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.
