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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2021-01-29 20:04:07 +0100
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Merge pull request #18399 from keszybz/man-proofreading
Various man page cleanups
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/networkctl.xml2
-rw-r--r--man/networkd.conf.xml9
-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml39
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-dissect.xml21
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-firstboot.xml4
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-pstore.service.xml27
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-resolved.service.xml2
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.exec.xml30
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.link.xml8
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml12
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.netdev.xml12
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.network.xml112
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.resource-control.xml9
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.service.xml2
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.special.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/userdbctl.xml4
16 files changed, 162 insertions, 137 deletions
diff --git a/man/networkctl.xml b/man/networkctl.xml
index 466bba47ff..ee204a60c5 100644
--- a/man/networkctl.xml
+++ b/man/networkctl.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
<term>carrier</term>
<listitem>
<para>the link has a carrier, or for bond or bridge master, all bonding or bridge slave
- network interfaces are enslaved to the master.</para>
+ network interfaces are enslaved to the master</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/networkd.conf.xml b/man/networkd.conf.xml
index 78b46ad505..12ddcf4502 100644
--- a/man/networkd.conf.xml
+++ b/man/networkd.conf.xml
@@ -72,10 +72,11 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>RouteTable=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Specifies the route table name. Takes a route name and table number separated with a colon.
- (<literal><replaceable>name</replaceable>:<replaceable>integer</replaceable></literal>. The route table number
- must be an integer in the range 1..4294967295. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string
- is specified, then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the route table name. Takes a route name and table number separated with a
+ colon. (<literal><replaceable>name</replaceable>:<replaceable>integer</replaceable></literal>. The
+ route table number must be an integer in the range 1…4294967295. This setting can be specified
+ multiple times. If an empty string is specified, then all options specified earlier are cleared.
+ Defaults to unset.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index d82f956fa8..e49a12a146 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -2274,13 +2274,38 @@ Jan 12 10:46:45 example.com bluetoothd[8900]: gatt-time-server: Input/output err
<term><option>--timestamp=</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Takes one of <literal>pretty</literal> (the default),
- <literal>us</literal>, <literal>µs</literal>, <literal>utc</literal>.
- Changes the format of printed timestamps.
- <literal>pretty</literal>: <literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS TZ</literal>
- <literal>us</literal> or <literal>µs</literal>: <literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.UUUUUU TZ</literal>
- <literal>utc</literal>: <literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC</literal></para>
- <literal>us+utc</literal> or <literal>µs+utc</literal>: <literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.UUUUUU UTC</literal>
+ <para>Change the format of printed timestamps. The following values may be used:
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>pretty</option> (this is the default)</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS TZ</literal></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>us</option></term>
+ <term><option>µs</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.UUUUUU TZ</literal></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>utc</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC</literal></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>us+utc</option></term>
+ <term><option>µs+utc</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>Day YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.UUUUUU UTC</literal></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-dissect.xml b/man/systemd-dissect.xml
index fd55fd0bfb..caaf68dcae 100644
--- a/man/systemd-dissect.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-dissect.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
<listitem><para>Takes one of <literal>disabled</literal>, <literal>loop</literal>,
<literal>all</literal>, <literal>crypto</literal>. If <literal>disabled</literal> the image is
- accessed with empty block discarding turned off. if <literal>loop</literal> discarding is enabled if
+ accessed with empty block discarding turned off. If <literal>loop</literal> discarding is enabled if
operating on a regular file. If <literal>crypt</literal> discarding is enabled even on encrypted file
systems. If <literal>all</literal> discarding is unconditionally enabled.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -217,15 +217,16 @@
<term><option>--root-hash-sig=</option></term>
<term><option>--verity-data=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Configure various aspects of Verity data integrity for the OS
- image. <option>--root-hash=</option> expects a hex-encoding top-level Verity hash to use for setting
- up the Verity integrity protection. <option>--root-hash-sig=</option> expects the path to a file
- containing a PKCS#7 signature file for the hash. This signature is passed to the kernel during
- activation, which will match it against signature keys available in the kernel
- keyring. <option>--verity-data=</option> expects the path to a file with the Verity data to use for
- the OS image, in case it is stored in a detached file. It is recommended to embed the Verity data
- directly in the image, using the Verity mechanisms in the <ulink
- url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions Specification</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Configure various aspects of Verity data integrity for the OS image. Option
+ <option>--root-hash=</option> specifies a hex-encoded top-level Verity hash to use for setting up the
+ Verity integrity protection. Option <option>--root-hash-sig=</option> specifies the path to a file
+ containing a PKCS#7 signature for the hash. This signature is passed to the kernel during activation,
+ which will match it against signature keys available in the kernel keyring. Option
+ <option>--verity-data=</option> specifies a path to a file with the Verity data to use for the OS
+ image, in case it is stored in a detached file. It is recommended to embed the Verity data directly
+ in the image, using the Verity mechanisms in the <ulink
+ url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions Specification</ulink>.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
diff --git a/man/systemd-firstboot.xml b/man/systemd-firstboot.xml
index a1607abb84..1001924902 100644
--- a/man/systemd-firstboot.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-firstboot.xml
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--copy</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Copy locale, keymap, time zone and root password from
- the host. This is equivalent to specifying
+ <listitem><para>Copy locale, keymap, time zone, root password and shell from the host. This is
+ equivalent to specifying
<option>--copy-locale</option>,
<option>--copy-keymap</option>,
<option>--copy-timezone</option>,
diff --git a/man/systemd-pstore.service.xml b/man/systemd-pstore.service.xml
index 306f1099b0..66ad5572c8 100644
--- a/man/systemd-pstore.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-pstore.service.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
thus preserving the existing information contained in the pstore, and clearing
pstore storage for future error events.</para>
- <para>Linux provides a persistent storage file system, pstore, that can store
- error records when the kernel dies (or reboots or powers-off). These records in
- turn can be referenced to debug kernel problems (currently the kernel stuffs
- the tail of the dmesg, which also contains a stack backtrace, into pstore).</para>
+ <para>Linux provides a persistent storage file system, pstore, that can store error records when the
+ kernel dies (or reboots or powers-off). These records in turn can be referenced to debug kernel problems
+ (currently the kernel stores the tail of the kernel log, which also contains a stack backtrace, into
+ pstore).</para>
<para>The pstore file system supports a variety of backends that map onto persistent
storage, such as the ACPI ERST and UEFI variables. The pstore backends
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
pstore.</para>
<para>The pstore service is independent of the kdump service. In cloud environments
- specifically, host and guest filesystems are on remote filesystems (eg. iSCSI
+ specifically, host and guest filesystems are on remote filesystems (e.g. iSCSI
or NFS), thus kdump relies (implicitly and/or explicitly) upon proper operation
of networking software *and* hardware *and* infrastructure. Thus it may not be
possible to capture a kernel coredump to a file since writes over the network
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
debugging.</para>
<para>The <command>systemd-pstore</command> executable does the actual work. Upon starting,
- the <filename>pstore.conf</filename> file is read and the <filename>/sys/fs/pstore</filename>
+ the <filename>pstore.conf</filename> file is read and the <filename>/sys/fs/pstore/</filename>
directory contents are processed according to the options. Pstore files are written to the
- journal, and optionally saved into <filename>/var/lib/systemd/pstore</filename>.</para>
+ journal, and optionally saved into <filename>/var/lib/systemd/pstore/</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -83,17 +83,14 @@
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
- <title>Controlling kernel parameters</title>
+ <title>Kernel parameters</title>
<para> The kernel has two parameters,
<filename>/sys/module/kernel/parameters/crash_kexec_post_notifiers</filename> and
- <filename>/sys/module/printk/parameters/always_kmsg_dump</filename>,
- that control writes into pstore.
- The crash_kexec_post_notifiers parameter enables the kernel to write
- dmesg (including stack trace) into pstore upon a panic or crash, and
- printk.always_kmsg_dump parameter enables the kernel to write dmesg
- upon a normal shutdown (shutdown, reboot, halt). These kernel
- parameters are managed via the
+ <filename>/sys/module/printk/parameters/always_kmsg_dump</filename>, that control writes into pstore.
+ The first enables storing of the kernel log (including stack trace) into pstore upon a panic or crash,
+ and the second enables storing of the kernel log upon a normal shutdown (shutdown, reboot, halt). These
+ parameters can be managed via the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
mechanism, specifically the file <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles/systemd-pstore.conf</filename>.
</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
index 93ffca6bfa..09caf6b9a7 100644
--- a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
<para>This section provides a short summary of differences in the stub resolver implemented by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-resolve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> together
- with <command>systemd-resolved</command> and the tranditional stub resolver implemented in
+ with <command>systemd-resolved</command> and the traditional stub resolver implemented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-dns</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<itemizedlist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 25b52503ee..203fc0355d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@
<term><varname>ProcSubset=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes one of <literal>all</literal> (the default) and <literal>pid</literal>. If
- the latter all files and directories not directly associated with process management and introspection
- are made invisible in the <filename>/proc/</filename> file system configured for the unit's
- processes. This controls the <literal>subset=</literal> mount option of the <literal>procfs</literal>
- instance for the unit. For further details see <ulink
+ <literal>pid</literal>, all files and directories not directly associated with process management and
+ introspection are made invisible in the <filename>/proc/</filename> file system configured for the
+ unit's processes. This controls the <literal>subset=</literal> mount option of the
+ <literal>procfs</literal> instance for the unit. For further details see <ulink
url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/proc.html#mount-options">The /proc
Filesystem</ulink>. Note that Linux exposes various kernel APIs via <filename>/proc/</filename>,
which are made unavailable with this setting. Since these APIs are used frequently this option is
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ CapabilityBoundingSet=~CAP_B CAP_C</programlisting>
enforcement. For example, time limits specified for <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> will be rounded up
implicitly to multiples of 1s. For <varname>LimitNICE=</varname> the value may be specified in two
syntaxes: if prefixed with <literal>+</literal> or <literal>-</literal>, the value is understood as
- regular Linux nice value in the range -20..19. If not prefixed like this the value is understood as
- raw resource limit parameter in the range 0..40 (with 0 being equivalent to 1).</para>
+ regular Linux nice value in the range -20…19. If not prefixed like this the value is understood as
+ raw resource limit parameter in the range 0…40 (with 0 being equivalent to 1).</para>
<para>Note that most process resource limits configured with these options are per-process, and
processes may fork in order to acquire a new set of resources that are accounted independently of the
@@ -1460,14 +1460,13 @@ BindReadOnlyPaths=/var/lib/systemd</programlisting>
executed processes and mounts private <filename>/tmp/</filename> and <filename>/var/tmp/</filename>
directories inside it that are not shared by processes outside of the namespace. This is useful to
secure access to temporary files of the process, but makes sharing between processes via
- <filename>/tmp/</filename> or <filename>/var/tmp/</filename> impossible. If this is enabled, all
- temporary files created by a service in these directories will be removed after the service is
- stopped. Defaults to false. It is possible to run two or more units within the same private
- <filename>/tmp/</filename> and <filename>/var/tmp/</filename> namespace by using the
- <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname> directive, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
- details. This setting is implied if <varname>DynamicUser=</varname> is set. For this setting the same
- restrictions regarding mount propagation and privileges apply as for
+ <filename>/tmp/</filename> or <filename>/var/tmp/</filename> impossible. If true, all temporary files
+ created by a service in these directories will be removed after the service is stopped. Defaults to
+ false. It is possible to run two or more units within the same private <filename>/tmp/</filename> and
+ <filename>/var/tmp/</filename> namespace by using the <varname>JoinsNamespaceOf=</varname> directive,
+ see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details. This setting is implied if <varname>DynamicUser=</varname> is set. For this setting the
+ same restrictions regarding mount propagation and privileges apply as for
<varname>ReadOnlyPaths=</varname> and related calls, see above. Enabling this setting has the side
effect of adding <varname>Requires=</varname> and <varname>After=</varname> dependencies on all mount
units necessary to access <filename>/tmp/</filename> and <filename>/var/tmp/</filename>. Moreover an
@@ -2779,8 +2778,7 @@ StandardInputData=SWNrIHNpdHplIGRhIHVuJyBlc3NlIEtsb3BzLAp1ZmYgZWVtYWwga2xvcHAncy
<varname>ExecStart=</varname> command line use <literal>${CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY}/mycred</literal>,
e.g. <literal>ExecStart=cat ${CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY}/mycred</literal>.</para>
- <para>Currently, an accumulated credential size limit of 1M bytes per unit is
- enforced.</para>
+ <para>Currently, an accumulated credential size limit of 1 MB per unit is enforced.</para>
<para>If referencing an <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> stream socket to connect to, the connection will
originate from an abstract namespace socket, that includes information about the unit and the
diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml
index 8a57511889..0b7055bf59 100644
--- a/man/systemd.link.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.link.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
<term><varname>TxQueueLength=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specifies the transmit queue length of the device in number of packets. An unsigned integer
- in the range 0..4294967294. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+ in the range 0…4294967294. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -755,15 +755,15 @@
<listitem>
<para>Specifies the maximum size of a Generic Segment Offload (GSO) packet the
device should accept. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
- understood to the base of 1024. An unsigned integer in the range 1—65536.
+ understood to the base of 1024. An unsigned integer in the range 1…65536.
Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>GenericSegmentOffloadMaxSegments=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the maximum number of a Generic Segment Offload (GSO) segments the device should accept.
- An unsigned integer in the range 1—65535. Defaults to unset.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the maximum number of a Generic Segment Offload (GSO) segments the device should
+ accept. An unsigned integer in the range 1…65535. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml b/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml
index 054de92c0b..646dd3e561 100644
--- a/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.net-naming-scheme.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
<title>History</title>
<para>The following "naming schemes" have been defined (which may be chosen at system boot-up time via
- the <varname>net.naming-scheme=</varname> kernel command line switch, see above:</para>
+ the <varname>net.naming-scheme=</varname> kernel command line switch, see above):</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>v247</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>If the PCI slot is associated with PCI bridge and that has multiple child network
- controllers then all of them might derive the same value of <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname>
- property. That could cause naming conflict if the property is selected as a device name. Now, we detect the
- situation, slot - bridge relation, and we don't produce the <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname> property to
- avoid possible naming conflict.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>When a PCI slot is associated with a PCI bridge that has multiple child network
+ controllers, the same value of the <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname> property might be derived
+ for those controllers. This would cause a naming conflict if the property is selected as the device
+ name. Now, we detect this situation and don't produce the <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname>
+ property.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index baa734bcb2..a18d9aba07 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
<term><varname>BroadcastMulticastQueueLength=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specifies the length of the receive queue for broadcast/multicast packets. An unsigned
- integer in the range 0—4294967294. Defaults to unset.</para>
+ integer in the range 0…4294967294. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>VNI=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The VXLAN Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID). Takes a number in the range 1-16777215.</para>
+ <para>The VXLAN Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID). Takes a number in the range 1…16777215.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PeerTunnelId=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the peer tunnel id. Takes a number in the range 1—4294967295. The value used must
+ <para>Specifies the peer tunnel id. Takes a number in the range 1…4294967295. The value used must
match the <literal>TunnelId=</literal> value being used at the peer. This setting is compulsory.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ERSPANIndex=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the ERSPAN index field for the interface, an integer in the range 1-1048575 associated with
+ <para>Specifies the ERSPAN index field for the interface, an integer in the range 1…1048575 associated with
the ERSPAN traffic's source port and direction. This field is mandatory.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@
<para>The <varname>Protocol=</varname> specifies the protocol number of the packets arriving
at the UDP port. When <varname>Encapsulation=FooOverUDP</varname>, this field is mandatory
and is not set by default. Takes an IP protocol name such as <literal>gre</literal> or
- <literal>ipip</literal>, or an integer within the range 1-255. When
+ <literal>ipip</literal>, or an integer within the range 1…255. When
<varname>Encapsulation=GenericUDPEncapsulation</varname>, this must not be specified.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>AdActorSystemPriority=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the 802.3ad actor system priority. Takes a number in the range 1—65535.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the 802.3ad actor system priority. Takes a number in the range 1…65535.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 6d7d7e94a5..8e7b190638 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -212,20 +212,20 @@
<para>Link groups are similar to port ranges found in managed switches.
When network interfaces are added to a numbered group, operations on
all the interfaces from that group can be performed at once. An unsigned
- integer in the range 0—4294967294. Defaults to unset.</para>
+ integer in the range 0…4294967294. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>TransmitQueues=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the devices's number of transmit queues. An integer in the range 1...4096.
+ <para>Specifies the devices's number of transmit queues. An integer in the range 1…4096.
When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ReceiveQueues=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the devices's number of receive queues. An integer in the range 1...4096.
+ <para>Specifies the devices's number of receive queues. An integer in the range 1…4096.
When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -295,21 +295,21 @@
<term><varname>VirtualFunction=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specifies a Virtual Function (VF), lightweight PCIe function designed solely to move data
- in and out. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0..2147483646. This option is compulsory.</para>
+ in and out. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0…2147483646. This option is compulsory.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies VLAN ID of the virtual function. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1..4095.</para>
+ <para>Specifies VLAN ID of the virtual function. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1…4095.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>QualityOfService=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies quality of service of the virtual function. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1..4294967294.</para>
+ <para>Specifies quality of service of the virtual function. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1…4294967294.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -665,8 +665,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format
- described in
+ <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format described in
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
This option may be specified more than once. Each address can optionally take a port number
separated with <literal>:</literal>, a network interface name or index separated with
@@ -674,9 +673,8 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
When IPv6 address is specified with a port number, then the address must be in the square
brackets. That is, the acceptable full formats are
<literal>111.222.333.444:9953%ifname#example.com</literal> for IPv4 and
- <literal>[1111:2222::3333]:9953%ifname#example.com</literal> for IPv6. This setting can be
- specified multiple times. If an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments
- are cleared. This setting is read by
+ <literal>[1111:2222::3333]:9953%ifname#example.com</literal> for IPv6. If an empty string is
+ assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared. This setting is read by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1074,13 +1072,12 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PreferredLifetime=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden.
- Only three settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal>
- which is the default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal> which means
- that the address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used,
- unless explicitly requested. A setting of PreferredLifetime=0 is useful for
- addresses which are added to be used only by a specific application,
- which is then configured to use them explicitly.</para>
+ <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden. Only three
+ settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal>, <literal>infinity</literal>, which is the
+ default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal>, which means that the
+ address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used, unless explicitly requested. A
+ setting of <option>PreferredLifetime=0</option> is useful for addresses which are added to be
+ used only by a specific application, which is then configured to use them explicitly.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1090,7 +1087,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<literal>global</literal> (valid everywhere on the network, even through a gateway),
<literal>link</literal> (only valid on this device, will not traverse a gateway) or
<literal>host</literal> (only valid within the device itself, e.g. 127.0.0.1)
- or an unsigned integer in the range 0—255.
+ or an unsigned integer in the range 0…255.
Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1309,7 +1306,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SuppressPrefixLength=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Takes a number <replaceable>N</replaceable> in the range 0-128 and rejects routing
+ <para>Takes a number <replaceable>N</replaceable> in the range 0…128 and rejects routing
decisions that have a prefix length of <replaceable>N</replaceable> or less. Defaults to
unset.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1882,8 +1879,8 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>When configured, allows to set arbitrary request options in the DHCPv4 request options list and will be
- sent to the DHCPV4 server. A whitespace-separated list of integers in the range 1..254. Defaults to unset.</para>
+ <para>Sets request options to be sent to the server in the DHCPv4 request options list. A
+ whitespace-separated list of integers in the range 1…254. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1893,10 +1890,11 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<para>Send an arbitrary raw option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
and data separated with a colon
(<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
- The option number must be an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
- <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
- <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
- <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
+ The option number must be an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of
+ <literal>uint8</literal>, <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>,
+ <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data
+ string may be escaped using <ulink
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1905,13 +1903,14 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SendVendorOption=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Send an arbitrary vendor option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
- and data separated with a colon
+ <para>Send an arbitrary vendor option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data
+ type and data separated with a colon
(<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
- The option number must be an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
- <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
- <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
- <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
+ The option number must be an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of
+ <literal>uint8</literal>, <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>,
+ <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data
+ string may be escaped using <ulink
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1965,7 +1964,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>When configured, the specified Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) URL will be sent to
- the DHCPV6 server. The syntax and semantics are the same as for <varname>MUDURL=</varname> in the
+ the DHCPv6 server. The syntax and semantics are the same as for <varname>MUDURL=</varname> in the
[DHCPv4] section described above.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1974,8 +1973,8 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>When configured, allows to set arbitrary request options in the DHCPv6 request options list
- that will be sent to the DHCPV6 server. A whitespace-separated list of integers in the range
- 1..254. Defaults to unset.</para>
+ that will be sent to the DHCPv6 server. A whitespace-separated list of integers in the range
+ 1…254. Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2035,7 +2034,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>As in the [DHCPv4] section, however because DHCPv6 uses 16-bit fields to store
- option numbers, the option number is an integer in the range 1..65536.</para>
+ option numbers, the option number is an integer in the range 1…65536.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2306,7 +2305,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
servers set. The "uplink" interface is determined by the default route of the system with the highest
priority. Note that this information is acquired at the time the lease is handed out, and does not
take uplink interfaces into account that acquire DNS server information at a later point. If no
- suitable uplinkg interface is found the DNS server data from <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> is
+ suitable uplink interface is found the DNS server data from <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> is
used. Also, note that the leases are not refreshed if the uplink network configuration changes. To
ensure clients regularly acquire the most current uplink DNS server information, it is thus advisable
to shorten the DHCP lease time via <varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname> described
@@ -2360,7 +2359,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<listitem>
<para>Send a raw option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
- The option number is an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
+ The option number is an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
<literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, <literal>ipv6address</literal>, or
<literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
<ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
@@ -2374,7 +2373,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<listitem>
<para>Send a vendor option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
- The option number is an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
+ The option number is an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
<literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
<literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
<ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
@@ -2699,7 +2698,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>VNI=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The VXLAN Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID) to use to connect to
- the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. Takes a number in the range 1-16777215.
+ the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. Takes a number in the range 1…16777215.
Defaults to unset.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2767,7 +2766,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<term><varname>BitRate=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>The bitrate of CAN device in bits per second. The usual SI prefixes (K, M) with the base of 1000 can
- be used here. Takes a number in the range 1..4294967295.</para>
+ be used here. Takes a number in the range 1…4294967295.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -3003,8 +3002,9 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
- dropped. An unsigned integer in the range 1–4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
+ incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range 1…4294967294. Defaults to unset and
+ kernel's default is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -3022,8 +3022,9 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
- dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
+ incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and
+ kernel's default is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -3101,10 +3102,10 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the hard limit on the FIFO size in number of packets. The size limit (a buffer
- size) to prevent it from overflowing in case it is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it
- receives them. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the
- range 0–4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the hard limit on the number of packets in the FIFO queue. The size limit prevents
+ overflow in case the kernel is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this
+ limit is reached, incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range
+ 0–4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -3294,7 +3295,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
separated list of numbers. The first number indicates which band the packets with priority 0 should
be put to, the second is for priority 1, and so on. There can be up to 16 numbers in the list. If
there are fewer, the default band that traffic with one of the unmentioned priorities goes to is
- the last one. Each band number must be in the range 0..255. This setting can be specified multiple
+ the last one. Each band number must be in the range 0…255. This setting can be specified multiple
times. If an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -3313,7 +3314,8 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>VirtualQueues=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the number of virtual queues. Takes a integer in the range 1-16. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the number of virtual queues. Takes a integer in the range 1…16. Defaults to unset
+ and kernel's default is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -3674,7 +3676,7 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Weight=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the weight of the class. Takes an integer in the range 1..1023. Defaults to
+ <para>Specifies the weight of the class. Takes an integer in the range 1…1023. Defaults to
unset in which case the kernel default is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -3682,9 +3684,9 @@ IPv6Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>MaxPacketBytes=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Specifies the maximum packet size in bytes for the class. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
- size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. When unset,
- the kernel default is used.</para>
+ <para>Specifies the maximum packet size in bytes for the class. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
+ specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of
+ 1024. When unset, the kernel default is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.resource-control.xml b/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
index 6c513ed57e..ea979ee283 100644
--- a/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
@@ -905,10 +905,11 @@ DeviceAllow=/dev/loop-control
<listitem>
<para>Overrides the default memory pressure limit set by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for this unit
- (cgroup). Takes a percentage value between 0% and 100%, inclusive. This property is ignored unless
- <varname>ManagedOOMMemoryPressure=</varname><option>kill</option>. Defaults to 0%, which means use the
- default set by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ this unit (cgroup). Takes a percentage value between 0% and 100%, inclusive. This property is
+ ignored unless <varname>ManagedOOMMemoryPressure=</varname><option>kill</option>. Defaults to 0%,
+ which means to use the default set by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 5da6d132ee..25cca3d8d6 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
abnormally by a signal, or hit a timeout.</para>
<table>
- <title>Exit causes and the effect of the <varname>Restart=</varname> settings on them</title>
+ <title>Exit causes and the effect of the <varname>Restart=</varname> settings</title>
<tgroup cols='2'>
<colspec colname='path' />
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml
index ce1e8655f5..948380b9b5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.special.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.special.xml
@@ -1281,9 +1281,9 @@
<para>The XDG specification defines a way to autostart applications using XDG desktop files.
systemd ships
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for the XDG desktop files in autostart directories.
- Desktop Environments can opt-in to use this service by adding a <varname>Wants=</varname>
- dependency on <literal>xdg-desktop-autostart.target</literal>.</para>
+ for the XDG desktop files in autostart directories. Desktop Environments can opt-in to use this
+ service by adding a <varname>Wants=</varname> dependency on
+ <filename>xdg-desktop-autostart.target</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/man/userdbctl.xml b/man/userdbctl.xml
index 0c2dd73bb9..6fbd26788f 100644
--- a/man/userdbctl.xml
+++ b/man/userdbctl.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
<para><command>userdbctl</command> may be used to inspect user and groups (as well as group memberships)
of the system. This client utility inquires user/group information provided by various system services,
both operating on JSON user/group records (as defined by the <ulink
- url="https://systemd.io/USER_RECORD">JSON User Record</ulink> and <ulink
- url="https://systemd.io/GROUP_RECORD">JSON Group Record</ulink> definitions), and classic UNIX NSS/glibc
+ url="https://systemd.io/USER_RECORD">JSON User Records</ulink> and <ulink
+ url="https://systemd.io/GROUP_RECORD">JSON Group Records</ulink> definitions), and classic UNIX NSS/glibc
user and group records. This tool is primarily a client to the <ulink
url="https://systemd.io/USER_GROUP_API">User/Group Record Lookup API via Varlink</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>