Systemd Unitfile Linter
Project description
Systemd Unitfile Linter
Usage
usage: systemdlint [-h] [--nodropins] [--rootpath ROOTPATH]
[--sversion SVERSION] [--output OUTPUT]
files [files ...]
Systemd Unitfile Linter
positional arguments:
files Files to parse
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--nodropins Ignore Drop-Ins for parsing
--rootpath ROOTPATH Root path
--sversion SVERSION Version of Systemd to be used
--output OUTPUT Where to flush the findings (default: stderr)
Output
The tool will return
{file}:{line}:{severity} \[{id}\] - {message}
example:
/lib/systemd/system/console-shell.service:18:info [NoFailureCheck] - Return-code check is disabled. Errors are not reported
/lib/systemd/system/plymouth-halt.service:11:info [NoFailureCheck] - Return-code check is disabled. Errors are not reported
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-ask-password-console.service:12:warning [ReferencedUnitNotFound] - The Unit 'systemd-vconsole-setup.service' referenced was not found in filesystem
/lib/systemd/system/basic.target:19:warning [ReferencedUnitNotFound] - The Unit 'tmp.mount' referenced was not found in filesystem
Detectable Errors
ConflictingOptions - The set option somehow is in conflict with another unit
ExecNotFound - The referenced executable was not found on system
FullPrivileges - An executable is run with full privileges
InvalidNumericBase - A numeric value doesn’t match because it needs to be a multiple of X
InvalidSetting - The option doesn’t match the section
InvalidValue - An invalid value is set
MandatoryOptionMissing - A mandatory option was missing in the file
Multiplicity - The option is not valid for the given amount of options in this context
NoExecutable - The referenced executable is NOT executable
NoFailureCheck - An executable is run without checking for failures
OptionDeprecated - The used option is not available anymore in this version
OptionTooNew - The used option will be available in a later version than used
ReferencedUnitNotFound - The unit referenced was not found in system
SettingRequires - The option requires another option to be set
SettingRestricted - The option can’t be set due to another option
SyntaxError - The file is not parsable
UnitSectionMissing - The Unit-section is missing in the file
UnknownUnitType - The file extension of the file is not a known systemd one
WrongFileMask - The file has a risky filemode set
ErrorCyclicDependency - Unit creates a cyclic dependency
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