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13 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
14 <refentryinfo>
15 <title>systemd-system.conf</title>
16 <productname>systemd</productname>
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17 </refentryinfo>
18
19 <refmeta>
20 <refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle>
21 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
22 </refmeta>
23
24 <refnamediv>
25 <refname>systemd-system.conf</refname>
26 <refname>system.conf.d</refname>
27 <refname>systemd-user.conf</refname>
28 <refname>user.conf.d</refname>
29 <refpurpose>System and session service manager configuration files</refpurpose>
30 </refnamediv>
31
32 <refsynopsisdiv>
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33 <para><filename>/etc/systemd/system.conf</filename>,
34 <filename>/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/*.conf</filename>,
35 <filename>/run/systemd/system.conf.d/*.conf</filename>,
36 <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
37 <para><filename>/etc/systemd/user.conf</filename>,
38 <filename>/etc/systemd/user.conf.d/*.conf</filename>,
39 <filename>/run/systemd/user.conf.d/*.conf</filename>,
40 <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
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41 </refsynopsisdiv>
42
43 <refsect1>
44 <title>Description</title>
45
46 <para>When run as a system instance, systemd interprets the
47 configuration file <filename>system.conf</filename> and the files
48 in <filename>system.conf.d</filename> directories; when run as a
49 user instance, systemd interprets the configuration file
50 <filename>user.conf</filename> and the files in
51 <filename>user.conf.d</filename> directories. These configuration
52 files contain a few settings controlling basic manager
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53 operations. See
54 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
55 for a general description of the syntax.</para>
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56 </refsect1>
57
e93549ef 58 <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
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59
60 <refsect1>
61 <title>Options</title>
62
63 <para>All options are configured in the
64 <literal>[Manager]</literal> section:</para>
65
66 <variablelist class='systemd-directives'>
67
68 <varlistentry>
69 <term><varname>LogLevel=</varname></term>
70 <term><varname>LogTarget=</varname></term>
71 <term><varname>LogColor=</varname></term>
72 <term><varname>LogLocation=</varname></term>
73 <term><varname>DumpCore=yes</varname></term>
b9e74c39 74 <term><varname>CrashChangeVT=no</varname></term>
798d3a52 75 <term><varname>CrashShell=no</varname></term>
b9e74c39 76 <term><varname>CrashReboot=no</varname></term>
798d3a52 77 <term><varname>ShowStatus=yes</varname></term>
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78 <term><varname>DefaultStandardOutput=journal</varname></term>
79 <term><varname>DefaultStandardError=inherit</varname></term>
80
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81 <listitem><para>Configures various parameters of basic manager operation. These options may be overridden by
82 the respective process and kernel command line arguments. See
83 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
84 details.</para></listitem>
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85 </varlistentry>
86
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87 <varlistentry>
88 <term><varname>CtrlAltDelBurstAction=</varname></term>
89
90 <listitem><para>Defines what action will be performed
2dd67817 91 if user presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete more than 7 times in 2s.
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92 Can be set to <literal>reboot-force</literal>, <literal>poweroff-force</literal>,
93 <literal>reboot-immediate</literal>, <literal>poweroff-immediate</literal>
94 or disabled with <literal>none</literal>. Defaults to
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95 <literal>reboot-force</literal>.
96 </para></listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98
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99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>
101
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102 <listitem><para>Configures the CPU affinity for the service manager as well as the default CPU affinity for all
103 forked off processes. Takes a list of CPU indices or ranges separated by either whitespace or commas. CPU
104 ranges are specified by the lower and upper CPU indices separated by a dash. Individual services may override
105 the CPU affinity for their processes with the <varname>CPUAffinity=</varname> setting in unit files, see
106 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
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107 </varlistentry>
108
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109 <varlistentry>
110 <term><varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname></term>
111 <term><varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname></term>
112
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113 <listitem><para>Configure the hardware watchdog at runtime and at reboot. Takes a timeout value in seconds (or
114 in other time units if suffixed with <literal>ms</literal>, <literal>min</literal>, <literal>h</literal>,
115 <literal>d</literal>, <literal>w</literal>). If <varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname> is set to a non-zero
116 value, the watchdog hardware (<filename>/dev/watchdog</filename> or the path specified with
117 <varname>WatchdogDevice=</varname> or the kernel option <varname>systemd.watchdog-device=</varname>) will be
118 programmed to automatically reboot the system if it is not contacted within the specified timeout interval. The
119 system manager will ensure to contact it at least once in half the specified timeout interval. This feature
120 requires a hardware watchdog device to be present, as it is commonly the case in embedded and server
121 systems. Not all hardware watchdogs allow configuration of all possible reboot timeout values, in which case
122 the closest available timeout is picked. <varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname> may be used to configure the
123 hardware watchdog when the system is asked to reboot. It works as a safety net to ensure that the reboot takes
124 place even if a clean reboot attempt times out. Note that the <varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname> timeout
125 applies only to the second phase of the reboot, i.e. after all regular services are already terminated, and
126 after the system and service manager process (PID 1) got replaced by the <filename>systemd-shutdown</filename>
127 binary, see system <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
128 for details. During the first phase of the shutdown operation the system and service manager remains running
129 and hence <varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname> is still honoured. In order to define a timeout on this first
130 phase of system shutdown, configure <varname>JobTimeoutSec=</varname> and <varname>JobTimeoutAction=</varname>
131 in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section of the <filename>shutdown.target</filename> unit. By default
132 <varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname> defaults to 0 (off), and <varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname> to
133 10min. These settings have no effect if a hardware watchdog is not available.</para></listitem>
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134 </varlistentry>
135
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136 <varlistentry>
137 <term><varname>WatchdogDevice=</varname></term>
138
139 <listitem><para>Configure the hardware watchdog device that the
140 runtime and shutdown watchdog timers will open and use. Defaults
141 to <filename>/dev/watchdog</filename>. This setting has no
142 effect if a hardware watchdog is not available.</para></listitem>
143 </varlistentry>
144
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145 <varlistentry>
146 <term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname></term>
147
148 <listitem><para>Controls which capabilities to include in the
149 capability bounding set for PID 1 and its children. See
150 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
151 for details. Takes a whitespace-separated list of capability
152 names as read by
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154 Capabilities listed will be included in the bounding set, all
155 others are removed. If the list of capabilities is prefixed
156 with ~, all but the listed capabilities will be included, the
157 effect of the assignment inverted. Note that this option also
158 affects the respective capabilities in the effective,
159 permitted and inheritable capability sets. The capability
160 bounding set may also be individually configured for units
161 using the <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname> directive
162 for units, but note that capabilities dropped for PID 1 cannot
163 be regained in individual units, they are lost for
164 good.</para></listitem>
165 </varlistentry>
166
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167 <varlistentry>
168 <term><varname>NoNewPrivileges=</varname></term>
169
170 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, ensures that PID 1
171 and all its children can never gain new privileges through
172 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
173 (e.g. via setuid or setgid bits, or filesystem capabilities).
174 Defaults to false. General purpose distributions commonly rely
175 on executables with setuid or setgid bits and will thus not
176 function properly with this option enabled. Individual units
177 cannot disable this option.
178 Also see <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/no_new_privs.html">No New Privileges Flag</ulink>.
179 </para></listitem>
180 </varlistentry>
181
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182 <varlistentry>
183 <term><varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname></term>
184
185 <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of architecture
186 identifiers. Selects from which architectures system calls may
187 be invoked on this system. This may be used as an effective
188 way to disable invocation of non-native binaries system-wide,
189 for example to prohibit execution of 32-bit x86 binaries on
190 64-bit x86-64 systems. This option operates system-wide, and
191 acts similar to the
192 <varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname> setting of unit
193 files, see
194 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
195 for details. This setting defaults to the empty list, in which
196 case no filtering of system calls based on architecture is
197 applied. Known architecture identifiers are
198 <literal>x86</literal>, <literal>x86-64</literal>,
199 <literal>x32</literal>, <literal>arm</literal> and the special
200 identifier <literal>native</literal>. The latter implicitly
201 maps to the native architecture of the system (or more
202 specifically, the architecture the system manager was compiled
203 for). Set this setting to <literal>native</literal> to
204 prohibit execution of any non-native binaries. When a binary
205 executes a system call of an architecture that is not listed
206 in this setting, it will be immediately terminated with the
207 SIGSYS signal.</para></listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry>
211 <term><varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname></term>
212
213 <listitem><para>Sets the timer slack in nanoseconds for PID 1,
214 which is inherited by all executed processes, unless
215 overridden individually, for example with the
216 <varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname> setting in service units
217 (for details see
218 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
219 The timer slack controls the accuracy of wake-ups triggered by
220 system timers. See
221 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
222 for more information. Note that in contrast to most other time
223 span definitions this parameter takes an integer value in
224 nano-seconds if no unit is specified. The usual time units are
225 understood too.</para></listitem>
226 </varlistentry>
227
228 <varlistentry>
229 <term><varname>DefaultTimerAccuracySec=</varname></term>
230
231 <listitem><para>Sets the default accuracy of timer units. This
232 controls the global default for the
233 <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> setting of timer units, see
234 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
235 for details. <varname>AccuracySec=</varname> set in individual
236 units override the global default for the specific unit.
237 Defaults to 1min. Note that the accuracy of timer units is
238 also affected by the configured timer slack for PID 1, see
239 <varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname> above.</para></listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry>
243 <term><varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname></term>
244 <term><varname>DefaultTimeoutStopSec=</varname></term>
245 <term><varname>DefaultRestartSec=</varname></term>
246
247 <listitem><para>Configures the default timeouts for starting
248 and stopping of units, as well as the default time to sleep
249 between automatic restarts of units, as configured per-unit in
250 <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname>,
251 <varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname> and
252 <varname>RestartSec=</varname> (for services, see
253 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
254 for details on the per-unit settings). For non-service units,
255 <varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> sets the default
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256 <varname>TimeoutSec=</varname>
257 value. <varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> and
258 <varname>DefaultTimeoutStopSec=</varname> default to
259 90s. <varname>DefaultRestartSec=</varname> defaults to
260 100ms.</para></listitem>
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261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry>
f0367da7 264 <term><varname>DefaultStartLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
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265 <term><varname>DefaultStartLimitBurst=</varname></term>
266
267 <listitem><para>Configure the default unit start rate
268 limiting, as configured per-service by
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270 <varname>StartLimitBurst=</varname>. See
271 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
f5a05fb5 272 for details on the per-service settings.
f0367da7 273 <varname>DefaultStartLimitIntervalSec=</varname> defaults to
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274 10s. <varname>DefaultStartLimitBurst=</varname> defaults to
275 5.</para></listitem>
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276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry>
279 <term><varname>DefaultEnvironment=</varname></term>
280
281 <listitem><para>Sets manager environment variables passed to
282 all executed processes. Takes a space-separated list of
283 variable assignments. See
284 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
285 for details about environment variables.</para>
286
287 <para>Example:
288
289 <programlisting>DefaultEnvironment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>
290
291 Sets three variables
292 <literal>VAR1</literal>,
293 <literal>VAR2</literal>,
294 <literal>VAR3</literal>.</para></listitem>
295 </varlistentry>
296
297 <varlistentry>
298 <term><varname>DefaultCPUAccounting=</varname></term>
299 <term><varname>DefaultBlockIOAccounting=</varname></term>
300 <term><varname>DefaultMemoryAccounting=</varname></term>
03a7b521 301 <term><varname>DefaultTasksAccounting=</varname></term>
b34a2108 302 <term><varname>DefaultIOAccounting=</varname></term>
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305 <listitem><para>Configure the default resource accounting settings, as configured per-unit by
306 <varname>CPUAccounting=</varname>, <varname>BlockIOAccounting=</varname>, <varname>MemoryAccounting=</varname>,
b34a2108 307 <varname>TasksAccounting=</varname>, <varname>IOAccounting=</varname> and <varname>IPAccounting=</varname>. See
798d3a52 308 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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309 for details on the per-unit settings. <varname>DefaultTasksAccounting=</varname> defaults to yes,
310 <varname>DefaultMemoryAccounting=</varname> to &MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT;, the other four settings to
311 no.</para></listitem>
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312 </varlistentry>
313
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314 <varlistentry>
315 <term><varname>DefaultTasksMax=</varname></term>
316
79baeeb9 317 <listitem><para>Configure the default value for the per-unit <varname>TasksMax=</varname> setting. See
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319 for details. This setting applies to all unit types that support resource control settings, with the exception
320 of slice units. Defaults to 15%, which equals 4915 with the kernel's defaults on the host, but might be smaller
321 in OS containers.</para></listitem>
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323
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324 <varlistentry>
325 <term><varname>DefaultLimitCPU=</varname></term>
326 <term><varname>DefaultLimitFSIZE=</varname></term>
327 <term><varname>DefaultLimitDATA=</varname></term>
328 <term><varname>DefaultLimitSTACK=</varname></term>
329 <term><varname>DefaultLimitCORE=</varname></term>
330 <term><varname>DefaultLimitRSS=</varname></term>
331 <term><varname>DefaultLimitNOFILE=</varname></term>
332 <term><varname>DefaultLimitAS=</varname></term>
333 <term><varname>DefaultLimitNPROC=</varname></term>
334 <term><varname>DefaultLimitMEMLOCK=</varname></term>
335 <term><varname>DefaultLimitLOCKS=</varname></term>
336 <term><varname>DefaultLimitSIGPENDING=</varname></term>
337 <term><varname>DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE=</varname></term>
338 <term><varname>DefaultLimitNICE=</varname></term>
339 <term><varname>DefaultLimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>
340 <term><varname>DefaultLimitRTTIME=</varname></term>
341
342 <listitem><para>These settings control various default
343 resource limits for units. See
344 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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345 for details. The resource limit is possible to specify in two formats,
346 <option>value</option> to set soft and hard limits to the same value,
347 or <option>soft:hard</option> to set both limits individually (e.g. DefaultLimitAS=4G:16G).
348 Use the string <varname>infinity</varname> to
349 configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative
350 suffixes K (=1024), M (=1024*1024) and so on for G, T, P and E
351 may be used for resource limits measured in bytes
352 (e.g. DefaultLimitAS=16G). For the limits referring to time values,
353 the usual time units ms, s, min, h and so on may be used (see
354 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
355 for details). Note that if no time unit is specified for
356 <varname>DefaultLimitCPU=</varname> the default unit of seconds is
357 implied, while for <varname>DefaultLimitRTTIME=</varname> the default
358 unit of microseconds is implied. Also, note that the effective
359 granularity of the limits might influence their
360 enforcement. For example, time limits specified for
361 <varname>DefaultLimitCPU=</varname> will be rounded up implicitly to
362 multiples of 1s. These settings may be overridden in individual units
363 using the corresponding LimitXXX= directives. Note that these resource
364 limits are only defaults for units, they are not applied to PID 1
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365 itself.</para></listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367 </variablelist>
368 </refsect1>
369
370 <refsect1>
371 <title>See Also</title>
372 <para>
373 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
374 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
375 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
376 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
377 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
378 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
379 </para>
380 </refsect1>
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382</refentry>