On Thu, 3 May 2012 at 11:34:03, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 02 May 2012 19:47:03 -0700, DSM (Dean) wrote: > > > > > I'm running F15. Files are mysteriously being removed from /tmp after a > > number of days of not being touched. I am familiar with > > /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch and, in fact, modify it to inhibit removal of > > files from /tmp. In the past this has worked. Under F15 it has not. > > > > Two or three weeks ago I deleted it from /etc/cron.daily but older files > > _still_ get removed from /tmp. I've rebooted at least once. I'm not > > sure if it happens at bootup or while the system is running, but > > something is still removing files from /tmp. > > > > Does anyone know of another mechanism for this? > > At least with recent systemd versions, there is the systemd-tmpfiles-clean > service. Dunno whether it's available in F15. And it defaults to 10 days > not 14, I think: "man tmpfiles.d"
Sorry for not responding till now. I'm traveling and away from the offending system. But I do believe that you have found the culprit. I just remotely logged onto my F15 system at work and found /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf which contains this line: d /tmp 1777 root root 10d Knowing NOTHING about "systemd" or this file format (yet), I'm taking the wild guess that the initial "d" stands for "delete". I will read up on this stuff, and verify that it is the cause. (Which raises the question: why does F15 contains two independent mechanisms for cleaning /tmp. Seems like a bug to me.) I also want to give credit to David Hawes, who wrote me privately this morning and suggested the same solution as Michael. I just saw his e-mail. Many thanks to both of you for pointing me in the right direction! I can't verify now, but my gut tells me this is IT. Time to head to my flight. Dean -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
