systemd System and Service Manager
-CHANGES WITH 240 in spe:
+CHANGES WITH 241 in spe:
+
+ * The default locale can now be configured at compile time. Otherwise,
+ a suitable default will be selected automatically (one of C.UTF-8,
+ en_US.UTF-8, and C).
+
+ * The version string shown by systemd and other tools now includes the
+ git commit hash when built from git. An override may be specified
+ during compilation, which is intended to be used by distributions to
+ include the package release information.
+
+ * systemd-cat can now filter standard input and standard error streams
+ for different syslog priorities using the new --stderr-priority=
+ option.
+
+ * systemd-journald and systemd-journal-remote reject entries which
+ contain too many fields (CVE-2018-16865) and set limits on the
+ process' command line length (CVE-2018-16864).
+
+ * $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable is set by pam_systemd
+ again.
+
+ * kernel-install script now optionally takes a path to an initrd file,
+ and passes it to all plugins.
+
+ * The mincore() system call has been dropped from the @system-service
+ system call filter group, as it is pretty exotic and may potentially
+ used for side-channel attacks.
+
+ * -fPIE is dropped from compiler and linker options. Please specify
+ -Db_pie=true option to meson to build position-independent
+ executables. Note that the meson option is supported since meson-0.49.
+
+ * The fs.protected_regular and fs.protected_fifos sysctls, which were
+ added in Linux 4.19 to make some data spoofing attacks harder, are
+ now enabled by default. While this will hopefully improve the
+ security of most installations, it is technically a backwards
+ incompatible change; to disable these sysctls again, place the
+ following lines in /etc/sysctl.d/60-protected.conf or a similar file:
+
+ fs.protected_regular = 0
+ fs.protected_fifos = 0
+
+ Note that the similar hardlink and symlink protection has been
+ enabled since v199, and may be disabled likewise.
+
+CHANGES WITH 240:
+
+ * NoNewPrivileges=yes has been set for all long-running services
+ implemented by systemd. Previously, this was problematic due to
+ SELinux (as this would also prohibit the transition from PID1's label
+ to the service's label). This restriction has since been lifted, but
+ an SELinux policy update is required.
+ (See e.g. https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux-policy/pull/234.)
+
+ * DynamicUser=yes is dropped from systemd-networkd.service,
+ systemd-resolved.service and systemd-timesyncd.service, which was
+ enabled in v239 for systemd-networkd.service and systemd-resolved.service,
+ and since v236 for systemd-timesyncd.service. The users and groups
+ systemd-network, systemd-resolve and systemd-timesync are created
+ by systemd-sysusers again. Distributors or system administrators
+ may need to create these users and groups if they not exist (or need
+ to re-enable DynamicUser= for those units) while upgrading systemd.
+ Also, the clock file for systemd-timesyncd may need to move from
+ /var/lib/private/systemd/timesync/clock to /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock.
+
+ * When unit files are loaded from disk, previously systemd would
+ sometimes (depending on the unit loading order) load units from the
+ target path of symlinks in .wants/ or .requires/ directories of other
+ units. This meant that unit could be loaded from different paths
+ depending on whether the unit was requested explicitly or as a
+ dependency of another unit, not honouring the priority of directories
+ in search path. It also meant that it was possible to successfully
+ load and start units which are not found in the unit search path, as
+ long as they were requested as a dependency and linked to from
+ .wants/ or .requires/. The target paths of those symlinks are not
+ used for loading units anymore and the unit file must be found in
+ the search path.
* A new service type has been added: Type=exec. It's very similar to
Type=simple but ensures the service manager will wait for both fork()
* Support for disabling a particular cgroup controller within a sub-tree
has been added through the DisableControllers= directive.
+ * cgroup_no_v1=all on the kernel command line now also implies
+ using the unified cgroup hierarchy, unless one explicitly passes
+ systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0 on the kernel command line.
+
* The new "MemoryMin=" unit file property may now be used to set the
memory usage protection limit of processes invoked by the unit. This
- controls the cgroupsv2 memory.min attribute. Similarly, the new
+ controls the cgroup v2 memory.min attribute. Similarly, the new
"IODeviceLatencyTargetSec=" property has been added, wrapping the new
- cgroupsv2 io.latency cgroup property for configuring per-service I/O
+ cgroup v2 io.latency cgroup property for configuring per-service I/O
latency.
- * systemd now supports the cgroupsv2 devices BPF logic, as counterpart
- to the cgroupsv1 "devices" cgroup controller.
+ * systemd now supports the cgroup v2 devices BPF logic, as counterpart
+ to the cgroup v1 "devices" cgroup controller.
* systemd-escape now is able to combine --unescape with --template. It
also learnt a new option --instance for extracting and unescaping the
* Most configuration options that previously accepted percentage values
now also accept permille values with the '‰' suffix (instead of '%').
- * systemd-logind will offer hibernation only if the currently used
- kernel image is still available on disk.
-
* systemd-resolved may now optionally use OpenSSL instead of GnuTLS for
DNS-over-TLS.
* The JoinControllers= option in system.conf is no longer supported, as
it didn't work correctly, is hard to support properly, is legacy (as
- the concept only exists on cgroupsv1) and apparently wasn't used.
+ the concept only exists on cgroup v1) and apparently wasn't used.
* Journal messages that are generated whenever a unit enters the failed
state are now tagged with a unique MESSAGE_ID. Similarly, messages
notified about this userspace breakage quickly, but they chose to
ignore it.
+ * PermissionsStartOnly= setting is deprecated (but is still supported
+ for backwards compatibility). The same functionality is provided by
+ the more flexible "+", "!", and "!!" prefixes to ExecStart= and other
+ commands.
+
+ * $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable is not set by
+ pam_systemd anymore.
+
+ * The requirements to build systemd is bumped to meson-0.46 and
+ python-3.5.
+
Contributions from: afg, Alan Jenkins, Aleksei Timofeyev, Alexander
Filippov, Alexander Kurtz, Alexey Bogdanenko, Andreas Henriksson,
Andrew Jorgensen, Anita Zhang, apnix-uk, Arkan49, Arseny Maslennikov,
Ellsel, Colin Guthrie, dana, Daniel, Daniele Medri, Daniel Kahn
Gillmor, Daniel Rusek, Daniel van Vugt, Dariusz Gadomski, Dave Reisner,
David Anderson, Davide Cavalca, David Leeds, David Malcolm, David
- Strauss, David Tardon, Dimitri John Ledkov, dj-kaktus, Dongsu Park,
- Elias Probst, Emil Soleyman, Erik Kooistra, Ervin Peters, Evgeni Golov,
- Evgeny Vereshchagin, Fabrice Fontaine, Faheel Ahmad, Faizal Luthfi,
- Felix Yan, Filipe Brandenburger, Franck Bui, Frank Schaefer, Frantisek
- Sumsal, Gautier Husson, Gianluca Boiano, Giuseppe Scrivano, glitsj16,
- Hans de Goede, Harald Hoyer, Harry Mallon, Harshit Jain, Helmut Grohne,
- Henry Tung, Hui Yiqun, imayoda, Insun Pyo, Iwan Timmer, Jan Janssen,
- Jan Pokorný, Jan Synacek, Jason A. Donenfeld, javitoom, Jérémy Nouhaud,
- Jiuyang Liu, João Paulo Rechi Vita, Joe Hershberger, Joe Rayhawk, Joerg
- Behrmann, Joerg Steffens, Jonas Dorel, Jon Ringle, Josh Soref, Julian
- Andres Klode, Jun Bo Bi, Jürg Billeter, Keith Busch, Khem Raj, Kirill
- Marinushkin, Larry Bernstone, Lennart Poettering, Lion Yang, Li Song,
- Lorenz Hübschle-Schneider, Lubomir Rintel, Lucas Werkmeister, Ludwin
- Janvier, Lukáš Nykrýn, Luke Shumaker, mal, Marc-Antoine Perennou,
- Marcin Skarbek, Marco Trevisan (Treviño), Marian Cepok, Mario Hros,
- Marko Myllynen, Markus Grimm, Martin Pitt, Martin Sobotka, Martin
- Wilck, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre, Matthew Leeds, Michael Biebl, Michael
- Olbrich, Michael 'pbone' Pobega, Michael Scherer, Michal Koutný, Michal
+ Strauss, David Tardon, Dimitri John Ledkov, Dmitry Torokhov, dj-kaktus,
+ Dongsu Park, Elias Probst, Emil Soleyman, Erik Kooistra, Ervin Peters,
+ Evgeni Golov, Evgeny Vereshchagin, Fabrice Fontaine, Faheel Ahmad,
+ Faizal Luthfi, Felix Yan, Filipe Brandenburger, Franck Bui, Frank
+ Schaefer, Frantisek Sumsal, Gautier Husson, Gianluca Boiano, Giuseppe
+ Scrivano, glitsj16, Hans de Goede, Harald Hoyer, Harry Mallon, Harshit
+ Jain, Helmut Grohne, Henry Tung, Hui Yiqun, imayoda, Insun Pyo, Iwan
+ Timmer, Jan Janssen, Jan Pokorný, Jan Synacek, Jason A. Donenfeld,
+ javitoom, Jérémy Nouhaud, Jeremy Su, Jiuyang Liu, João Paulo Rechi
+ Vita, Joe Hershberger, Joe Rayhawk, Joerg Behrmann, Joerg Steffens,
+ Jonas Dorel, Jon Ringle, Josh Soref, Julian Andres Klode, Jun Bo Bi,
+ Jürg Billeter, Keith Busch, Khem Raj, Kirill Marinushkin, Larry
+ Bernstone, Lennart Poettering, Lion Yang, Li Song, Lorenz
+ Hübschle-Schneider, Lubomir Rintel, Lucas Werkmeister, Ludwin Janvier,
+ Lukáš Nykrýn, Luke Shumaker, mal, Marc-Antoine Perennou, Marcin
+ Skarbek, Marco Trevisan (Treviño), Marian Cepok, Mario Hros, Marko
+ Myllynen, Markus Grimm, Martin Pitt, Martin Sobotka, Martin Wilck,
+ Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre, Matthew Leeds, Michael Biebl, Michael Olbrich,
+ Michael 'pbone' Pobega, Michael Scherer, Michal Koutný, Michal
Sekletar, Michal Soltys, Mike Gilbert, Mike Palmer, Muhammet Kara, Neal
Gompa, Neil Brown, Network Silence, Niklas Tibbling, Nikolas Nyby,
Nogisaka Sadata, Oliver Smith, Patrik Flykt, Pavel Hrdina, Paweł
Xiang Fan, Xi Ruoyao, Xuanwo, Yann E. Morin, YmrDtnJu, Yu Watanabe,
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Zhang Xianwei, Zsolt Dollenstein
- — Somewhere, 2018-12-yy
+ — Warsaw, 2018-12-21
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instance to migrate processes if it itself gets the request to
migrate processes and the kernel refuses this due to access
restrictions. Thanks to this "systemd-run --scope --user …" works
- again in pure cgroups v2 environments when invoked from the user
+ again in pure cgroup v2 environments when invoked from the user
session scope.
* A new TemporaryFileSystem= setting can be used to mask out part of
desired options.
* systemd now supports the "memory" cgroup controller also on
- cgroupsv2.
+ cgroup v2.
* The systemd-cgtop tool now optionally takes a control group path as
command line argument. If specified, the control group list shown is
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