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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2021-02-19 17:49:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2021-02-19 17:51:31 +0100 |
| commit | 5cfbe7452f023fc307374f306e26b5ee902889f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 3457ede1566af7300c6da8df73421898fdd7ab6f /man/systemd.service.xml | |
| parent | manager: taint systemd if cgroupsv1 is used (diff) | |
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man: emphasize a bit more that PID files suck
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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 25cca3d8d6..0e9fa3e732 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -292,7 +292,11 @@ will remove the file after the service has shut down if it still exists. The PID file does not need to be owned by a privileged user, but if it is owned by an unprivileged user additional safety restrictions are enforced: the file may not be a symlink to a file owned by a different user (neither directly nor indirectly), and the - PID file must refer to a process already belonging to the service.</para></listitem> + PID file must refer to a process already belonging to the service.</para> + + <para>Note that PID files should be avoided in modern projects. Use <option>Type=notify</option> or + <option>Type=simple</option> where possible, which does not require use of PID files to determine the + main process of a service and avoids needless forking.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |