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Re: Origin of /var/run contents

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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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Origin of /var/run contents Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2018-02-27 12:10 +0100
  Re: Origin of /var/run contents "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net> - 2018-02-27 12:50 +0100
    Re: Origin of /var/run contents Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2018-02-27 14:00 +0100
    Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-27 18:50 +0100
      Re: Origin of /var/run contents "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net> - 2018-02-27 19:30 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-27 19:40 +0100
          Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-27 19:50 +0100
          Re: Origin of /var/run contents Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-27 19:50 +0100
            Re: Origin of /var/run contents Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-02-27 20:00 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2018-02-27 20:10 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-27 20:30 +0100
          Re: Origin of /var/run contents "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net> - 2018-02-27 21:00 +0100
            Re: Origin of /var/run contents David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-28 01:20 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2018-02-27 22:20 +0100
          Re: Origin of /var/run contents Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2018-02-28 09:50 +0100
            Re: Origin of /var/run contents Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2018-02-28 12:50 +0100
  Re: Origin of /var/run contents Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2018-02-27 12:50 +0100
    Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-27 18:20 +0100
      Re: Origin of /var/run contents Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-02-27 19:20 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-27 19:30 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2018-02-27 20:10 +0100
      Origin of /var/run contents Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-03-03 17:40 +0100
        Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-03-03 18:20 +0100
          Re: Origin of /var/run contents Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-03-05 16:10 +0100
            Origin of /var/run contents Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-03-07 00:50 +0100
              Re: Origin of /var/run contents deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-03-07 08:00 +0100
              Re: Origin of /var/run contents Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-03-07 14:40 +0100
  Re: Origin of /var/run contents Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-27 18:10 +0100
  Re: Origin of /var/run contents Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-03-03 16:50 +0100

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