[systemd-devel] systemd kiosk volatile $HOME

[Lennart Poettering]

On Tue, 05.03.13 03:36, systemdkiosk at yopmail.com (systemdkiosk at yopmail.com) wrote:

> 
> Thank you Lennart. I wonder how your tip compares to our result? Our
> method employs getty.target and local-fs.target. It works but we prefer
> the Right Thing (tm). Would systemd-user-sessions.service be better for
> any reason? Here's our unit as it sits. Thanks for your input.

You really should order your stuff against s-u-s.s because otherwise
your service is not guaranteed to finish before the first user logs in.

> # /etc/systemd/system/ramhome-setup.service
> 
> [Unit]
> Description=Populate RAM user files from persistent store
> After=local-fs.target

After=local-fs.target is unnecessary, as that all normal services are
implicitly ordered against local-fs.target anyway. Drop this.

> [Service]
> Type=oneshot
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync --archive /home/ramhome/ /ramhome 
> RemainAfterExit=no

Redundant as that RemainAfterExit=no is the default. Drop this.

> [Install]
> RequiredBy=getty.target

getty.target sounds like the wrong choice to pull this in from. That
target is what we pull in our gettys from, and your service is not a
getty, so drop this.

Instead you might want to use multi-user.target, which is what was most
normal services are pulled in from in multi-user and graphical mode.

Lennart

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