From: Miroslav Lichvar Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:50:44 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: mention version supporting socket activation in FAQ X-Git-Tag: 4.5-pre1~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=82959431df1b20e1c42aec962123ca882b06ae7b;p=thirdparty%2Fchrony.git doc: mention version supporting socket activation in FAQ --- diff --git a/doc/faq.adoc b/doc/faq.adoc index 23ba19a2..386f452d 100644 --- a/doc/faq.adoc +++ b/doc/faq.adoc @@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ restarts, simplified dependency logic at boot, and on-demand service spawning (for instance, for separated server `chronyd` instances run with the `-x` flag). -With socket activation, the service manager (systemd) creates sockets and +Socket activation is supported since `chrony` version 4.5. +The service manager (systemd) creates sockets and passes file descriptors to them to the process via the `LISTEN_FDS` environment variable. Before opening new sockets, `chronyd` first checks for and attempts to reuse matching sockets passed from the service manager. For instance, if an