David Elze wrote:
On the other hand, 'flowd -d' breaks with "chdir(/nonexistent): No such file or directory" though the only configurable directory seems to be the one in /etc/flowd.conf which is correct.
looks like the home directory of the unprivileged flowd _user_. you should try 'usermod -d <flowd-directory> <flowd-user>' or even 'usermod -d /var/empty <flowd-user>'. i don't know the correct values for flowd, just try. reyk