tmpfiles: do not bump access times of directories we are cleaning up

[elogind.git] / man / systemd-tmpfiles.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
index 9a9bf17136e512f9c8464532bb730117a525b793..d4c5bf26e4c6473cf0aecf82b77226bcee5b5718 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
@@ -184,6 +184,19 @@
 
         </refsect1>
 
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Unprivileged --cleanup operation</title>
+
+                <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> tries to
+                avoid changing the access and modification times on
+                the directories it accesses, which requires
+                <constant>CAP_ADMIN</constant> privileges. When
+                running as non-root, directories which are checked for
+                files to clean up will have their access time bumped,
+                which might prevent their cleanup.
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Exit status</title>