[systemd-devel] My last post went as "unprocessed"

[David Lambert]

Thanks for your quick reply. I also notice a "-" preceding the target 
for ExecStart target. How does this work and where is it documented. 
Again very difficult to search :-[

Dave.


[Unit]
Description=OpenSSH Per-Connection Daemon
After=sshdgenkeys.service

[Service]
ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/sshd -i
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
StandardInput=socket
StandardError=syslog



On 13-07-11 03:08 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 02:58:26PM -0500, David Lambert wrote:
>> On my Angstrom distribution the sshd service is controlled by the
>> file "/lib/systemd/system/sshd at .service". What is the significance
>> of the "@" in the service name?
> "@" means that it's a template unit. A separate instance of the
> sshd at .service unit will be created for each connections, called
> sshd@<connection-1-details>.service,
> sshd@<connection-2-details>.service, etc.
>
> Zbyszek
>
>> This may be buried in documentation, but is very difficult to search
>> for. My apologies if it is "obvious".
> It's described in systemd.unit(5), but not very verbosely.
>
> Zbyszek
>