Facility names that begin with a dollar sign ('$') are system facility names, defined by the LSB, and MUST be provided by distributions. LSB applications should not provide system facilities. This document defines the following system facility names:
| $local_fs | all local filesystems are mounted |
| $network | low level networking (ethernet card; may imply PCMCIA running) |
| $named | named is operational |
| $remote_fs | all remote filesystems are mounted (note in some cases /usr may be remote. Most applications that care will probably require both $local_fs and $remote_fs) |
| $syslog | system logger is operational |
| $netdaemons | all network daemons are running |
Other system facilities may be defined by other LSB applications.
Facility names may also be init.d script names, although LSB applications SHOULD NOT use script names, especially script names which are provided by distributions, as these may not necessarily be the same across different distributions.