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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > > Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > > The system manager (as of v253) executes generators in a sandbox with a fresh tmpfs mount on /tmp:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/a526b9ddfc03a290f20a65c0a73792e73029f1b8/src/core/manager.c#L4274<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > > Looking at the code, it appears that there is no way to disable that using, say, an environment variable or a config file setting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > > Is that correct?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > Generators run during earliest boot, where /tmp/ is quite likely not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > mounted yet, hence generators do not have access to the system's /tmp/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > > and get a transient one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > Thanks for your reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > Is my second statement also correct?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> > i.e. is there no way to prevent mounting a private /tmp when executing generators using something like an environment variable or config setting?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">> There is none.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am considering preparing a patch that makes it configurable via system.conf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">e.g., "GeneratorsUsePrivateTmp=yes"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Would a contribution like that be welcome?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-James M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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