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@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ Elements:
Include a file <include>filename.conf</include> at this point.
+ <includedir>
+
+ Include all files in <includedir>foo.d</includedir> at this
+ point. Files in the directory are included in undefined order.
+ Only files ending in ".conf" are included.
+
+ This is intended to allow extension of the system bus by
+ particular packages. For example, if CUPS wants to be able to send
+ out notification of printer queue changes, it could install a file
+ to /etc/dbus/system.d that allowed all apps to receive this
+ message and allowed the printer daemon user to send it.
+
<user>
The user account the daemon should run as, as either a username or
@@ -42,13 +54,12 @@ Elements:
The last <user> entry in the file "wins", the others are ignored.
<listen>
- address="name" mandatory attribute
Add an address that the bus should listen on. The
address is in the standard D-BUS format that contains
a transport name plus possible parameters/options.
- Example: <listen address="unix:path=/tmp/foo"/>
+ Example: <listen>unix:path=/tmp/foo</listen>
If there are multiple <listen> elements, then the bus listens
on multiple addresses.