journald: deprecate SplitMode=login (#3805)

[thirdparty/systemd.git] / man / journald.conf.xml

diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 3964cd6bc52cce77866efba4ed106cc1c6c7bbb4..a9562c121aaa6ed736b8d3f31be188b5a735c4ae 100644 (file)
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -129,22 +129,15 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>SplitMode=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Controls whether to split up journal files per
-        user. One of <literal>uid</literal>, <literal>login</literal>
-        and <literal>none</literal>. If <literal>uid</literal>, all
-        users will get each their own journal files regardless of
-        whether they possess a login session or not, however system
-        users will log into the system journal. If
-        <literal>login</literal>, actually logged-in users will get
-        each their own journal files, but users without login session
-        and system users will log into the system journal. If
-        <literal>none</literal>, journal files are not split up by
-        user and all messages are instead stored in the single system
-        journal. Note that splitting up journal files by user is only
-        available for journals stored persistently. If journals are
-        stored on volatile storage (see above), only a single journal
-        file for all user IDs is kept. Defaults to
-        <literal>uid</literal>.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Controls whether to split up journal files per user, either <literal>uid</literal> or
+        <literal>none</literal>. Split journal files are primarily useful for access control: on UNIX/Linux access
+        control is managed per file, and the journal daemon will assign users read access to their journal files. If
+        <literal>uid</literal>, all regular users will each get their own journal files, and system users will log to
+        the system journal. If <literal>none</literal>, journal files are not split up by user and all messages are
+        instead stored in the single system journal. In this mode unprivileged users generally do not have access to
+        their own log data. Note that splitting up journal files by user is only available for journals stored
+        persistently. If journals are stored on volatile storage (see <varname>Storage=</varname> above), only a single
+        journal file is used. Defaults to <literal>uid</literal>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>