolute paths to unit files (in which case these files are read directly). If a specified unit file is located outside of the usual unit file directories, an additional symlink is created, linking it into the unit configuration path, thus ensuring - it is found when requested by commands such as <command>start</command>.</para> + it is found when requested by commands such as <command>start</command>. The file system where the linked + unit files are located must be accessible when systemd is started (e.g. anything underneath + <filename>/home</filename> or <filename>/var</filename> is not allowed, unless those directories are + located on the root file system).</para> <para>This command will print the file system operations executed. This output may be suppressed by passing <option>--quiet</option>. @@ -1350,7 +1353,10 @@ Jan 12 10:46:45 example.com bluetoothd[8900]: gatt-time-server: Input/output err <para>Link a unit file that is not in the unit file search paths into the unit file search path. This command expects an absolute path to a unit file. The effect of this may be undone with <command>disable</command>. The effect of this command is that a unit file is made available for commands - such as <command>start</command>, even though it is not installed directly in the unit search path.</para> + such as <command>start</command>, even though it is not installed directly in the unit search path. The + file system where the linked unit files are located must be accessible when systemd is started + (e.g. anything underneath <filename>/home</filename> or <filename>/var</filename> is not allowed, unless + those directories are located on the root file system).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |