Harold Toms <h.toms at qmul.ac.uk> writes: > 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 - Thanks! There is no such file. Apparently we are not supposed to create such files, and now I must compile mariadb from source because otherwise I wouldn´t be following best practises an be out of my right mind ... ;) Somehow, I doubt I would have a file like that if I did that. I might even get stuck in a compiling loop, following best practises indefinitely ... > 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. They do exist. The server isn´t in production yet, so I can create the file and see what happens when rebooting it. Let´s hope that it doesn´t vanish when I do that ... -- "Didn't work" is an error.