On Thu, 3 May 2012 at 11:34:03, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2012 19:47:03 -0700, DSM (Dean) wrote:
>
> I'm running F15. Files are mysteriously being removed from /tmp after a
> number of days of not being touched. I am familiar with
> /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch and, in fact, modify it to inhibit removal of
> files from /tmp. In the past this has worked. Under F15 it has not.
>
> Two or three weeks ago I deleted it from /etc/cron.daily but older files
> _still_ get removed from /tmp. I've rebooted at least once. I'm not
> sure if it happens at bootup or while the system is running, but
> something is still removing files from /tmp.
>
> Does anyone know of another mechanism for this?
At least with recent systemd versions, there is the systemd-tmpfiles-clean
service. Dunno whether it's available in F15. And it defaults to 10 days
not 14, I think: "man tmpfiles.d"
Sorry for not responding till now. I'm traveling and away from the
offending system. But I do believe that you have found the culprit.
I just remotely logged onto my F15 system at work and found
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf
which contains this line:
d /tmp 1777 root root 10d
Knowing NOTHING about "systemd" or this file format (yet), I'm taking
the wild guess that the initial "d" stands for "delete". I will read
up
on this stuff, and verify that it is the cause. (Which raises the
question: why does F15 contains two independent mechanisms for cleaning
/tmp. Seems like a bug to me.)
I also want to give credit to David Hawes, who wrote me privately this
morning and suggested the same solution as Michael. I just saw his
e-mail. Many thanks to both of you for pointing me in the right
direction! I can't verify now, but my gut tells me this is IT.
Time to head to my flight.
Dean