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diff -ur watchdog-5.15.old/watchdog.8 watchdog-5.15/watchdog.8
--- watchdog-5.15.old/watchdog.8	2016-02-26 12:05:00.000000000 +0000
+++ watchdog-5.15/watchdog.8	2018-02-13 08:54:00.860681339 +0000
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
 .BR watchdog .
 So you can for instance restart the server from your
 .IR repair-binary .
+See the Systemd section below for additinal information.
 .PP
 .B watchdog
 will try periodically to fork itself to see whether the process
@@ -241,6 +242,8 @@
 considered unreachable causing a soft reboot or action from the
 repair binary.
 .PP
+To start the watchdog when network is available see the Systemd section below.
+.PP
 .B watchdog
 can run an external command for user-defined tests. A return code not equal 0
 means an error occurred and watchdog should react. If the external command is
@@ -350,6 +353,9 @@
 246
 Free for personal watchdog-specific use (was \-10 as an unsigned 8\-bit
 number).
+.PP
+With enforcing SELinux policy please use the /usr/libexec/watchdog/scripts/
+for your test-binary configuration.
 .TP
 245
 Reserved for an unknown result, for example a slow background test that is
@@ -377,6 +383,9 @@
 controls the number of successive repair attempts that report 0 (i.e. success) but
 fail to clear the tested fault. If this is exceeded then a reboot takes place. If set
 to zero then a reboot can always be blocked by the repair program reporting success.
+.PP
+With enforcing SELinux policy please use the /usr/libexec/watchdog/scripts/
+for your repair-binary configuration.
 .SH "TEST DIRECTORY"
 Executables placed in the test directory are discovered by watchdog on
 startup and are automatically executed.  They are bounded time-wise by
@@ -415,6 +424,27 @@
 repair-maximum
 also controls the number of successive repair attempts that report success
 (return 0) but fail to clear the fault.
+.SH SYSTEMD
+To start watchdog after the network is available:
+.PP
+.br
+systemctl disable watchdog
+.br
+systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online
+.br
+systemctl enable watchdog-ping
+.PP
+
+When using custom service pid check with custom service
+systemd unit file please be aware the "Requires="
+does dependent service deactivation.
+Using "Before=watchdog.service" or "Before=watchdog-ping.service"
+in the custom service unit file may be the desired operation instead.
+See systemd.unit documentation for more details.
+
+.SH SELINUX
+The directories /etc/watchdog.d/ and /usr/libexec/watchdog/scripts/ are
+recognized locations for custom executables.
 .SH BUGS
 None known so far.
 .SH AUTHORS
@@ -433,4 +463,4 @@
 The pid file of the running
 .BR watchdog .
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR watchdog.conf (5)
+.BR watchdog.conf (5), systemd.unit (5)
diff -ur watchdog-5.15.old/watchdog.conf watchdog-5.15/watchdog.conf
--- watchdog-5.15.old/watchdog.conf	2016-02-26 12:05:00.000000000 +0000
+++ watchdog-5.15/watchdog.conf	2018-02-13 08:52:18.899721271 +0000
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #min-memory		= 1
 #allocatable-memory	= 1
 
+# With enforcing SELinux policy please use the /usr/libexec/watchdog/scripts/
+# or /etc/watchdog.d/ for your test-binary and repair-binary configuration.
 #repair-binary		= /usr/sbin/repair
 #repair-timeout		= 60
 #test-binary		=
@@ -45,5 +47,12 @@
 realtime		= yes
 priority		= 1
 
+# When using custom service pid check with custom service
+# systemd unit file please be aware the "Requires="
+# does dependent service deactivation.
+# Using "Before=watchdog.service" or "Before=watchdog-ping.service"
+# in the custom service unit file may be the desired operation instead.
+# See man 5 systemd.unit for more details.
+#
 # Check if rsyslogd is still running by enabling the following line
 #pidfile		= /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
diff -ur watchdog-5.15.old/watchdog.conf.5 watchdog-5.15/watchdog.conf.5
--- watchdog-5.15.old/watchdog.conf.5	2016-02-26 12:05:00.000000000 +0000
+++ watchdog-5.15/watchdog.conf.5	2018-02-13 08:52:18.898721271 +0000
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 pidfile = <pidfilename>
 Set pidfile name for server test mode.
 This option can be given as often as you like to check several servers.
+See the Systemd section in watchdog (8) for more information.
 .TP
 ping = <ip-addr>
 Set IPv4 address for ping mode.
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@
 .TP
 test-binary = <testbin>
 Execute the given binary to do some user defined tests.
+With enforcing SELinux policy please use the /usr/libexec/watchdog/scripts/
+for your test-binary configuration.
 .TP
 test-timeout = <timeout in seconds>
 User defined tests may only run for <timeout> seconds. Set to 0 for unlimited.
@@ -126,6 +129,8 @@
 repair-binary = <repbin>
 Execute the given binary in case of a problem instead of shutting down the
 system.
+With enforcing SELinux policy please use the /usr/libexec/watchdog/scripts/
+for your repair-binary configuration.
 .TP
 repair-timeout = <timeout in seconds>
 repair command may only run for <timeout> seconds. Set to 0 for 'unlimited', but
@@ -156,6 +161,7 @@
 .TP
 test-directory = <test directory>
 Set the directory to run user test/repair scripts.  Default is '/etc/watchdog.d'
+The /etc/watchdog.d/ is recognized by SELinux policy.
 See the Test Directory section in watchdog(8) for more information.
 .TP
 log-dir = <log directory>