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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 0a006d17a..4f2e6406a 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,23 @@
temporary files and directories which usually reside
in directories such as /run
or /tmp.
+
+ Volatile and temporary files and directories are
+ those located in /run (and its
+ alias /var/run),
+ /tmp,
+ /var/tmp, the API file systems
+ such as /sys or
+ /proc, as well as some other
+ directories below /var.
+
+ System daemons frequently require private
+ runtime directories below /run to
+ place communication sockets and similar in. For these,
+ consider declaring them in their unit files using
+ RuntimeDirectory=
+ (see systemd.exec5 for details),
+ if this is feasible.
@@ -91,8 +108,12 @@
filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which
of the directories they reside in. If multiple files
specify the same path, the entry in the file with the
- lexicographically earliest name will be applied, all
- all other conflicting entries logged as errors.
+ lexicographically earliest name will be applied.
+ All other conflicting entries will be logged as
+ errors. When two lines are prefix and suffix of each
+ other, then the prefix is always processed first, the
+ suffix later. Otherwise, the files/directories are
+ processed in the order they are listed.
If the administrator wants to disable a
configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
@@ -148,33 +169,90 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
p
- Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet.
+ p+
+ Create a named
+ pipe (FIFO) if it does not
+ exist yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ pipe is to be created, it will
+ be removed and be replaced by
+ the pipe.
L
- Create a symlink if it does not exist yet.
+ L+
+ Create a
+ symlink if it does not exist
+ yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ symlink is to be created, it
+ will be removed and be
+ replaced by the
+ symlink. If the argument is omitted,
+ symlinks to files with the same name
+ residing in the directory
+ /usr/share/factory/
+ are created.
c
- Create a character device node if it does not exist yet.
+ c+
+ Create a
+ character device node if it
+ does not exist yet. If
+ suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ device node is to be created,
+ it will be removed and be
+ replaced by the device
+ node. It is recommended to suffix this
+ entry with an exclamation mark to only
+ create static device nodes at boot,
+ as udev will not manage static device
+ nodes that are created at runtime.
+
b
- Create a block device node if it does not exist yet.
+ b+
+ Create a block
+ device node if it does not
+ exist yet. If suffixed with
+ + and a
+ file already exists where the
+ device node is to be created,
+ it will be removed and be
+ replaced by the device
+ node. It is recommended to suffix this
+ entry with an exclamation mark to only
+ create static device nodes at boot,
+ as udev will not manage static device
+ nodes that are created at runtime.
+
- m
- If the
- specified file path exists,
- adjust its access mode, group
- and user to the specified
- values and reset the SELinux
- security context. If it does not exist, do
- nothing.
+ C
+ Recursively
+ copy a file or directory, if
+ the destination files or
+ directories do not exist
+ yet. Note that this command
+ will not descend into
+ subdirectories if the
+ destination directory already
+ exists. Instead, the entire
+ copy operation is
+ skipped. If the argument is omitted,
+ files from the source directory
+ /usr/share/factory/
+ with the same name are copied.
@@ -240,29 +318,50 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
z
- Restore
- SELinux security context
- and set ownership and access
- mode of a file or directory if
- it exists. Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in
- place of normal path names.
+ Adjust the
+ access mode, group and user,
+ and restore the SELinux security
+ context of a file or directory,
+ if it exists. Lines of this
+ type accept shell-style globs
+ in place of normal path names.
Z
Recursively
- restore SELinux security
- context and set
- ownership and access mode of a
- path and all its
- subdirectories (if it is a
- directory). Lines of this type
- accept shell-style globs in
- place of normal path
+ set the access mode, group and
+ user, and restore the SELinux
+ security context of a file or
+ directory if it exists, as
+ well as of its subdirectories
+ and the files contained
+ therein (if applicable). Lines
+ of this type accept
+ shell-style globs in place of
+ normal path
names.
+
+
+ t
+ Set extended
+ attributes on item. It may be
+ used in conjunction with other
+ types (only d,
+ D, f,
+ F, L,
+ p, c,
+ b, makes sense).
+ If used as a standalone line, then
+ systemd-tmpfiles
+ will try to set extended
+ attributes on specified path.
+ This can be especially used to set
+ SMACK labels.
+
+
If the exclamation mark is used, this
@@ -350,7 +449,23 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
will not be modified. This parameter is
ignored for x,
r, R,
- L lines.
+ L, t lines.
+
+ Optionally, if prefixed with
+ ~, the access mode is masked
+ based on the already set access bits for
+ existing file or directories: if the existing
+ file has all executable bits unset, all
+ executable bits are removed from the new
+ access mode, too. Similarly, if all read bits
+ are removed from the old access mode, they will
+ be removed from the new access mode too, and
+ if all write bits are removed, they will be
+ removed from the new access mode too. In
+ addition, the sticky/SUID/SGID bit is removed unless
+ applied to a directory. This
+ functionality is particularly useful in
+ conjunction with Z.
@@ -366,8 +481,8 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
ownership will not be modified. These
parameters are ignored for
x, r,
- R, L
- lines.
+ R, L,
+ t lines.
@@ -429,8 +544,10 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
f, F,
and w may be used to
specify a short string that is written to the
- file, suffixed by a newline. Ignored for all
- other lines.
+ file, suffixed by a newline. For
+ C, specifies the source file
+ or directory. For t determines
+ extended attributes to be set. Ignored for all other lines.
@@ -442,7 +559,8 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock
screen needs two directories created at boot with specific modes and ownership.
d /run/screens 1777 root root 10d
-d /run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
+d /run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
+t /run/screen - - - - user.name="John Smith" security.SMACK64=screen
/etc/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf example
@@ -458,7 +576,8 @@ x /var/tmp/abrt/*
systemd1,
systemd-tmpfiles8,
- systemd-delta1
+ systemd-delta1,
+ systemd.exec5