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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2021-02-15 12:10:20 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2021-02-19 09:28:00 +0100
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docs/ENVIRONMENT: syntax highlighting and some rewordings
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@@ -19,18 +19,17 @@ documented in the proper man pages.
All tools:
-* `$SYSTEMD_OFFLINE=[0|1]` — if set to `1`, then `systemctl` will
- refrain from talking to PID 1; this has the same effect as the historical
- detection of `chroot()`. Setting this variable to `0` instead has a similar
- effect as `SYSTEMD_IGNORE_CHROOT=1`; i.e. tools will try to
- communicate with PID 1 even if a `chroot()` environment is detected.
- You almost certainly want to set this to `1` if you maintain a package build system
- or similar and are trying to use a modern container system and not plain
- `chroot()`.
+* `$SYSTEMD_OFFLINE=[0|1]` — if set to `1`, then `systemctl` will refrain from
+ talking to PID 1; this has the same effect as the historical detection of
+ `chroot()`. Setting this variable to `0` instead has a similar effect as
+ `SYSTEMD_IGNORE_CHROOT=1`; i.e. tools will try to communicate with PID 1 even
+ if a `chroot()` environment is detected. You almost certainly want to set
+ this to `1` if you maintain a package build system or similar and are trying
+ to use a modern container system and not plain `chroot()`.
* `$SYSTEMD_IGNORE_CHROOT=1` — if set, don't check whether being invoked in a
`chroot()` environment. This is particularly relevant for systemctl, as it
- will not alter its behaviour for `chroot()` environments if set. Normally it
+ will not alter its behaviour for `chroot()` environments if set. Normally it
refrains from talking to PID 1 in such a case; turning most operations such
as `start` into no-ops. If that's what's explicitly desired, you might
consider setting `SYSTEMD_OFFLINE=1`.
@@ -39,21 +38,23 @@ All tools:
will print latency information at runtime.
* `$SYSTEMD_PROC_CMDLINE` — if set, the contents are used as the kernel command
- line instead of the actual one in /proc/cmdline. This is useful for
+ line instead of the actual one in `/proc/cmdline`. This is useful for
debugging, in order to test generators and other code against specific kernel
command lines.
-* `$SYSTEMD_FSTAB` — if set, use this path instead of /etc/fstab. Only useful
+* `$SYSTEMD_FSTAB` — if set, use this path instead of `/etc/fstab`. Only useful
for debugging.
-* `$SYSTEMD_CRYPTTAB` — if set, use this path instead of /etc/crypttab. Only
- useful for debugging. Currently only supported by systemd-cryptsetup-generator.
+* `$SYSTEMD_CRYPTTAB` — if set, use this path instead of `/etc/crypttab`. Only
+ useful for debugging. Currently only supported by
+ `systemd-cryptsetup-generator`.
-* `$SYSTEMD_VERITYTAB` — if set, use this path instead of /etc/veritytab. Only
- useful for debugging. Currently only supported by systemd-veritysetup-generator.
+* `$SYSTEMD_VERITYTAB` — if set, use this path instead of
+ `/etc/veritytab`. Only useful for debugging. Currently only supported by
+ `systemd-veritysetup-generator`.
* `$SYSTEMD_EFI_OPTIONS` — if set, used instead of the string in the
- SystemdOptions EFI variable. Analogous to `$SYSTEMD_PROC_CMDLINE`.
+ `SystemdOptions` EFI variable. Analogous to `$SYSTEMD_PROC_CMDLINE`.
* `$SYSTEMD_IN_INITRD=[auto|lenient|0|1]` — if set, specifies initrd detection
method. Defaults to `auto`. Behavior is defined as follows:
@@ -69,23 +70,23 @@ All tools:
to 0, then the built-in default is used.
* `$SYSTEMD_MEMPOOL=0` — if set, the internal memory caching logic employed by
- hash tables is turned off, and libc malloc() is used for all allocations.
+ hash tables is turned off, and libc `malloc()` is used for all allocations.
-* `$SYSTEMD_EMOJI=0` — if set, tools such as "systemd-analyze security" will
+* `$SYSTEMD_EMOJI=0` — if set, tools such as `systemd-analyze security` will
not output graphical smiley emojis, but ASCII alternatives instead. Note that
this only controls use of Unicode emoji glyphs, and has no effect on other
Unicode glyphs.
* `$RUNTIME_DIRECTORY` — various tools use this variable to locate the
- appropriate path under /run. This variable is also set by the manager when
- RuntimeDirectory= is used, see systemd.exec(5).
+ appropriate path under `/run/`. This variable is also set by the manager when
+ `RuntimeDirectory=` is used, see systemd.exec(5).
* `$SYSTEMD_CRYPT_PREFIX` — if set configures the hash method prefix to use for
- UNIX crypt() when generating passwords. By default the system's "preferred
- method" is used, but this can be overridden with this environment
- variable. Takes a prefix such as `$6$` or `$y$`. (Note that this is only
- honoured on systems built with libxcrypt and is ignored on systems using
- glibc's original, internal crypt() implementation.)
+ UNIX `crypt()` when generating passwords. By default the system's "preferred
+ method" is used, but this can be overridden with this environment variable.
+ Takes a prefix such as `$6$` or `$y$`. (Note that this is only honoured on
+ systems built with libxcrypt and is ignored on systems using glibc's
+ original, internal `crypt()` implementation.)
* `$SYSTEMD_RDRAND=0` — if set, the RDRAND instruction will never be used,
even if the CPU supports it.
@@ -94,10 +95,10 @@ All tools:
support for it is compiled in and available in the kernel.
* `$SYSTEMD_LOG_SECCOMP=1` — if set, system calls blocked by seccomp filtering,
- for example in systemd-nspawn, will be logged to the audit log, if the current
- kernel version supports this.
+ for example in `systemd-nspawn`, will be logged to the audit log, if the
+ kernel supports this.
-systemctl:
+`systemctl`:
* `$SYSTEMCTL_FORCE_BUS=1` — if set, do not connect to PID1's private D-Bus
listener, and instead always connect through the dbus-daemon D-bus broker.
@@ -105,16 +106,16 @@ systemctl:
* `$SYSTEMCTL_INSTALL_CLIENT_SIDE=1` — if set, enable or disable unit files on
the client side, instead of asking PID 1 to do this.
-* `$SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_SYSV=1` — if set, do not call out to SysV compatibility hooks.
+* `$SYSTEMCTL_SKIP_SYSV=1` — if set, do not call SysV compatibility hooks.
-systemd-nspawn:
+`systemd-nspawn`:
-* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_UNIFIED_HIERARCHY=1` — if set, force nspawn into unified
- cgroup hierarchy mode.
+* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_UNIFIED_HIERARCHY=1` — if set, force `systemd-nspawn` into
+ unified cgroup hierarchy mode.
-* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_API_VFS_WRITABLE=1` — if set, make /sys and /proc/sys and
- friends writable in the container. If set to "network", leave only
- /proc/sys/net writable.
+* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_API_VFS_WRITABLE=1` — if set, make `/sys/`, `/proc/sys/`,
+ and friends writable in the container. If set to "network", leave only
+ `/proc/sys/net/` writable.
* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_CONTAINER_SERVICE=…` — override the "service" name nspawn
uses to register with machined. If unset defaults to "nspawn", but with this
@@ -125,40 +126,41 @@ systemd-nspawn:
* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_LOCK=0` — if set, do not lock container images when running.
-* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_TMPFS_TMP=0` — if set, do not overmount /tmp in the
+* `$SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_TMPFS_TMP=0` — if set, do not overmount `/tmp/` in the
container with a tmpfs, but leave the directory from the image in place.
-systemd-logind:
+`systemd-logind`:
* `$SYSTEMD_BYPASS_HIBERNATION_MEMORY_CHECK=1` — if set, report that
hibernation is available even if the swap devices do not provide enough room
for it.
-* `$SYSTEMD_REBOOT_TO_FIRMWARE_SETUP` — if set overrides systemd-logind's
- built-in EFI logic of requesting a reboot into the firmware. Takes a
- boolean. If set to false the functionality is turned off entirely. If set to
- true instead of requesting a reboot into the firmware setup UI through EFI a
- file `/run/systemd/reboot-to-firmware-setup` is created whenever this is
+* `$SYSTEMD_REBOOT_TO_FIRMWARE_SETUP` — if set, overrides `systemd-logind`'s
+ built-in EFI logic of requesting a reboot into the firmware. Takes a boolean.
+ If set to false, the functionality is turned off entirely. If set to true,
+ instead of requesting a reboot into the firmware setup UI through EFI a file,
+ `/run/systemd/reboot-to-firmware-setup` is created whenever this is
requested. This file may be checked for by services run during system
shutdown in order to request the appropriate operation from the firmware in
an alternative fashion.
* `$SYSTEMD_REBOOT_TO_BOOT_LOADER_MENU` — similar to the above, allows
- overriding of systemd-logind's built-in EFI logic of requesting a reboot into
- the boot loader menu. Takes a boolean. If set to false the functionality is
- turned off entirely. If set to true instead of requesting a reboot into the
- boot loader menu through EFI a file `/run/systemd/reboot-to-boot-loader-menu`
- is created whenever this is requested. The file contains the requested boot
- loader menu timeout in µs, formatted in ASCII decimals, or zero in case no
- timeout is requested. This file may be checked for by services run during
- system shutdown in order to request the appropriate operation from the boot
- loader in an alternative fashion.
+ overriding of `systemd-logind`'s built-in EFI logic of requesting a reboot
+ into the boot loader menu. Takes a boolean. If set to false, the
+ functionality is turned off entirely. If set to true, instead of requesting a
+ reboot into the boot loader menu through EFI, the file
+ `/run/systemd/reboot-to-boot-loader-menu` is created whenever this is
+ requested. The file contains the requested boot loader menu timeout in µs,
+ formatted in ASCII decimals, or zero in case no timeout is requested. This
+ file may be checked for by services run during system shutdown in order to
+ request the appropriate operation from the boot loader in an alternative
+ fashion.
* `$SYSTEMD_REBOOT_TO_BOOT_LOADER_ENTRY` — similar to the above, allows
- overriding of systemd-logind's built-in EFI logic of requesting a reboot into
- a specific boot loader entry. Takes a boolean. If set to false the
- functionality is turned off entirely. If set to true instead of requesting a
- reboot into a specific boot loader entry through EFI a file
+ overriding of `systemd-logind`'s built-in EFI logic of requesting a reboot
+ into a specific boot loader entry. Takes a boolean. If set to false, the
+ functionality is turned off entirely. If set to true, instead of requesting a
+ reboot into a specific boot loader entry through EFI, the file
`/run/systemd/reboot-to-boot-loader-entry` is created whenever this is
requested. The file contains the requested boot loader entry identifier. This
file may be checked for by services run during system shutdown in order to
@@ -173,30 +175,31 @@ systemd-logind:
`/run/boot-loader-entries/loader/entries/*.conf`, and the files referenced by
the drop-ins (including the kernels and initrds) somewhere else below
`/run/boot-loader-entries/`. Note that all these files may be (and are
- supposed to be) symlinks. systemd-logind will load these files on-demand,
+ supposed to be) symlinks. `systemd-logind` will load these files on-demand,
these files can hence be updated (ideally atomically) whenever the boot
loader configuration changes. A foreign boot loader installer script should
hence synthesize drop-in snippets and symlinks for all boot entries at boot
- or whenever they change if it wants to integrate with systemd-logind's APIs.
+ or whenever they change if it wants to integrate with `systemd-logind`'s
+ APIs.
-systemd-udevd:
+`systemd-udevd`:
* `$NET_NAMING_SCHEME=` – if set, takes a network naming scheme (i.e. one of
"v238", "v239", "v240"…, or the special value "latest") as parameter. If
- specified udev's net_id builtin will follow the specified naming scheme when
- determining stable network interface names. This may be used to revert to
- naming schemes of older udev versions, in order to provide more stable naming
- across updates. This environment variable takes precedence over the kernel
- command line option `net.naming-scheme=`, except if the value is prefixed
- with `:` in which case the kernel command line option takes precedence, if it
- is specified as well.
+ specified udev's `net_id` builtin will follow the specified naming scheme
+ when determining stable network interface names. This may be used to revert
+ to naming schemes of older udev versions, in order to provide more stable
+ naming across updates. This environment variable takes precedence over the
+ kernel command line option `net.naming-scheme=`, except if the value is
+ prefixed with `:` in which case the kernel command line option takes
+ precedence, if it is specified as well.
installed systemd tests:
* `$SYSTEMD_TEST_DATA` — override the location of test data. This is useful if
a test executable is moved to an arbitrary location.
-nss-systemd:
+`nss-systemd`:
* `$SYSTEMD_NSS_BYPASS_SYNTHETIC=1` — if set, `nss-systemd` won't synthesize
user/group records for the `root` and `nobody` users if they are missing from
@@ -210,20 +213,20 @@ nss-systemd:
dynamic user lookups. This is primarily useful to make `nss-systemd` work
safely from within `dbus-daemon`.
-systemd-timedated:
+`systemd-timedated`:
* `$SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES=…` — colon-separated list of unit names of
NTP client services. If set, `timedatectl set-ntp on` enables and starts the
first existing unit listed in the environment variable, and
`timedatectl set-ntp off` disables and stops all listed units.
-systemd-sulogin-shell:
+`systemd-sulogin-shell`:
* `$SYSTEMD_SULOGIN_FORCE=1` — This skips asking for the root password if the
root password is not available (such as when the root account is locked).
See `sulogin(8)` for more details.
-bootctl and other tools that access the EFI System Partition (ESP):
+`bootctl` and other tools that access the EFI System Partition (ESP):
* `$SYSTEMD_RELAX_ESP_CHECKS=1` — if set, the ESP validation checks are
relaxed. Specifically, validation checks that ensure the specified ESP path
@@ -232,11 +235,11 @@ bootctl and other tools that access the EFI System Partition (ESP):
* `$SYSTEMD_ESP_PATH=…` — override the path to the EFI System Partition. This
may be used to override ESP path auto detection, and redirect any accesses to
- the ESP to the specified directory. Not that unlike with bootctl's --path=
- switch only very superficial validation of the specified path is done when
- this environment variable is used.
+ the ESP to the specified directory. Note that unlike with `bootctl`'s
+ `--path=` switch only very superficial validation of the specified path is
+ done when this environment variable is used.
-systemd itself:
+`systemd` itself:
* `$SYSTEMD_ACTIVATION_UNIT` — set for all NSS and PAM module invocations that
are done by the service manager on behalf of a specific unit, in child
@@ -254,34 +257,35 @@ systemd itself:
it is either set to `system` or `user` depending on whether the NSS/PAM
module is called by systemd in `--system` or `--user` mode.
-systemd-remount-fs:
+`systemd-remount-fs`:
* `$SYSTEMD_REMOUNT_ROOT_RW=1` — if set and no entry for the root directory
- exists in /etc/fstab (this file always takes precedence), then the root
+ exists in `/etc/fstab` (this file always takes precedence), then the root
directory is remounted writable. This is primarily used by
- systemd-gpt-auto-generator to ensure the root partition is mounted writable
+ `systemd-gpt-auto-generator` to ensure the root partition is mounted writable
in accordance to the GPT partition flags.
-systemd-firstboot and localectl:
+`systemd-firstboot` and `localectl`:
-* `SYSTEMD_LIST_NON_UTF8_LOCALES=1` – if set non-UTF-8 locales are listed among
+* `SYSTEMD_LIST_NON_UTF8_LOCALES=1` – if set, non-UTF-8 locales are listed among
the installed ones. By default non-UTF-8 locales are suppressed from the
selection, since we are living in the 21st century.
-systemd-sysext:
+`systemd-sysext`:
-* `SYSTEMD_SYSEXT_HIERARCHIES` – if set to a colon-separated list of absolute
- paths this variable may be used to override which hierarchies to manage with
- `systemd-sysext`. By default only `/usr/` and `/opt/` are managed. With this
- environment variable this list may be changed, in order to add or remove
- directories from this list. This should only reference "real" file systems
- and directories that only contain "real" file systems as submounts — do not
- specify API file systems such as `/proc/` or `/sys/` here, or hierarchies
- that have them as submounts. In particular, do not specify the root directory
- `/` here.
+* `SYSTEMD_SYSEXT_HIERARCHIES` – this variable may be used to override which
+ hierarchies are managed by `systemd-sysext`. By default only `/usr/` and
+ `/opt/` are managed, and directories may be added or removed to that list by
+ setting this environment variable to a colon-separated list of absolute
+ paths. Only "real" file systems and directories that only contain "real" file
+ systems as submounts should be used. Do not specify API file systems such as
+ `/proc/` or `/sys/` here, or hierarchies that have them as submounts. In
+ particular, do not specify the root directory `/` here.
-systemd-tmpfiles:
+`systemd-tmpfiles`:
-* `SYSTEMD_TMPFILES_FORCE_SUBVOL` - if unset, v/q/Q lines will create subvolumes only if the
- OS itself is installed into a subvolume. If set to 1 (or another true value), these lines will always create
- subvolumes (if the backing filesystem supports them). If set to 0, these lines will always create directories.
+* `SYSTEMD_TMPFILES_FORCE_SUBVOL` - if unset, `v`/`q`/`Q` lines will create
+ subvolumes only if the OS itself is installed into a subvolume. If set to `1`
+ (or another value interpreted as true), these lines will always create
+ subvolumes if the backing filesystem supports them. If set to `0`, these
+ lines will always create directories.