Re: Origin of /var/run contents
Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> writes:
> Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> This is because /etc is designed to override (or amend) anything from
> the system, either static from (/usr)/lib/systemd or generated from /run.
>
I realise that *now*. Originally I likened the systemd config to the
usual defaults compiled in, then sysadmin overrides in /etc/, then user
overrides in ~/
That was the wrong mental model, as it turned out.
Mart
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