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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index e6e75fde..51d6cb6f 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -4662,6 +4662,11 @@ <listitem><para>Comment format</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> + Service description files must contain a + <literal>D-BUS Service</literal> group with at least the keys + <literal>Name</literal> (the well-known name of the service) + and <literal>Exec</literal> (the command to be executed). + <figure> <title>Example service description file</title> <programlisting> @@ -4672,6 +4677,14 @@ </programlisting> </figure> </para> + + <para> + Additionally, service description files for the well-known system + bus on Unix must contain a <literal>User</literal> key, whose value + is the name of a user account (e.g. <literal>root</literal>). + The system service will be run as that user. + </para> + <para> When an application asks to start a service by name, the bus daemon tries to find a service that will own that name. It then tries to spawn the |