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<title>systemd.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
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- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
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<term><varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures the time to wait for stop. If a
- service is asked to stop, but does not terminate in the
- specified time, it will be terminated forcibly via
- <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, and after another timeout of
- equal duration with <constant>SIGKILL</constant> (see
- <varname>KillMode=</varname> in
+ <listitem><para>This option serves two purposes. First, it configures the time to wait for each
+ <constant>ExecStop=</constant> command. If any of them times out, subsequent <constant>ExecStop=</constant> commands
+ are skipped and the service will be terminated by <constant>SIGTERM</constant>. If no <constant>ExecStop=</constant>
+ commands are specified, the service gets the <constant>SIGTERM</constant> immediately. Second, it configures the time
+ to wait for the service itself to stop. If it doesn't terminate in the specified time, it will be forcibly terminated
+ by <constant>SIGKILL</constant> (see <varname>KillMode=</varname> in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a time span value such
as "5min 20s". Pass <literal>infinity</literal> to disable the