[systemd-devel] [PATCH 2/2] core: require $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to be set for user instances

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

It seems that some places use /run otherwise, which isn't going to work.
---
 src/core/main.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index fe291f8..36543c6 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1404,6 +1404,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 goto finish;
         }
 
+        if (arg_running_as == SYSTEMD_USER &&
+            !getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")) {
+                log_error("Trying to run as user instance, but \$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set.");
+                goto finish;
+        }
+
         if (arg_running_as == SYSTEMD_SYSTEM &&
             arg_action == ACTION_RUN &&
             running_in_chroot() > 0) {
-- 
1.8.4