[systemd-devel] SystemD, Gnome permission problems

[dean]

On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 01:59 +0300, Mantas Mikulėnas wrote:
> 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>

Ok thanks for your prompt reply. It is my understanding the the
house-keeping-plugin "cleans" /tmp so does it need access? Does systemD
"clean" its own /tmp files/folders?