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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2017-10-27 18:10:34 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2017-11-17 11:13:44 +0100 |
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man: document all the new options we acquired
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diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml index d043555860..190d3af317 100644 --- a/man/systemd.exec.xml +++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml @@ -482,145 +482,116 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>StandardInput=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Controls where file descriptor 0 (STDIN) of - the executed processes is connected to. Takes one of - <option>null</option>, - <option>tty</option>, - <option>tty-force</option>, - <option>tty-fail</option>, - <option>socket</option> or - <option>fd</option>.</para> - - <para>If <option>null</option> is selected, standard input - will be connected to <filename>/dev/null</filename>, i.e. all - read attempts by the process will result in immediate - EOF.</para> - - <para>If <option>tty</option> is selected, standard input is - connected to a TTY (as configured by - <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see below) and the executed - process becomes the controlling process of the terminal. If - the terminal is already being controlled by another process, - the executed process waits until the current controlling - process releases the terminal.</para> - - <para><option>tty-force</option> is similar to - <option>tty</option>, but the executed process is forcefully - and immediately made the controlling process of the terminal, - potentially removing previous controlling processes from the - terminal.</para> - - <para><option>tty-fail</option> is similar to - <option>tty</option> but if the terminal already has a - controlling process start-up of the executed process - fails.</para> - - <para>The <option>socket</option> option is only valid in - socket-activated services, and only when the socket - configuration file (see - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for details) specifies a single socket only. If this option is - set, standard input will be connected to the socket the - service was activated from, which is primarily useful for - compatibility with daemons designed for use with the - traditional - <citerefentry project='freebsd'><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <listitem><para>Controls where file descriptor 0 (STDIN) of the executed processes is connected to. Takes one + of <option>null</option>, <option>tty</option>, <option>tty-force</option>, <option>tty-fail</option>, + <option>data</option>, <option>file:<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>, <option>socket</option> or + <option>fd:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option>.</para> + + <para>If <option>null</option> is selected, standard input will be connected to <filename>/dev/null</filename>, + i.e. all read attempts by the process will result in immediate EOF.</para> + + <para>If <option>tty</option> is selected, standard input is connected to a TTY (as configured by + <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see below) and the executed process becomes the controlling process of the + terminal. If the terminal is already being controlled by another process, the executed process waits until the + current controlling process releases the terminal.</para> + + <para><option>tty-force</option> is similar to <option>tty</option>, but the executed process is forcefully and + immediately made the controlling process of the terminal, potentially removing previous controlling processes + from the terminal.</para> + + <para><option>tty-fail</option> is similar to <option>tty</option>, but if the terminal already has a + controlling process start-up of the executed process fails.</para> + + <para>The <option>data</option> option may be used to configure arbitrary textual or binary data to pass via + standard input to the executed process. The data to pass is configured via + <varname>StandardInputText=</varname>/<varname>StandardInputData=</varname> (see below). Note that the actual + file descriptor type passed (memory file, regular file, UNIX pipe, …) might depend on the kernel and available + privileges. In any case, the file descriptor is read-only, and when read returns the specified data + followed by EOF.</para> + + <para>The <option>file:<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> option may be used to connect a specific file + system object to standard input. An absolute path following the <literal>:</literal> character is expected, + which may refer to a regular file, a FIFO or special file. If an <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket in the + file system is specified, a stream socket is connected to it. The latter is useful for connecting standard + input of processes to arbitrary system services.</para> + + <para>The <option>socket</option> option is valid in socket-activated services only, and requires the relevant + socket unit file (see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details) + to have <varname>Accept=yes</varname> set, or to specify a single socket only. If this option is set, standard + input will be connected to the socket the service was activated from, which is primarily useful for + compatibility with daemons designed for use with the traditional <citerefentry + project='freebsd'><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> socket activation daemon.</para> - <para>The <option>fd</option> option connects - the input stream to a single file descriptor provided by a socket unit. - A custom named file descriptor can be specified as part of this option, - after a <literal>:</literal> (e.g. <literal>fd:<replaceable>foobar</replaceable></literal>). - If no name is specified, <literal>stdin</literal> is assumed - (i.e. <literal>fd</literal> is equivalent to <literal>fd:stdin</literal>). - At least one socket unit defining such name must be explicitly provided via the - <varname>Sockets=</varname> option, and file descriptor name may differ - from the name of its containing socket unit. - If multiple matches are found, the first one will be used. - See <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for more details about named descriptors and ordering.</para> + <para>The <option>fd:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option> option connects standard input to a specific, + named file descriptor provided by a socket unit. The name may be specified as part of this option, following a + <literal>:</literal> character (e.g. <literal>fd:foobar</literal>). If no name is specified, the name + <literal>stdin</literal> is implied (i.e. <literal>fd</literal> is equivalent to <literal>fd:stdin</literal>). + At least one socket unit defining the specified name must be provided via the <varname>Sockets=</varname> + option, and the file descriptor name may differ from the name of its containing socket unit. If multiple + matches are found, the first one will be used. See <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> in + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more + details about named file descriptors and their ordering.</para> - <para>This setting defaults to - <option>null</option>.</para></listitem> + <para>This setting defaults to <option>null</option>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>StandardOutput=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Controls where file descriptor 1 (STDOUT) of - the executed processes is connected to. Takes one of - <option>inherit</option>, - <option>null</option>, - <option>tty</option>, - <option>journal</option>, - <option>syslog</option>, - <option>kmsg</option>, - <option>journal+console</option>, - <option>syslog+console</option>, - <option>kmsg+console</option>, - <option>socket</option> or - <option>fd</option>.</para> - - <para><option>inherit</option> duplicates the file descriptor - of standard input for standard output.</para> - - <para><option>null</option> connects standard output to - <filename>/dev/null</filename>, i.e. everything written to it - will be lost.</para> - - <para><option>tty</option> connects standard output to a tty - (as configured via <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, see below). If - the TTY is used for output only, the executed process will not - become the controlling process of the terminal, and will not - fail or wait for other processes to release the - terminal.</para> - - <para><option>journal</option> connects standard output with - the journal which is accessible via - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. - Note that everything that is written to syslog or kmsg (see - below) is implicitly stored in the journal as well, the - specific two options listed below are hence supersets of this - one.</para> - - <para><option>syslog</option> connects standard output to the - <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - system syslog service, in addition to the journal. Note that - the journal daemon is usually configured to forward everything - it receives to syslog anyway, in which case this option is no - different from <option>journal</option>.</para> + <listitem><para>Controls where file descriptor 1 (STDOUT) of the executed processes is connected to. Takes one + of <option>inherit</option>, <option>null</option>, <option>tty</option>, <option>journal</option>, + <option>syslog</option>, <option>kmsg</option>, <option>journal+console</option>, + <option>syslog+console</option>, <option>kmsg+console</option>, + <option>file:<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>, <option>socket</option> or + <option>fd:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option>.</para> + + <para><option>inherit</option> duplicates the file descriptor of standard input for standard output.</para> + + <para><option>null</option> connects standard output to <filename>/dev/null</filename>, i.e. everything written + to it will be lost.</para> + + <para><option>tty</option> connects standard output to a tty (as configured via <varname>TTYPath=</varname>, + see below). If the TTY is used for output only, the executed process will not become the controlling process of + the terminal, and will not fail or wait for other processes to release the terminal.</para> - <para><option>kmsg</option> connects standard output with the - kernel log buffer which is accessible via + <para><option>journal</option> connects standard output with the journal which is accessible via + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that + everything that is written to syslog or kmsg (see below) is implicitly stored in the journal as well, the + specific two options listed below are hence supersets of this one.</para> + + <para><option>syslog</option> connects standard output to the <citerefentry + project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> system syslog + service, in addition to the journal. Note that the journal daemon is usually configured to forward everything + it receives to syslog anyway, in which case this option is no different from <option>journal</option>.</para> + + <para><option>kmsg</option> connects standard output with the kernel log buffer which is accessible via <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>dmesg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - in addition to the journal. The journal daemon might be - configured to send all logs to kmsg anyway, in which case this - option is no different from <option>journal</option>.</para> - - <para><option>journal+console</option>, - <option>syslog+console</option> and - <option>kmsg+console</option> work in a similar way as the - three options above but copy the output to the system console - as well.</para> - - <para><option>socket</option> connects standard output to a - socket acquired via socket activation. The semantics are - similar to the same option of - <varname>StandardInput=</varname>.</para> - - <para>The <option>fd</option> option connects - the output stream to a single file descriptor provided by a socket unit. - A custom named file descriptor can be specified as part of this option, - after a <literal>:</literal> (e.g. <literal>fd:<replaceable>foobar</replaceable></literal>). - If no name is specified, <literal>stdout</literal> is assumed - (i.e. <literal>fd</literal> is equivalent to <literal>fd:stdout</literal>). - At least one socket unit defining such name must be explicitly provided via the - <varname>Sockets=</varname> option, and file descriptor name may differ - from the name of its containing socket unit. - If multiple matches are found, the first one will be used. - See <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for more details about named descriptors and ordering.</para> + in addition to the journal. The journal daemon might be configured to send all logs to kmsg anyway, in which + case this option is no different from <option>journal</option>.</para> + + <para><option>journal+console</option>, <option>syslog+console</option> and <option>kmsg+console</option> work + in a similar way as the three options above but copy the output to the system console as well.</para> + + <para>The <option>file:<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> option may be used to connect a specific file + system object to standard output. The semantics are similar to the same option of + <varname>StandardInputText=</varname>, see above. If standard input and output are directed to the same file + path, it is opened only once, for reading as well as writing and duplicated. This is particular useful when the + specified path refers to an <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket in the file system, as in that case only a + single stream connection is created for both input and output.</para> + + <para><option>socket</option> connects standard output to a socket acquired via socket activation. The + semantics are similar to the same option of <varname>StandardInput=</varname>, see above.</para> + + <para>The <option>fd:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option> option connects standard output to a specific, + named file descriptor provided by a socket unit. A name may be specified as part of this option, following a + <literal>:</literal> character (e.g. <literal>fd:foobar</literal>). If no name is + specified, the name <literal>stdout</literal> is implied (i.e. <literal>fd</literal> is equivalent to + <literal>fd:stdout</literal>). At least one socket unit defining the specified name must be provided via the + <varname>Sockets=</varname> option, and the file descriptor name may differ from the name of its containing socket + unit. If multiple matches are found, the first one will be used. See <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> + in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more + details about named descriptors and their ordering.</para> <para>If the standard output (or error output, see below) of a unit is connected to the journal, syslog or the kernel log buffer, the unit will implicitly gain a dependency of type <varname>After=</varname> on @@ -630,32 +601,66 @@ "hello" > /dev/stderr</command> for writing text to stderr will not work. To mitigate this use the construct <command>echo "hello" >&2</command> instead, which is mostly equivalent and avoids this pitfall.</para> - <para>This setting defaults to the value set with - <varname>DefaultStandardOutput=</varname> in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - which defaults to <option>journal</option>. Note that setting - this parameter might result in additional dependencies to be - added to the unit (see above).</para> + <para>This setting defaults to the value set with <varname>DefaultStandardOutput=</varname> in + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which + defaults to <option>journal</option>. Note that setting this parameter might result in additional dependencies + to be added to the unit (see above).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>StandardError=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Controls where file descriptor 2 (STDERR) of - the executed processes is connected to. The available options - are identical to those of <varname>StandardOutput=</varname>, - with some exceptions: if set to <option>inherit</option> the - file descriptor used for standard output is duplicated for - standard error, while <option>fd</option> operates on the error - stream and will look by default for a descriptor named + <listitem><para>Controls where file descriptor 2 (STDERR) of the executed processes is connected to. The + available options are identical to those of <varname>StandardOutput=</varname>, with some exceptions: if set to + <option>inherit</option> the file descriptor used for standard output is duplicated for standard error, while + <option>fd:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option> will use a default file descriptor name of <literal>stderr</literal>.</para> - <para>This setting defaults to the value set with - <varname>DefaultStandardError=</varname> in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - which defaults to <option>inherit</option>. Note that setting - this parameter might result in additional dependencies to be - added to the unit (see above).</para></listitem> + <para>This setting defaults to the value set with <varname>DefaultStandardError=</varname> in + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which + defaults to <option>inherit</option>. Note that setting this parameter might result in additional dependencies + to be added to the unit (see above).</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>StandardInputText=</varname></term> + <term><varname>StandardInputData=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Configures arbitrary textual or binary data to pass via file descriptor 0 (STDIN) to the + executed processes. These settings have no effect unless <varname>StandardInput=</varname> is set to + <option>data</option>. Use this option to embed process input data directly in the unit file.</para> + + <para><varname>StandardInputText=</varname> accepts arbitrary textual data. C-style escapes for special + characters as well as the usual <literal>%</literal>-specifiers are resolved. Each time this setting is used + the the specified text is appended to the per-unit data buffer, followed by a newline character (thus every use + appends a new line to the end of the buffer). Note that leading and trailing whitespace of lines configured + with this option is removed. If an empty line is specified the buffer is cleared (hence, in order to insert an + empty line, add an additional <literal>\n</literal> to the end or beginning of a line).</para> + + <para><varname>StandardInputData=</varname> accepts arbitrary binary data, encoded in <ulink + url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045#section-6.8">Base64</ulink>. No escape sequences or specifiers are + resolved. Any whitespace in the encoded version is ignored during decoding.</para> + + <para>Note that <varname>StandardInputText=</varname> and <varname>StandardInputData=</varname> operate on the + same data buffer, and may be mixed in order to configure both binary and textual data for the same input + stream. The textual or binary data is joined strictly in the order the settings appear in the unit + file. Assigning an empty string to either will reset the data buffer.</para> + + <para>Please keep in mind that in order to maintain readability long unit file settings may be split into + multiple lines, by suffixing each line (except for the last) with a <literal>\</literal> character (see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for + details). This is particularly useful for large data configured with these two options. Example:</para> + + <programlisting>… +StandardInput=data +StandardInputData=SWNrIHNpdHplIGRhIHVuJyBlc3NlIEtsb3BzLAp1ZmYgZWVtYWwga2xvcHAncy4KSWNrIGtpZWtl \ + LCBzdGF1bmUsIHd1bmRyZSBtaXIsCnVmZiBlZW1hbCBqZWh0IHNlIHVmZiBkaWUgVMO8ci4KTmFu \ + dSwgZGVuayBpY2ssIGljayBkZW5rIG5hbnUhCkpldHogaXNzZSB1ZmYsIGVyc2NodCB3YXIgc2Ug \ + enUhCkljayBqZWhlIHJhdXMgdW5kIGJsaWNrZSDigJQKdW5kIHdlciBzdGVodCBkcmF1w59lbj8g \ + SWNrZSEK +… + </programlisting> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |