Bug 690868 - DOC: Config file is called system.conf but man page is called systemd.conf
Summary: DOC: Config file is called system.conf but man page is called systemd.conf
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: systemd
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: systemd-RFE
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Reported: 2011-03-25 16:25 UTC by Andrew McNabb
Modified: 2013-05-16 03:00 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: systemd-201-2.fc18.6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-05-16 03:00:04 UTC
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Description Andrew McNabb 2011-03-25 16:25:14 UTC
Description of problem:

The config file for systemd is located at /etc/systemd/system.conf, but the man page is systemd.conf(5).  It's a little disorienting that these don't match.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

systemd-20-1.fc15.x86_64

Comment 1 Andrew McNabb 2011-03-25 16:26:32 UTC
By the way, it would be perfectly reasonable for system.conf(5) and user.conf(5) to both go to the same man page--a number of man pages for C library functions do this.

Comment 2 Lennart Poettering 2011-03-29 11:15:00 UTC
The reason we don't install these man pages as "user.conf(5)" or "system.conf(5)" is that those names would be overly generic, and this would most likely clash with something else. For example, D-Bus has /etc/dbus-1/system.conf. So I don't see what we could do about this.

Comment 3 Andrew McNabb 2011-03-31 21:28:16 UTC
That is a little awkward. Part of my confusion was not initially understanding that system.conf and user.conf follow the same format; perhaps if the man page name were something like systemd-conf then it would be more clear that there isn't supposed to be an actual file called systemd.conf. Precedents include snmp_config, fonts-conf, sssd-ldap, and some others in /usr/share/man/man5.

In the specific case of D-Bus, they don't seem to actually have a man page for their system.conf, so maybe systemd can get one in first. :)

Comment 4 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2011-10-20 16:26:47 UTC
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 5 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2012-12-01 10:42:10 UTC
What about systemd-system.conf and systemd-user.conf?

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Comment 7 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2013-02-13 15:18:20 UTC
Renamed to systemd-systemd.conf, a.k.a. systemd-user.conf in http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5f9cfd4c38.

Comment 8 Fedora End Of Life 2013-04-03 20:20:39 UTC
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Changing version to '19'.

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Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2013-04-10 20:15:41 UTC
systemd-201-2.fc18.1 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-201-2.fc18.1

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2013-04-11 23:28:49 UTC
Package systemd-201-2.fc18.2:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.2'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.2
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2013-04-16 00:03:28 UTC
Package systemd-201-2.fc18.4:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.4'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.4
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2013-04-18 02:41:02 UTC
Package systemd-201-2.fc18.5:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.5'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.5
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2013-05-07 13:42:57 UTC
systemd-201-2.fc18.6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.6

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2013-05-09 10:04:40 UTC
Package systemd-201-2.fc18.6:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.6'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.6
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2013-05-16 03:00:04 UTC
systemd-201-2.fc18.6 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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