[systemd-devel] SystemD, Gnome permission problems

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 1:57 AM, dean <deanshannon3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Firstly i apologize if I'm in the wrong place, tell me where to go if i
> am ;-).
>
> I am having some permission problems, following is some syslog entries:
>
> gnome-session[2739]: (gnome-settings-daemon:2809):
> housekeeping-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to enumerate children of
>
> /tmp/systemd-private-4edf24dfb47a4c97917dcbd0468d3a56-colord.service-PxIGXf:
> Permission denied
>
> gnome-session[2739]:(gnome-settings-daemon:2809):
> housekeeping-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to enumerate children
> of /tmp/pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n: Permission denied
>
> gnome-session[2739]:(gnome-settings-daemon:2809):
> housekeeping-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to enumerate children of
>
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-4edf24dfb47a4c97917dcbd0468d3a56-systemd-timesyncd.service-HZKK6o:
> Permission denied
>
> gnome-session[2739]: (gnome-settings-daemon:2809):
> housekeeping-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to enumerate children of
>
> /var/tmp/systemd-private-4edf24dfb47a4c97917dcbd0468d3a56-colord.service-pIv5Bg:
> Permission denied
>
> I have changed permissions on the folders in /tmp but their either
> reverting or being recreated. Is this a Gnome or systemD problem?
> Its been this way for some time. What permissions are these
> files/folders supposed to be?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>

It's not much of a problem. Since /tmp is shared, software owned by various
users often has private subdirectories under it (which other uids cannot
access), and gnome-settings-daemon is just being unnecessarily verbose
about that.

-- 
Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
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