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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2022-07-15 08:50:28 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-07-15 08:50:28 +0200 |
| commit | 5eab88a569c1bb5f79093f38e872e588d64a2b26 (patch) | |
| tree | 30ca70b11fe90a6aecbf1d197246307e7b2107d3 /man | |
| parent | 08894b568f03fc06bb961c6c731be0c877ff7786 (diff) | |
| parent | 2a8e474d959e0ecc17726367d3c9024d0aa19670 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-5eab88a569c1bb5f79093f38e872e588d64a2b26.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #24005 from poettering/smbios-creds
pid1: import credentials also from SMBIOS data
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.exec.xml | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml index 3d7ec1e202..055858ef04 100644 --- a/man/systemd.exec.xml +++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml @@ -3125,12 +3125,20 @@ StandardInputData=V2XigLJyZSBubyBzdHJhbmdlcnMgdG8gbG92ZQpZb3Uga25vdyB0aGUgcnVsZX <para>The service manager itself may receive system credentials that can be propagated to services from a hosting container manager or VM hypervisor. See the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/CONTAINER_INTERFACE">Container Interface</ulink> documentation for details - about the former. For the latter, use the <command>qemu</command> <literal>fw_cfg</literal> node + about the former. For the latter, pass <ulink + url="https://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios">DMI/SMBIOS</ulink> OEM string table entries (field type + 11) with a prefix of <literal>io.systemd.credential:</literal> or + <literal>io.systemd.credential.binary:</literal>. In both cases a key/value pair separated by + <literal>=</literal> is expected, in the latter case the right-hand side is Base64 decoded when + parsed (thus permitting binary data to be passed in). Example qemu switch: <literal>-smbios + type=11,value=io.systemd.credential:xx=yy</literal>, or <literal>-smbios + type=11,value=io.systemd.credential.binary:rick=TmV2ZXIgR29ubmEgR2l2ZSBZb3UgVXA=</literal>. Alternatively, + use the <command>qemu</command> <literal>fw_cfg</literal> node <literal>opt/io.systemd.credentials/</literal>. Example qemu switch: <literal>-fw_cfg name=opt/io.systemd.credentials/mycred,string=supersecret</literal>. They may also be specified on the kernel command line using the <literal>systemd.set_credential=</literal> switch (see - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>) - and from the UEFI firmware environment via + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>) and from + the UEFI firmware environment via <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-stub</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> <para>If referencing an <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> stream socket to connect to, the connection will diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml index e526a1caea..30484e09a9 100644 --- a/man/systemd.xml +++ b/man/systemd.xml @@ -965,7 +965,8 @@ <term><varname>systemd.import_credentials=</varname></term> <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If false disables importing credentials from the kernel - command line, qemu_fw_cfg subsystem or the kernel command line.</para></listitem> + command line, the DMI/SMBIOS OEM string table, the qemu_fw_cfg subsystem or the EFI kernel + stub.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |