Systems should not override it according to the spec. It's supposed to be a symlink to `/usr/lib/os-release`. The idea is that you can override it in `/etc`.
Unfortunately, some systems get this wrong and ony write the file in `/etc`. (RHEL for example) On Sun, Dec 15, 2019, at 21:19, Daniel Hilst wrote: > Hi Lars, > > Yeah I just figured this out, is it okay to edit this file? A system update > wouldn't overwrite it? > > Regards > > > *De:* Lars Karlitski <[email protected]> > *Enviado:* domingo, 15 de dezembro de 2019 07:30 > *Para:* [email protected] > <[email protected]> > *Assunto:* Re: How to use VARIANT_ID to change branding folder that is > searched? > > Hi Daniel, > > Cockpit looks in `/etc/os-release`[1] for the `VARIANT` and `VARIANT_ID` > keys. You can override the keys there. > > Lars > > [1] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, at 20:27, Daniel Hilst wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm trying to change the branding folder that is used by cockpit, I read >> this in at >> https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/blob/master/doc/branding.md#how-cockpit-selects-branding >> >> I tried by placing it at systemd unit file, here is how >> >> # cat /etc/systemd/system/cockpit.service >> [Unit] >> Description=Cockpit Web Service >> Documentation=man:cockpit-ws(8) >> Requires=cockpit.socket >> >> [Service] >> ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/remotectl certificate --ensure --user=root >> --group=cockpit-ws --selinux-type=etc_t >> ExecStart=/usr/libexec/cockpit-ws >> PermissionsStartOnly=true >> User=cockpit-ws >> Group=cockpit-ws >> Environment=VARIANT_ID=MyVariant #<-- my variant >> >> Also I tried to stop cockpit.service and run with the variable setted, no >> effect >> >> I copied centos folder to centos-MyVariant and changed the logo image. I >> expected to see the new image, but nothing changed >> >> Any ideas? What I'm missing? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cockpit-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> Fedora Code of Conduct: >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/[email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > cockpit-devel mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/[email protected] >
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