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<refentry id="systemd">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd</refname>
<refpurpose>systemd System and Session Manager</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">options</arg></command>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>init <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">options</arg></command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>systemd is a system and session manager for
Linux operating systems. When run as first process on
boot (as PID 1) it may act as init system that brings
up and maintains userspace.</para>
<para>For compatibility with SysV if systemd is called
as <command>init</command> and a PID that is not
1 it will execute <command>telinit</command> and pass
all command line arguments unmodified. That means
<command>init</command> and <command>telinit</command>
are mostly equivalent when invoked from normal login sessions. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>telinit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option> | <option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--unit=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Set default unit to
activate on startup. If not specified
defaults to
<filename>default.target</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--running-as=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Tell systemd to run in
a particular mode. Argument is one of
<option>system</option>,
<option>session</option>. Normally it
should not be necessary to pass this
option, as systemd automatically
detects the mode it is started
in. This call is hence of little use
except for
debugging.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--test</option></term>
<listitem><para>Determine startup
sequence, dump it and exit. This is an
option useful for debugging
only.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dump-configuration-items</option></term>
<listitem><para>Dump understood unit
configuration items. This outputs a
terse list of configuration items
understood in unit definition
files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--confirm-spawn</option></term>
<listitem><para>Ask for confirmation when spawning processes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--introspect=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Extract D-Bus
interface introspection data. This is
mostly useful at build ot install time
to generate data suitable for the
D-Bus interfaces
repository. Optionally the interface
name for the introspection data may be
specified. If omitted the
introspection data for all interfaces
is dumped.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--log-level=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Set log level. As
argument this accepts a numerical log
level or the well-known <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
symbolic names (lowercase):
<option>emerg</option>,
<option>alert</option>,
<option>crit</option>,
<option>err</option>,
<option>warning</option>,
<option>notice</option>,
<option>info</option>,
<option>debug</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--log-target=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Set log
target. Argument must be one of
<option>console</option>,
<option>syslog</option>,
<option>kmsg</option>,
<option>syslog-or-kmsg</option>,
<option>null</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--log-color=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Highlight important
log messages. Argument is a boolean
value. If the argument is omitted it
defaults to
<option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--log-location=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Include code location
in log messages. This is mostly
relevant for debugging
purposes. Argument is a boolean
value. If the argument is omitted
it defaults to
<option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Sockets and FIFOs</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>@/org/freedesktop/systemd1/notify</filename></term>
<listitem><para>Daemon status
notification socket. This is an AF_UNIX
datagram socket in the Linux abstract
namespace, and is used to implement
the daemon notification logic as
implemented by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>@/org/freedesktop/systemd1/logger</filename></term>
<listitem><para>Used internally by the
<filename>systemd-logger.service</filename>
unit to connect STDOUT and/or STDERR
of spawned processes to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
or the kernel log buffer. This is an
AF_UNIX stream socket in the Linux
abstract namespace.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>@/org/freedesktop/systemd1/private</filename></term>
<listitem><para>Used internally as
communication channel between
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and the systemd process. This is an
AF_UNIX stream socket in the Linux
abstract namespace. This interface is
private to systemd and should not be
used in external
projects.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/dev/initctl</filename></term>
<listitem><para>Limited compatibility
support for the SysV client interface,
as implemented by the
<filename>systemd-initctl.service</filename>
unit. This is a named pipe in the file
system. This interface is obsolete and
should not be used in new
applications.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>