On 13/10/2017 16:02, Michael Hennebry wrote: Hi Michael, > I see at least two possible intermediate results: > The RHEL 7 folks do something, perhaps make a package, > to make pseudo-persistence super easy to get. > The RHEL 7 folks do something, perhaps make a package, > to allow users to fix this particular problem, e.g. > by adding pseudo-persisitence for a file used by a package. I disagree vehemently. Please STOP giving any advice or making any suggestions along the lines of persisting /var/run. It *is* meant to be volatile. Anyone who is packaging an application for CentOS 7 must realise this, and package their application accordingly. NO OTHER SOLUTION is acceptable. Folks, please stop giving bad advice or suggesting horrible hacks. Stop trying to force a square peg into a round hole. Cheers, Anand