On 01/10/17 16:21, hw wrote: > Hi, > > how can I prevent files/directories like /var/run/mariadb from being > deleted on reboot? Lighttpd has the same problem. > > This breaks services and makes servers non-restartable by anyone else > but the administrator who needs to re-create the needed files and > directories every time and has to figure out what selinux labels they > need. This causes unnecessary downtimes. > > This is entirely inacceptable. This totally sucks. > > Assuming that your /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mariadb.conf file contains: d /var/run/mariadb 0755 mysql mysql - the /var/run/mariadb should be recreated on every reboot... if it is not, perhaps either the mysql user or group do not exist. Check /etc/passwd and /etc/group. -- regards H