Mark Haney <mark.haney at neonova.net> writes: > On 10/03/2017 01:12 PM, hw wrote: >> >>> See >>> >>> https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/09/20/managing-temporary-files-with-systemd-tmpfiles-on-rhel7/ >>> >>> how to manage tmpfiles. >> Thanks, I´ll look into that. I wouldn´t consider a directory like >> /var/run/mariadb in any way as only temporary --- and wouldn´t consider >> directories that are required for the system to work as temporary, >> either. > That directory isn't temporary. The files almost always are, but not > the directories. As I said, whatever it is you're doing, it's wrong. > I wouldn't continue to keep a setup like that as it's not standard > practice to keep data in /var/run that isn't temporary. Well, what am I supposed to do? The socket (or what it was) needs to be put somewhere, and IIRC, it wasn´t my choice to put it there but is a default. With mariadb, there are some defaults you can´t reasonably change because other software expects files where they usually are. And I don´t want to change that, I just want mariadb and lighttpd and other things to start on reboots rather than being broken because someone decided that files/directories they require are to be deleted on reboots before they can start. > However, you seem to be insistent on doing things contrary to best > practices so..... >>> Curious, how did you install MariaDB that you have such a problem? The >>> package shipping with CentOS does not create such issue. >> I´m using the packages from mariadb.org. The old version that comes in >> Centos isn´t recommended, and I need features only the newer versions >> provide. >> >> >> Lighttpd is from epel, and it has basically the same issue. >> >> > What issue? That the PID is dropped on reboot? What else are you > putting in there? I'm beginning to question whether you know what > you're doing or not. Lighttpd doesn't store any persistent info in > /var/run/ because, like everything else, /var/run isn't for persistent > data. IIRC, lighttpd won´t start unless you mess with where it puts its pid file. I think I had to resort to put it into /tmp or something like that because the place where it´s supposed to put it gets deleted on reboots. I´ve never before had issues like this. -- "Didn't work" is an error.