Re: Origin of /var/run contents
"Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net> writes:
> On 2018-02-27 12:46:46, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 27 February 2018 06:46:50 Martin S. Weber wrote:
>>
>> > On 2018-02-27 05:03:15, Dave Sherohman wrote:
>> > > (...)
>> > > So, is there somewhere that /run is initially populated from,
>> > > (...)
>> >
>> > man 5 tmpfiles.d, see also its SEE ALSO.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > -Martin
>>
>> Apparently new with jessie. But neither the lone jessie install, or the
>> only stretch install actually have files in that directory.
>
> In which of the three, /{etc,run,usr/lib}/tmpfiles.d ? According to systemdese,
> the distribution files belong in /usr/lib/ (check the directory, I believe you
> won't find it empty), administrator adjustments in /etc (so no surprise a
> vanilla install doesn't have those) and /run, uhmm.. Ask a systemd disciple.
Eh. It's in the docs. /run is for runtime generated, ephemeral units and
other files.
What stumped me at first is that /etc has priority over /run
Mart
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