On 08/23/2017 04:14 AM, mark2...@openmailbox.org wrote:
> I've got a Fedora 26 desktop that logs the following each hour
>
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-fwupd.service-hqduB4: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-fwupd.service-hqduB4': 
> Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-colord.service-xLGvFD: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-colord.service-xLGvFD':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-tor.service-4wY1IF: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-tor.service-4wY1IF': 
> Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-named.service-MvF69U: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-named.service-MvF69U': 
> Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-rtkit-daemon.service-Hn3mJ1:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-rtkit-daemon.service-Hn3mJ1':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-chronyd.service-VT0jSC: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-chronyd.service-VT0jSC':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-httpd.service-ZLBoQC: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-httpd.service-ZLBoQC': 
> Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-httpd.service-q9X35G:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-httpd.service-q9X35G':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-colord.service-wH5kHY:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-colord.service-wH5kHY':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-fwupd.service-ZBwFva:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-fwupd.service-ZBwFva':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-tor.service-pfoLAy: 
> Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-tor.service-pfoLAy':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-named.service-lgdjRM:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-named.service-lgdjRM':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-rtkit-daemon.service-md0RhP:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-rtkit-daemon.service-md0RhP':
>  Permission denied
> gsd-housekeepin[2202]: Failed to enumerate children of 
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-chronyd.service-AfsMsq:
>  Error opening directory 
> '/var/tmp/systemd-private-2d0347e0be4b43bfb6fca3b1677bd2ef-chronyd.service-AfsMsq':
>  Permission denied
>
> The timestamp on those directories is the same as the last boot and the 
> permissions are drwx------.  3 root root
> What's the problem and how can I fix it?
>
I don't normally use gnome.  But a quick round of googling reveals that....

It's not much of a problem. Since /tmp is shared, software owned by
various users often has private subdirectories under it (which other
uids cannot access), and gnome-settings-daemon is just being
unnecessarily verbose about that.

If you check for running processes on your system you'd find that there are 2 
copies
gnome-settings-daemon
running.  One under your username the other under the user name gdm.  Neither of
these can access the directories in question.  So, it is like it says
gnome-settings-daemon just being verbose.

Summary, not a problem.  Nothing to worry about.  Nothing to fix.



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