Re: [systemd-devel] Purpose of init.scope

Barry Scott <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 14:40:10 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.cgroups
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> On 29 Jul 2026, at 21:13, Demi Marie Obenour <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> What is the purpose of having PID 1 in init.scope?  Is it functionally
> necessary, or is it solely for consistency with when systemd is
> running in a container or as a user service manager?

I assume it so that every process is in a cgroup container.
But that is a guess.

Barry


> -- 
> Sincerely,
> Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
>