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diff --git a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml index fdf8ca3cc8..f6d6cf1384 100644 --- a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml +++ b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml @@ -30,23 +30,19 @@ <para>The service manager exposes a number of objects on the bus: one <interfacename>Manager</interfacename> object as a central entry point for clients along with individual objects - for each unit and for each queued job. The unit objects each implement a generic + for each unit and for each queued job. The unit objects implement a generic <interfacename>Unit</interfacename> interface as well as a type-specific interface. For example, service units implement both <interfacename>org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit</interfacename> and <interfacename>org.freedesktop.system1.Service</interfacename>. The manager object can list - unit and job objects or directly convert a unit name or job id into a bus path of the corresponding + unit and job objects or directly convert a unit name or job identifier to a bus path of the corresponding D-Bus object.</para> - <para>Properties exposing time values are usually encoded in microseconds (usec) on the bus, even if + <para>Properties exposing time values are usually encoded in microseconds (µs) on the bus, even if their corresponding settings in the unit files are in seconds.</para> - <para>In contrast to most of the other services of the systemd suite, PID 1 does not use - <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/">polkit</ulink> - for controlling access to privileged operations, but relies exclusively on the low-level D-Bus policy - language. (This is done in order to avoid a cyclic dependency between polkit and systemd/PID 1.) This - means that sensitive operations exposed by PID 1 on the bus are generally not available to unprivileged - processes directly. However, some operations (such as shutdown/reboot/suspend) are made available through the D-Bus - API of logind, see + <para>PID 1 uses <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/">polkit</ulink> to + allow access to privileged operations for unprivileged processes. Some operations (such as + shutdown/reboot/suspend) are also available through the D-Bus API of logind, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.login1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para> </refsect1> |