NAME¶

systemd.directives - Index of configuration directives

UNIT DIRECTIVES¶

Directives for configuring units, used in unit files. Accept= After= Alias= AllowIsolate= Also= Backlog= Before= BindIPv6Only= BindToDevice= BindsTo= BlockIOReadBandwidth= BlockIOWeight= BlockIOWriteBandwidth= Broadcast= BusName= CPUAffinity= CPUSchedulingPolicy= CPUSchedulingPriority= CPUSchedulingResetOnFork= CPUShares= Capabilities= CapabilityBoundingSet= ConditionACPower= ConditionCapability= ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty= ConditionFileIsExecutable= ConditionFileNotEmpty= ConditionHost= ConditionKernelCommandLine= ConditionNull= ConditionPathExists= ConditionPathExistsGlob= ConditionPathIsDirectory= ConditionPathIsMountPoint= ConditionPathIsReadWrite= ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink= ConditionSecurity= ConditionVirtualization= Conflicts= ControlGroup= ControlGroupAttribute= ControlGroupModify= ControlGroupPersistent= DefaultDependencies= Description= DeviceAllow= DeviceDeny= DirectoryMode= DirectoryNotEmpty= Documentation= Environment= EnvironmentFile= ExecReload= ExecStart= ExecStartPost= ExecStartPre= ExecStop= ExecStopPost= ExecStopPre= FreeBind= FsckPassNo= Group= GuessMainPID= IOSchedulingClass= IOSchedulingPriority= IPTOS= IPTTL= IgnoreOnIsolate= IgnoreOnSnapshot= IgnoreSIGPIPE= InaccessibleDirectories= JobTimeoutSec= KeepAlive= KillMode= KillSignal= LimitAS= LimitCORE= LimitCPU= LimitDATA= LimitFSIZE= LimitLOCKS= LimitMEMLOCK= LimitMSGQUEUE= LimitNICE= LimitNOFILE= LimitNPROC= LimitRSS= LimitRTPRIO= LimitRTTIME= LimitSIGPENDING= LimitSTACK= ListenDatagram= ListenFIFO= ListenMessageQueue= ListenNetlink= ListenSequentialPacket= ListenSpecial= ListenStream= MakeDirectory= Mark= MaxConnections= MemoryLimit= MemorySoftLimit= MessageQueueMaxMessages= MessageQueueMessageSize= MountFlags= Nice= NoNewPrivileges= NonBlocking= NotifyAccess= OOMScoreAdjust= OnActiveSec= OnBootSec= OnCalendar= OnFailure= OnFailureIsolate= OnStartupSec= OnUnitActiveSec= OnUnitInactiveSec= Options= PAMName= PIDFile= PartOf= PassCredentials= PassSecurity= PathChanged= PathExists= PathExistsGlob= PathModified= PermissionsStartOnly= PipeSize= Priority= PrivateNetwork= PrivateTmp= PropagatesReloadTo= ReadOnlyDirectories= ReadWriteDirectories= ReceiveBuffer= RefuseManualStart= RefuseManualStop= ReloadPropagatedFrom= RemainAfterExit= RequiredBy= Requires= RequiresMountsFor= RequiresOverridable= Requisite= RequisiteOverridable= Restart= RestartPreventExitStatus= RestartSec= RootDirectory= RootDirectoryStartOnly= SecureBits= SendBuffer= SendSIGKILL= Service= SmackLabel= SmackLabelIPIn= SmackLabelIPOut= SocketMode= Sockets= SourcePath= StandardError= StandardInput= StandardOutput= StartLimitAction= StartLimitBurst= StartLimitInterval= StopWhenUnneeded= SuccessExitStatus= SupplementaryGroups= SysVStartPriority= SyslogFacility= SyslogIdentifier= SyslogLevel= SyslogLevelPrefix= SystemCallFilter= TCPCongestion= TCPWrapName= TTYPath= TTYReset= TTYVHangup= TTYVTDisallocate= TimeoutSec= TimeoutStartSec= TimeoutStopSec= TimerSlackNSec= Transparent= Type= UMask= Unit= User= UtmpIdentifier= WantedBy= Wants= WatchdogSec= What= Where= WorkingDirectory=

OPTIONS ON THE KERNEL COMMAND LINE¶

Kernel boot options for configuring the behaviour of the systemd process. 1 2 3 4 5 S emergency fsck.mode= fstab= locale.LANG= locale.LANGUAGE= locale.LC_ADDRESS= locale.LC_COLLATE= locale.LC_CTYPE= locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION= locale.LC_MEASUREMENT= locale.LC_MESSAGES= locale.LC_MONETARY= locale.LC_NAME= locale.LC_NUMERIC= locale.LC_PAPER= locale.LC_TELEPHONE= locale.LC_TIME= luks.crypttab= luks.key= luks.uuid= luks= modules-load= net.ifnames= plymouth.enable= quiet quotacheck.mode= rd.fstab= rd.luks.crypttab= rd.luks.key= rd.luks.uuid= rd.luks= rd.modules-load= rd.systemd.unit= rd.udev.children-max= rd.udev.exec-delay= rd.udev.log-priority= s single systemd.confirm_spawn= systemd.crash_chvt= systemd.crash_shell= systemd.default_standard_error= systemd.default_standard_output= systemd.dump_core= systemd.journald.forward_to_console= systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg= systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog= systemd.log_color= systemd.log_level= systemd.log_location= systemd.log_target= systemd.setenv= systemd.show_status= systemd.unit= udev.children-max= udev.exec-delay= udev.log-priority= vconsole.font.map= vconsole.font.unimap= vconsole.font= vconsole.keymap.toggle= vconsole.keymap=

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

Environment variables understood by the systemd manager and other programs. $LISTEN_FDS $LISTEN_PID $NOTIFY_SOCKET $PREVLEVEL $RUNLEVEL $SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR $SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL $SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION $SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET $SYSTEMD_PAGER $SYSTEMD_SYSVINIT_PATH $SYSTEMD_SYSVRCND_PATH $SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH $UDEV_LOG= $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS $XDG_CONFIG_HOME $XDG_DATA_DIRS $XDG_DATA_HOME $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR $XDG_SESSION_ID

UDEV DIRECTIVES¶

Directives for configuring systemd units through the udev database. $attr{file} $devnode $devpath $driver $env{key} $id $kernel $links $major $minor $name $number $parent $result $root $sys %E{key} %M %N %P %S %b %c %k %m %n %p %r %s{file} ACTION ATTRS{filename} ATTR{filename} DEVPATH DRIVER DRIVERS ENV{key} GOTO GROUP ID_MODEL= ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE= IMPORT{type} KERNEL KERNELS LABEL MODE NAME OPTIONS OWNER PROGRAM RESULT RUN{type} SUBSYSTEM SUBSYSTEMS SYMLINK SYSTEMD_ALIAS= SYSTEMD_READY= SYSTEMD_WANTS= TAG TAGS TEST{octal mode mask} WAIT_FOR event_timeout= link_priority= nowatch static_node= string_escape= watch

JOURNAL FIELDS¶

Fields in the journal events with a well known meaning. CODE_FILE= CODE_FUNC= CODE_LINE= COREDUMP_UNIT= COREDUMP_USER_UNIT= ERRNO= MESSAGE= MESSAGE_ID= PRIORITY= SYSLOG_FACILITY= SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER= SYSLOG_PID= _AUDIT_LOGINUID= _AUDIT_SESSION= _BOOT_ID= _CMDLINE= _COMM= _EXE= _GID= _HOSTNAME= _KERNEL_DEVICE= _KERNEL_SUBSYSTEM= _MACHINE_ID= _PID= _SELINUX_CONTEXT= _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP= _SYSTEMD_CGROUP= _SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID= _SYSTEMD_SESSION= _SYSTEMD_UNIT= _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= _TRANSPORT= _UDEV_DEVLINK= _UDEV_DEVNODE= _UDEV_SYSNAME= _UID= __CURSOR= __MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP= __REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=

PAM CONFIGURATION DIRECTIVES¶

Directives for configuring PAM behaviour. class= controllers= debug= kill-exclude-users= kill-only-users= kill-session-processes= reset-controllers=

CRYPTTAB OPTIONS¶

Options which influence mounted filesystems and encrypted volumes. allow-discards cipher= hash= keyfile-offset= keyfile-size= luks noauto nofail plain read-only readonly size= swap timeout= tmp tries= verify

SYSTEM MANAGER DIRECTIVES¶

Directives for configuring the behaviour of the systemd process. CPUAffinity= CapabilityBoundingSet= CrashChVT= CrashShell= DefaultControllers= DefaultLimitAS= DefaultLimitCORE= DefaultLimitCPU= DefaultLimitDATA= DefaultLimitFSIZE= DefaultLimitLOCKS= DefaultLimitMEMLOCK= DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE= DefaultLimitNICE= DefaultLimitNOFILE= DefaultLimitNPROC= DefaultLimitRSS= DefaultLimitRTPRIO= DefaultLimitRTTIME= DefaultLimitSIGPENDING= DefaultLimitSTACK= DefaultStandardError= DefaultStandardOutput= DumpCore= HibernateMode= HibernateState= HybridSleepMode= HybridSleepState= JoinControllers= LogColor= LogLevel= LogLocation= LogTarget= RuntimeWatchdogSec= ShowStatus= ShutdownWatchdogSec= SuspendMode= SuspendState= TimerSlackNSec=

BOOTCHART.CONF DIRECTIVES¶

Directives for configuring the behaviour of the systemd-bootchart process. Filter= Frequency= Init= Output= PlotEntropyGraph= PlotMemoryUsage= Relative= Samples= ScaleX= ScaleY=

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS¶

Command-line options accepted by programs in the systemd suite. --accept --accept-cached --action= --adjust-system-clock --after --all --attr-match= --attr-nomatch= --attribute-walk --batch --before --bind-ro= --bind= --boot --booted --capability= --catalog --children-max= --clean --cleanup-db --cmdline --confirm-spawn --console --container --controllers= --crash-shell --create --cursor= --daemon --debug --default-standard-error= --default-standard-output= --delay= --depth= --device-id-of-file= --diff= --directory= --disk-usage --dry-run --dump-catalog --dump-configuration-items --dump-core --entropy --environment= --exec-delay= --exit --exit-if-exists= --export --export-db --export-prefix= --fail --failed --field= --file-size-max= --follow --force --freq --from-pattern= --full --fuzz= --global --halt --header --help --host --icon= --identifier= --ignore-dependencies --ignore-inhibitors --init --interval= --introspect= --irreversible --iterations= --kernel --kill-who= --level-prefix= --lines= --link-journal= --list --list-catalog --listen= --log-color= --log-level= --log-location= --log-priority= --log-target= --machine= --max-files= --merge --mode= --multiple --name= --new-id128 --no-ask-password --no-block --no-convert --no-filter --no-legend --no-pager --no-reload --no-tail --no-tty --no-wall --no-wtmp --order --output --output= --pager-end --parent-match= --path= --pid= --plain --plymouth --poweroff --prefix= --pretty --priority= --private-network --privileged --property --property-match= --property= --pss --query --query= --quiet --read-only --readahead= --ready --reboot --rel --reload --remove --require --resolve-names= --reverse --root --root= --runtime --sample --scale-x --scale-y --seq-end= --seq-start= --setup-keys --show-status= --show-types --signal= --since= --start-exec-queue --static --status= --stop-exec-queue --subsystem-match= --subsystem-nomatch= --subsystem= --sysname-match= --system --tag-match= --test --test= --this-boot --timeout= --to-pattern= --transient --type= --udev --unit= --until= --update --update-catalog --user --user-unit= --user= --uuid= --verbose --verify --verify-key= --version --vm --wall --watch --what= --who= --why= --wtmp-only -C -D -E -F -H -M -P -a -b -c -d -e -f -h -i -j -k -l -m -n -o -p -q -r -s -t -u -v -w -x -y hibernate hybrid-sleep suspend

MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS AND DIRECTIVES¶

Other configuration elements which don't fit in any of the above groups. ANSI_COLOR= BUG_REPORT_URL= BUILD_ID= CHASSIS= CPE_NAME= Compress= Controllers= D F ForwardToConsole= ForwardToKMsg= ForwardToSyslog= HOME_URL= HandleHibernateKey= HandleLidSwitch= HandlePowerKey= HandleSuspendKey= HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited= ICON_NAME= ID= ID_LIKE= IdleAction= IdleActionSec= InhibitDelayMaxSec= KillExcludeUsers= KillOnlyUsers= KillUserProcesses= L LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited= MaxFileSec= MaxLevelConsole= MaxLevelKMsg= MaxLevelStore= MaxLevelSyslog= MaxRetentionSec= NAME= NAutoVTs= PRETTY_HOSTNAME= PRETTY_NAME= PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited= R RateLimitBurst= RateLimitInterval= ReserveVT= ResetControllers= RuntimeKeepFree= RuntimeMaxFileSize= RuntimeMaxUse= SUPPORT_URL= Seal= SplitMode= Storage= SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited= SyncIntervalSec= SystemKeepFree= SystemMaxFileSize= SystemMaxUse= TTYPath= VERSION= VERSION_ID= X Z b c d equivalent f h m masked min ms overridden p r redirected s udev_log unchanged us w x z

FILES AND DIRECTORIES¶

Paths and file names referred to in the documentation. / /.readahead /bin/ls /bin/sh /boot /boot/loader/entries/ MACHINE-ID-KERNEL-VERSION.conf /dev /dev/console /dev/hw_random /dev/initctl /dev/mapper/ /dev/null /dev/random /dev/urandom /dev/watchdog /etc/ /etc/adjtime /etc/binfmt.d/ /etc/binfmt.d/*.conf /etc/crypttab /etc/fstab /etc/hostname /etc/kernel/cmdline /etc/kernel/install.d/ /etc/kernel/install.d/*.install /etc/locale.conf /etc/localtime /etc/machine-id /etc/machine-info /etc/modules-load.d/ program.conf /etc/modules-load.d/*.conf /etc/os-release /etc/sysctl.d/ /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf /etc/systemd/bootchart.conf /etc/systemd/journald.conf /etc/systemd/logind.conf /etc/systemd/sleep.conf /etc/systemd/system/ /etc/systemd/system-preset/ /etc/systemd/system-preset/*.preset /etc/systemd/system-preset/00-lennart.preset /etc/systemd/system.conf /etc/systemd/user/ /etc/systemd/user-preset/*.preset /etc/systemd/user.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d/ /etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf /etc/udev/rules.d /etc/udev/udev.conf /home/lennart /lib /lib/udev/hwdb.bin /proc /proc/cmdline /proc/self/fd /proc/self/mountinfo /proc/self/sessionid /proc/sys /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only /run/ /run/binfmt.d/*.conf /run/log /run/log/journal /run/modules-load.d/*.conf /run/nologin /run/sysctl.d/*.conf /run/systemd/generator /run/systemd/generator.early /run/systemd/generator.late /run/systemd/journal/syslog /run/systemd/notify /run/systemd/private /run/systemd/readahead/ /run/systemd/shutdownd /run/systemd/system/ /run/systemd/system-preset/*.preset /run/systemd/systemd /run/systemd/user/ /run/systemd/user-preset/*.preset /run/tmpfiles.d/*.conf /run/udev/rules.d /run/user/$USER /sbin/init /sys /sys/fs/cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/ /sys/fs/selinux /sys/power/disk /sys/power/state /sysroot /sysroot/etc/fstab /system /system-update /tmp /tmp/systemd-generator. XXXXXX /tmp/systemd-generator.early. XXXXXX /tmp/systemd-generator.late. XXXXXX /user/$USER /user/$USER/$XDG_SESSION_ID /usr /usr/lib/ /usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/ /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install /usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/lib/systemd/system /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-getty-generator /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-system-update-generator /usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/*.preset /usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/50-gnome.preset /usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/99-default.preset /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-binfmt /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-fsck /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-initctl /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-localed /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-quotacheck /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-random-seed /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-readahead/systemd-readahead /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-remount-fs /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdownd /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sleep /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-update-utmp /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-user-sessions /usr/lib/systemd/user/ /usr/lib/systemd/user-preset/*.preset /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf /usr/lib/udev/rules.d /usr/local/lib/systemd/system /usr/local/lib/systemd/user /usr/share/zoneinfo/ /var /var/lib/dbus/machine-id /var/lib/random-seed /var/log/journal /var/run/foobar.pid /var/run/utmp /var/tmp automount.automount basic.target bluetooth.target cryptsetup.target ctrl-alt-del.target dbus.service dbus.socket default.target device.device display-manager.service emergency.target exit.target final.target getty.target graphical.target halt halt.target hibernate.target hostnamectl hybrid-sleep.target init initrd-fs.target initrd-root-fs.target journalctl kbrequest.target kernel-install kexec.target local-fs-pre.target local-fs.target localectl loginctl mount.mount multi-user.target network-online.target network.target nss-lookup.target nss-user-lookup.target pam_systemd.so path.path paths.target pkg-config poweroff poweroff.target printer.target reboot reboot.target remote-fs-pre.target remote-fs.target rescue.target rpcbind.target runlevel runlevel2.target runlevel3.target runlevel4.target runlevel5.target service.service shutdown shutdown.target sigpwr.target sleep.target smartcard.target snapshot.snapshot socket.socket sockets.target sound.target suspend.target swap.swap swap.target sysinit.target syslog.socket syslog.target system-update.target systemctl systemd systemd-analyze systemd-ask-password systemd-ask-password-console.path systemd-ask-password-console.service systemd-ask-password-wall.path systemd-ask-password-wall.service systemd-binfmt.service systemd-cat systemd-cgls systemd-cgtop systemd-cryptsetup@.service systemd-delta systemd-detect-virt systemd-fsck-root.service systemd-fsck@.service systemd-halt.service systemd-hibernate.service systemd-hostnamed.service systemd-hybrid-sleep.service systemd-inhibit systemd-initctl.service systemd-initctl.socket systemd-journald.service systemd-journald.socket systemd-kexec.service systemd-localed.service systemd-logind.service systemd-machine-id-setup systemd-modules-load.service systemd-notify systemd-nspawn systemd-poweroff.service systemd-quotacheck.service systemd-random-seed-load.service systemd-random-seed-save.service systemd-readahead-collect.service systemd-readahead-done.service systemd-readahead-done.timer systemd-readahead-replay.service systemd-reboot.service systemd-remount-fs.service systemd-shutdownd.service systemd-shutdownd.socket systemd-suspend.service systemd-sysctl.service systemd-timedated.service systemd-tmpfiles systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service systemd-tty-ask-password-agent systemd-udevd-control.socket systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service systemd-update-utmp-shutdown.service systemd-user-sessions.service target.target telinit time-sync.target timedatectl timer.timer timers.target udevadm umount.target

COLOPHON¶

This index contains 1067 entries in 12 sections, referring to 101 individual manual pages.