Re: Origin of /var/run contents
On Tue 27 Feb 2018 at 20:56:29 (+0100), Martin S. Weber wrote:
> On 2018-02-27 13:29:09, David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 27 Feb 2018 at 19:20:09 (+0100), Martin S. Weber wrote:
> > > (...)
> > > You're not exactly supposed to call systemd-tmpfiles yourself.
> > > systemd-tmpfiles(8) documents the systemd services that call systemd-tmpfiles(8).
> > > During configuration development, it might be helpful for the administrator to
> > > manually verify their configuration though, so let's rejoice this manpage exists.
> >
> > I don't believe that's true. For example, with stretch, Debian no
> > longer sets up xconsole. The instructions in /usr/share/doc/rsyslog/README.Debian
> > show how to do this using the files provided under /usr/share/doc/rsyslog/examples.
> > During that, one types
> > # systemd-tmpfiles --create xconsole.conf
> > BTW, xconsole is one that goes in /dev.
>
> I don't see this as contradictory to what I wrote (and how I understand it,
> as a "mere" systemd user).
>
> So yeah, during configuration development you'd run it manually, throw the file
> into the correct spot (/etc in that case, I suppose) and future boots will
> then no longer require manual interaction your behalf, i.e., you'd run the
> command once, to get the tmp file(s) up during your current boot (i.e., after
> systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service has already run) but rely on s-t-s.service
> from then on.
I don't believe that's true (nor Gene's assertion that /run is root only).:
$ umask
0027
$ cat /run/user/1000/tmpfiles.d/testing.conf
f /run/user/1000/testing 0444 david david 1d foo\nbar
r /run/user/1000/testing
$ ls -l /run/user/1000/t*
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 david david 79 Feb 27 17:42 testing.conf
$ systemd-tmpfiles --create /run/user/1000/tmpfiles.d/testing.conf
$ ls -l /run/user/1000/t*
-r--r--r-- 1 david david 7 Feb 27 17:45 /run/user/1000/testing
/run/user/1000/tmpfiles.d:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 david david 79 Feb 27 17:42 testing.conf
cat /run/user/1000/testing
foo
bar$ systemd-tmpfiles --remove /run/user/1000/tmpfiles.d/testing.conf
$ ls -l /run/user/1000/t*
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 david david 79 Feb 27 17:42 testing.conf
$
So the whole apparatus runs perfectly as a user. If you want it set up
automatically, crontab will run it with
@reboot …
(might need to sleep for a bit).
Cheers,
David.
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