[systemd-devel] watchdog chain

[Lennart Poettering]

On Tue, 18.12.12 17:24, Allmeroth, Robert (robert.allmeroth at harman.com) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to start systemd as a watchdog client?
> Example: A first systemd starts a second systemd with WATCHDOG_USEC= set. Will the second one send heartbeats to the first one?
> 
> If yes - will systemd also do that if it's forced to '--system' mode (even if it's not PID1)?

Well, systemd currently does not support being run in system mode with
a PID != 1. Since we don't support "recursive" operation of system mode
systemd we hence also don't allow "recursive" watchdog support either.

Lennart

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