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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2017-09-26 18:36:41 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2017-09-27 17:53:00 +0200
commit3ecc7fc3e631d1f5de7bd0913227ae2f2e8f8929 (patch)
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parent1af87ab7d65b102e3ce5a64e8b47e4d08fc407a0 (diff)
downloadsystemd-3ecc7fc3e631d1f5de7bd0913227ae2f2e8f8929.tar.gz
man: document that inability to execute Symlinks= is not fatal
Fixes: #6920
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diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 2dfca713e4..68d01cccc5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -804,14 +804,13 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Symlinks=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes a list of file system paths. The
- specified paths will be created as symlinks to the AF_UNIX
- socket path or FIFO path of this socket unit. If this setting
- is used, only one AF_UNIX socket in the file system or one
- FIFO may be configured for the socket unit. Use this option to
- manage one or more symlinked alias names for a socket, binding
- their lifecycle together. If the empty string is assigned, the
- list of paths is reset. Defaults to the empty list.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a list of file system paths. The specified paths will be created as symlinks to the
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket path or FIFO path of this socket unit. If this setting is used, only one
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket in the file system or one FIFO may be configured for the socket unit. Use
+ this option to manage one or more symlinked alias names for a socket, binding their lifecycle together. Note
+ that if creation of a symlink fails this is not considered fatal for the socket unit, and the socket unit may
+ still start. If an empty string is assigned, the list of paths is reset. Defaults to an empty
+ list.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>