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man: improve docs about systemd-notify invocations and NotifyAccess= settings
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to send as part of the status update.</para>
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<para>Note that systemd will refuse reception of status updates from this command unless
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<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is set for the service unit this command is called from.</para>
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<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is appropriately set for the service unit this command is called
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from. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
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details.</para>
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<para>Note that <function>sd_notify()</function> notifications may be attributed to units correctly only if either
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the sending process is still around at the time PID 1 processes the message, or if the sending process is
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explicitly runtime-tracked by the service manager. The latter is the case if the service manager originally forked
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off the process, i.e. on all processes that match <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>main</option> or
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<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>exec</option>. Conversely, if an auxiliary process of the unit sends an
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<function>sd_notify()</function> message and immediately exits, the service manager might not be able to properly
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attribute the message to the unit, and thus will ignore it, even if <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>all
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</option> is set for it. When <option>--no-block</option> is used, all synchronization for reception of notifications
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is disabled, and hence the aforementioned race may occur if the invoking process is not the service manager or spawned
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by the service manager.</para>
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<para>Hence, <command>systemd-notify</command> will first attempt to invoke <function>sd_notify()</function>
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pretending to have the PID of the invoking process. This will only succeed when invoked with sufficient privileges.
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On failure, it will then fall back to invoking it under its own PID. This behaviour is useful in order that when
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the tool is invoked from a shell script the shell process — and not the <command>systemd-notify</command> process
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— appears as sender of the message, which in turn is helpful if the shell process is the main process of a service,
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due to the limitations of <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>all</option>. Use the <option>--pid=</option>
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switch to tweak this behaviour.</para>
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<para>Note that <function>sd_notify()</function> notifications may be attributed to units correctly only
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if either the sending process is still around at the time PID 1 processes the message, or if the sending
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process is explicitly runtime-tracked by the service manager. The latter is the case if the service
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manager originally forked off the process, i.e. on all processes that match
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<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>main</option> or
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<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>exec</option>. Conversely, if an auxiliary process of the unit
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sends an <function>sd_notify()</function> message and immediately exits, the service manager might not be
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able to properly attribute the message to the unit, and thus will ignore it, even if
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<varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>all</option> is set for it. To address this
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<command>systemd-notify</command> will wait until the notification message has been processed by the
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service manager. When <option>--no-block</option> is used, this synchronization for reception of
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notifications is disabled, and hence the aforementioned race may occur if the invoking process is not the
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service manager or spawned by the service manager.</para>
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<para><command>systemd-notify</command> will first attempt to invoke <function>sd_notify()</function>
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pretending to have the PID of the parent process of <command>systemd-notify</command> (i.e. the invoking
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process). This will only succeed when invoked with sufficient privileges. On failure, it will then fall
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back to invoking it under its own PID. This behaviour is useful in order that when the tool is invoked
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from a shell script the shell process — and not the <command>systemd-notify</command> process — appears
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as sender of the message, which in turn is helpful if the shell process is the main process of a service,
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due to the limitations of <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname><option>all</option>. Use the
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<option>--pid=</option> switch to tweak this behaviour.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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command itself is used, and if <literal>parent</literal> is specified the calling process' PID is
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used — even if it is the service manager. This is equivalent to <command>systemd-notify
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MAINPID=$PID</command>. For details about the semantics of this option see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>If this switch is used in an <command>systemd-notify</command> invocation from a process that
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shall become the new main process of a service — and which is not the process forked off by the
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service manager (or the current main process) —, then it is essential to set
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<varname>NotifyAccess=all</varname> in the service unit file, or otherwise the notification will be
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ignored for security reasons. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for details.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_booted</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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