for this target unit to all services (except for those with
<varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>).</para>
- <para>Usually this should pull-in all local mount points plus
+ <para>Usually, this should pull-in all local mount points plus
<filename>/var</filename>, <filename>/tmp</filename> and
<filename>/var/tmp</filename>, swap devices, sockets, timers,
path units and other basic initialization necessary for general
<term><filename>ctrl-alt-del.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>systemd starts this target whenever Control+Alt+Del is
- pressed on the console. Usually this should be aliased
+ pressed on the console. Usually, this should be aliased
(symlinked) to <filename>reboot.target</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>default.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The default unit systemd starts at bootup. Usually
+ <para>The default unit systemd starts at bootup. Usually,
this should be aliased (symlinked) to
<filename>multi-user.target</filename> or
<filename>graphical.target</filename>.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>display-manager.service</filename></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The display manager service. Usually this should be
+ <para>The display manager service. Usually, this should be
aliased (symlinked) to <filename>gdm.service</filename> or a
similar display manager service.</para>
</listitem>
<term><filename>exit.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>A special service unit for shutting down the system or
- user service manager. It also works in containers and is
- equivalent to <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on
- non-container systems.</para>
+ user service manager. It is equivalent to
+ <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on non-container
+ systems, and also works in containers.</para>
- <para>Applications wanting to terminate the user service
- manager should start this unit. If systemd receives
+ <para>systemd will start this unit when it receives a
+ request to shut down over D-Bus or a
<constant>SIGTERM</constant> or <constant>SIGINT</constant>
- when running as user service daemon, it will start this
- unit.</para>
+ signal when running as user service daemon.</para>
- <para>Normally, this pulls in
- <filename>shutdown.target</filename> which in turn should be
- conflicted by all units that want to be shut down on user
- service manager exit.</para>
+ <para>Normally, this (indirectly) pulls in
+ <filename>shutdown.target</filename>, which in turn should be
+ conflicted by all units that want to be scheduled for
+ shutdown when the service manager starts to exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>