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<refentryinfo>

<title>systemd-system.conf</title>

<productname>systemd</productname>

<authorgroup>

<author>

<contrib>Developer</contrib>

<firstname>Lennart</firstname>

<surname>Poettering</surname>

<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

</author>

</authorgroup>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>systemd-system.conf</refname>

<refname>systemd-user.conf</refname>

<refpurpose>System and session service manager configuration file</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<para><filename>/etc/systemd/system.conf</filename></para>

<para><filename>/etc/systemd/user.conf</filename></para>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>When run as system instance systemd reads the

configuration file <filename>system.conf</filename>,

otherwise <filename>user.conf</filename>. These

configuration files contain a few settings controlling

basic manager operations.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<para>All options are configured in the

<literal>[Manager]</literal> section:</para>

<variablelist class='systemd-directives'>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>LogLevel=</varname></term>

<term><varname>LogTarget=</varname></term>

<term><varname>LogColor=</varname></term>

<term><varname>LogLocation=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DumpCore=yes</varname></term>

<term><varname>CrashShell=no</varname></term>

<term><varname>ShowStatus=yes</varname></term>

<term><varname>CrashChVT=1</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultStandardOutput=journal</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultStandardError=inherit</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Configures various

parameters of basic manager

operation. These options may be

overridden by the respective command

line arguments. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for details about these command line

arguments.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultTimeoutStopSec=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultRestartSec=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Configures the default

time-outs for starting and stopping of

units, as well as the default time to

sleep between automatic restarts of a

units, as configured per-unit in

<varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname>,

<varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname> and

<varname>RestartSec=</varname> (for

service units see

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for details on the per-unit

settings). For non-service units

<varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname>

sets the default

<varname>TimeoutSec=</varname> value.

</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Configures the initial

CPU affinity for the init

process. Takes a space-separated list

of CPU indexes.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>JoinControllers=cpu,cpuacct net_cls,netprio</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Configures controllers

that shall be mounted in a single

hierarchy. By default, systemd will

mount all controllers which are

enabled in the kernel in individual

hierarchies, with the exception of

those listed in this setting. Takes a

space-separated list of comma-separated

controller names, in order

to allow multiple joined

hierarchies. Defaults to

'cpu,cpuacct'. Pass an empty string to

ensure that systemd mounts all

controllers in separate

hierarchies.</para>

<para>Note that this option is only

applied once, at very early boot. If

you use an initial RAM disk (initrd)

that uses systemd, it might hence be

necessary to rebuild the initrd if

this option is changed, and make sure

the new configuration file is included

in it. Otherwise, the initrd might

mount the controller hierarchies in a

different configuration than intended,

and the main system cannot remount

them anymore.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname></term>

<term><varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Configure the hardware

watchdog at runtime and at

reboot. Takes a timeout value in

seconds (or in other time units if

suffixed with <literal>ms</literal>,

<literal>min</literal>,

<literal>h</literal>,

<literal>d</literal>,

<literal>w</literal>). If

<varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname>

is set to a non-zero value, the

watchdog hardware

(<filename>/dev/watchdog</filename>)

will be programmed to automatically

reboot the system if it is not

contacted within the specified timeout

interval. The system manager will

ensure to contact it at least once in

half the specified timeout

interval. This feature requires a

hardware watchdog device to be

present, as it is commonly the case in

embedded and server systems. Not all

hardware watchdogs allow configuration

of the reboot timeout, in which case

the closest available timeout is

picked. <varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname>

may be used to configure the hardware

watchdog when the system is asked to

reboot. It works as a safety net to

ensure that the reboot takes place

even if a clean reboot attempt times

out. By default

<varname>RuntimeWatchdogSec=</varname>

defaults to 0 (off), and

<varname>ShutdownWatchdogSec=</varname>

to 10min. These settings have no

effect if a hardware watchdog is not

available.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Controls which

capabilities to include in the

capability bounding set for PID 1 and

its children. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for details. Takes a whitespace-separated

list of capability names as read by

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.

Capabilities listed will be included

in the bounding set, all others are

removed. If the list of capabilities

is prefixed with ~, all but the listed

capabilities will be included, the

effect of the assignment

inverted. Note that this option also

affects the respective capabilities in

the effective, permitted and

inheritable capability sets. The

capability bounding set may also be

individually configured for units

using the

<varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>

directive for units, but note that

capabilities dropped for PID 1 cannot

be regained in individual units, they

are lost for good.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Sets the timer slack

in nanoseconds for PID 1 which is then

inherited to all executed processes,

unless overridden individually, for

example with the

<varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname>

setting in service units (for details

see

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>). The

timer slack controls the accuracy of

wake-ups triggered by timers. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for more information. Note that in

contrast to most other time span

definitions this parameter takes an

integer value in nano-seconds if no

unit is specified. The usual time

units are understood

too.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>DefaultEnvironment=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Sets manager

environment variables passed to all

executed processes. Takes a

space-separated list of variable

assignments. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for details about environment

variables.</para>

<para>Example:

<programlisting>DefaultEnvironment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>

Sets three variables

<literal>VAR1</literal>,

<literal>VAR2</literal>,

<literal>VAR3</literal>.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitCPU=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitFSIZE=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitDATA=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitSTACK=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitCORE=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitRSS=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitNOFILE=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitAS=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitNPROC=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitMEMLOCK=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitLOCKS=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitSIGPENDING=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitNICE=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>

<term><varname>DefaultLimitRTTIME=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>These settings control

various default resource limits for

units. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for details. Use the string

<varname>infinity</varname> to

configure no limit on a specific

resource. These settings may be

overridden in individual units

using the corresponding LimitXXX=

directives. Note that these resource

limits are only defaults for units,

they are not applied to PID 1

itself.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>See Also</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>