krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la / total 120 drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:41 . drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:41 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:34 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:37 boot drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 cdrom drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4580 Apr 25 07:32 dev drwxr-xr-x 157 root root 12288 Apr 20 15:37 etc drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 1 21:37 home lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 7 16:19 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-47-generic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 7 16:19 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-46-generic drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Sep 6 2018 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 29 2018 lib32 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 lib64 drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jul 8 2018 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 media drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 11 2018 mnt drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar 5 19:57 opt dr-xr-xr-x 294 root root 0 Apr 20 15:38 proc drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Nov 23 17:51 root drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 1120 Apr 25 06:30 run drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Apr 20 15:35 sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 snap drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 srv dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Apr 25 22:40 sys drwxrwxrwt 22 root root 12288 Apr 25 22:39 tmp drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jun 11 2010 usr drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 May 23 2010 var lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Apr 7 16:19 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-47-generic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Apr 7 16:19 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-46-generic krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la /var/ total 60 drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 May 23 2010 . drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Apr 11 18:41 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 21 00:06 backups drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jul 27 2018 cache drwxrwsrwt 2 root whoopsie 4096 Apr 23 00:05 crash drwxr-xr-x 90 krisbee krisbee 4096 Apr 7 16:16 lib drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Apr 24 2018 local lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 8 2018 lock -> /run/lock drwxrwxr-x 18 root syslog 4096 Apr 25 00:06 log drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Apr 25 22:40 mail drwxrwsrwt 2 root whoopsie 4096 Apr 26 2018 metrics drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 opt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 8 2018 run -> /run drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 16 2018 snap drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Oct 20 2018 spool drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 4096 Apr 25 22:39 tmp drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 www krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la /var/lib/ total 360 drwxr-xr-x 90 krisbee krisbee 4096 Apr 7 16:16 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 May 23 2010 .. drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 AccountsService drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 30 2013 acpi-support drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:38 alsa drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 apache2 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:32 app-info drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:34 apt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 00:10 apt-xapian-index drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 aspell drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi-autoipd avahi-autoipd 4096 Apr 26 2018 avahi-autoipd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:35 binfmts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 2018 bluetooth drwxr-xr-x 7 krisbee krisbee 4096 Jul 25 2018 cache drwxr-xr-x 4 colord colord 4096 Dec 28 07:06 colord drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 2018 command-not-found drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 dbus drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 16 2018 dhcp drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 dictionaries-common drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:37 dpkg drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 emacsen-common drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 fwupd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 14 2018 fwupdate drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 gconf drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 gems drwxr-xr-x 2 geoclue geoclue 4096 Jul 20 2017 geoclue drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 ghostscript drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 31 2018 git drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 7 16:16 grub drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 7 2018 hp drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 ieee-data drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 8 06:06 initramfs-tools drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 ispell drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 libreoffice drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 libxml-sax-perl drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 locales drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 00:06 logrotate drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 man-db drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 24 2018 misc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 00:07 mlocate drwxr-xr-x 4 mpd audio 4096 Apr 20 15:38 mpd drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 mplayer drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 27 2018 msttcorefonts drwx------ 6 mysql mysql 4096 Apr 20 15:39 mysql drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 4096 Jan 24 18:13 mysql-files drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 4096 Jul 8 2018 mysql-keyring drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 24 2018 mysql-upgrade drwxrwsr-x 3 mythtv mythtv 4096 Jul 10 2018 mythdvd drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 mythtv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:39 NetworkManager drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp ntp 4096 Apr 25 22:39 ntp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 os-prober drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 25 2018 PackageKit drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:37 pam drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 php drwxr-xr-x 3 plex plex 4096 Jul 10 2018 plexmediaserver drwxr-xr-x 2 krisbee krisbee 4096 Mar 8 2017 Plugins drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 plymouth drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 polkit-1 drwxr-xr-x 2 postfix postfix 4096 Oct 20 2018 postfix drwxr-xr-x 3 krisbee krisbee 4096 Jul 26 2018 prefs drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 private drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 python drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 27 2018 samba drwxr-x--- 7 sddm sddm 4096 Jul 8 2018 sddm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 14 18:29 setserial drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 1 18:51 sgml-base drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 25 22:39 smartmontools drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:37 snapd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 2018 snmp drwxr-xr-x 5 squeezeboxserver nogroup 4096 Apr 23 2017 squeezeboxserver drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 sudo drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:04 systemd drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 ubiquity drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 ubuntu-drivers-common drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 00:11 ubuntu-release-upgrader drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 7 16:17 ucf drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 07:32 udisks2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 update-manager drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:37 update-notifier drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 13 18:00 upower drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:40 ureadahead drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 2018 usb_modeswitch drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 usbutils drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 vim drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:39 whoopsie drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 2018 xfonts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 18 2018 xine drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 19:38 xkb drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 1 18:51 xml-core krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la /var/lib/colord total 60 drwxr-xr-x 4 colord colord 4096 Dec 28 07:06 . drwxr-xr-x 90 krisbee krisbee 4096 Apr 7 16:16 .. drwx------ 2 colord colord 4096 Jul 8 2018 .cache drwxr-xr-x 2 colord colord 4096 Dec 28 07:05 icc -rw-r--r-- 1 colord colord 16384 Jul 8 2018 mapping.db -rw-r--r-- 1 colord colord 28672 Jul 8 2018 storage.db krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la /var/lib/colord/icc total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 colord colord 4096 Dec 28 07:05 . drwxr-xr-x 4 colord colord 4096 Dec 28 07:06 .. krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la /var/lib/systemd total 36 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:04 . drwxr-xr-x 90 krisbee krisbee 4096 Apr 7 16:16 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:34 catalog drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:04 coredump drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 coredumpold drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Apr 20 15:37 deb-systemd-helper-enabled drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 14 18:31 deb-systemd-helper-masked -rw------- 1 root root 512 Apr 20 15:38 random-seed drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 timers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 8 2018 timesync -> ../private/systemd/timesync krisbee@mythserver2018:~$ sudo ls -la /var/lib/systemd/coredump total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:04 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:04 .. krisbee@mythserver2018:~$
SO - it looks like I took ownership of some stuff somehow.... but I have no idea how/why.... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815987 Title: Systemd-tmpfiles-setup won't launch in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am using Ubuntu 18.04LTS, fresh install from the summer, and tmpfiles won't launch since November. $ sudo systemctl start systemd-tmpfiles-setup Job for systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. $ sudo systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup ● systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service - Create Volatile Files and Directories Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-02-14 19:48:36 EST; 8s ago Docs: man:tmpfiles.d(5) man:systemd-tmpfiles(8) Process: 28934 ExecStart=/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create --remove --boot --exclude-prefix=/dev (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 28934 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Feb 14 19:48:35 mythserver2018 systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Feb 14 19:48:35 mythserver2018 systemd-tmpfiles[28934]: Unsafe symlinks encountered in /var/lib/colord/icc, refusing. Feb 14 19:48:35 mythserver2018 systemd-tmpfiles[28934]: Unsafe symlinks encountered in /var/lib/systemd/coredump, refusing. Feb 14 19:48:36 mythserver2018 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 14 19:48:36 mythserver2018 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 14 19:48:36 mythserver2018 systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. Looking at /var/lib/colord/icc: kris@mythserver2018:/var/lib/colord/icc$ ls -a . .. kris@mythserver2018:/var/lib/colord/icc$ I have also deleted these directories and rebuilt them, just to be sure - they are NOT symlinked and have no permission issues: kris@mythserver2018:/var/lib/systemd$ ls -l total 28 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 16:04 catalog drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:04 coredump drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 2018 coredumpold drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Feb 9 16:08 deb-systemd-helper-enabled drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 14 18:31 deb-systemd-helper-masked -rw------- 1 root root 512 Feb 9 17:34 random-seed drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 2018 timers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 8 2018 timesync -> ../private/systemd/timesync To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1815987/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
