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NAME

       tmpfiles.d - Configuration for creation, deletion and cleaning of volatile and temporary
       files

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/tmpfiles.d/*.conf

       /run/tmpfiles.d/*.conf

       /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf

DESCRIPTION

       systemd-tmpfiles uses the configuration files from the above directories to describe the
       creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and temporary files and directories which
       usually reside in directories such as /run or /tmp.

       Volatile and temporary files and directories are those located in /run (and its alias
       /var/run), /tmp, /var/tmp, the API file systems such as /sys or /proc, as well as some
       other directories below /var.

       System daemons frequently require private runtime directories below /run to place
       communication sockets and similar in. For these, consider declaring them in their unit
       files using RuntimeDirectory= (see systemd.exec(5) for details), if this is feasible.

CONFIGURATION FORMAT

       Each configuration file shall be named in the style of package.conf or package-part.conf.
       The second variant should be used when it is desirable to make it easy to override just
       this part of configuration.

       Files in /etc/tmpfiles.d override files with the same name in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d and
       /run/tmpfiles.d. Files in /run/tmpfiles.d override files with the same name in
       /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d. Packages should install their configuration files in
       /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d. Files in /etc/tmpfiles.d are reserved for the local administrator,
       who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages.
       All configuration files are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of
       which of the directories they reside in. If multiple files specify the same path, the
       entry in the file with the lexicographically earliest name will be applied. All other
       conflicting entries will be logged as errors. When two lines are prefix and suffix of each
       other, then the prefix is always processed first, the suffix later. Lines that take globs
       are applied after those accepting no globs. If multiple operations shall be applied on the
       same file, (such as ACL, xattr, file attribute adjustments), these are always done in the
       same fixed order. Otherwise, the files/directories are processed in the order they are
       listed.

       If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
       recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ bearing the same
       filename.

       The configuration format is one line per path containing type, path, mode, ownership, age,
       and argument fields:

           #Type Path        Mode UID  GID  Age Argument
               d    /run/user   0755 root root 10d -
               L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null

       Fields may be enclosed within quotes and contain C-style escapes.

   Type
       The type consists of a single letter and optionally an exclamation mark.

       The following line types are understood:

       f
           Create a file if it does not exist yet. If the argument parameter is given, it will be
           written to the file. Does not follow symlinks.

       F
           Create or truncate a file. If the argument parameter is given, it will be written to
           the file. Does not follow symlinks.

       w
           Write the argument parameter to a file, if the file exists. Lines of this type accept
           shell-style globs in place of normal path names. The argument parameter will be
           written without a trailing newline. C-style backslash escapes are interpreted. Follows
           symlinks.

       d
           Create a directory if it does not exist yet.

       D
           Create or empty a directory.

       v
           Create a subvolume if the path does not exist yet, the file system supports subvolumes
           (btrfs), and the system itself is installed into a subvolume (specifically: the root
           directory / is itself a subvolume). Otherwise, create a normal directory, in the same
           way as d. A subvolume created with this line type is not assigned to any higher-level
           quota group. For that, use q or Q, which allow creating simple quota group
           hierarchies, see below.

       q
           Similar to v. However, makes sure that the subvolume will be assigned to the same
           higher-level quota groups as the subvolume it has been created in. This ensures that
           higher-level limits and accounting applied to the parent subvolume also include the
           specified subvolume. On non-btrfs file systems, this line type is identical to d. If
           the subvolume already exists and is already assigned to one or more higher level quota
           groups, no change to the quota hierarchy is made. Also see Q below. See btrfs-
           qgroup(8) for details about the btrfs quota group concept.

       Q
           Similar to q. However, instead of copying the higher-level quota group assignments
           from the parent as-is, the lowest quota group of the parent subvolume is determined
           that is not the leaf quota group. Then, an "intermediary" quota group is inserted that
           is one level below this level, and shares the same ID part as the specified subvolume.
           If no higher-level quota group exists for the parent subvolume, a new quota group at
           level 255 sharing the same ID as the specified subvolume is inserted instead. This new
           intermediary quota group is then assigned to the parent subvolume's higher-level quota
           groups, and the specified subvolume's leaf quota group is assigned to it.

           Effectively, this has a similar effect as q, however introduces a new higher-level
           quota group for the specified subvolume that may be used to enforce limits and
           accounting to the specified subvolume and children subvolume created within it. Thus,
           by creating subvolumes only via q and Q, a concept of "subtree quotas" is implemented.
           Each subvolume for which Q is set will get a "subtree" quota group created, and all
           child subvolumes created within it will be assigned to it. Each subvolume for which q
           is set will not get such a "subtree" quota group, but it is ensured that they are
           added to the same "subtree" quota group as their immediate parents.

           It is recommended to use Q for subvolumes that typically contain further subvolumes,
           and where it is desirable to have accounting and quota limits on all child subvolumes
           together. Examples for Q are typically /home or /var/lib/machines. In contrast, q
           should be used for subvolumes that either usually do not include further subvolumes or
           where no accounting and quota limits are needed that apply to all child subvolumes
           together. Examples for q are typically /var or /var/tmp. As with Q, q has no effect on
           the quota group hierarchy if the subvolume exists and already has at least one
           higher-level quota group assigned.

       p, p+
           Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet. If suffixed with + and a file
           already exists where the pipe is to be created, it will be removed and be replaced by
           the pipe.

       L, L+
           Create a symlink if it does not exist yet. If suffixed with + and a file already
           exists where the symlink is to be created, it will be removed and be replaced by the
           symlink. If the argument is omitted, symlinks to files with the same name residing in
           the directory /usr/share/factory/ are created. Note that permissions and ownership on
           symlinks are ignored.

       c, c+
           Create a character device node if it does not exist yet. If suffixed with + and a file
           already exists where the device node is to be created, it will be removed and be
           replaced by the device node. It is recommended to suffix this entry with an
           exclamation mark to only create static device nodes at boot, as udev will not manage
           static device nodes that are created at runtime.

       b, b+
           Create a block device node if it does not exist yet. If suffixed with + and a file
           already exists where the device node is to be created, it will be removed and be
           replaced by the device node. It is recommended to suffix this entry with an
           exclamation mark to only create static device nodes at boot, as udev will not manage
           static device nodes that are created at runtime.

       C
           Recursively copy a file or directory, if the destination files or directories do not
           exist yet. Note that this command will not descend into subdirectories if the
           destination directory already exists. Instead, the entire copy operation is skipped.
           If the argument is omitted, files from the source directory /usr/share/factory/ with
           the same name are copied. Does not follow symlinks.

       x
           Ignore a path during cleaning. Use this type to exclude paths from clean-up as
           controlled with the Age parameter. Note that lines of this type do not influence the
           effect of r or R lines. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal
           path names.

       X
           Ignore a path during cleaning. Use this type to exclude paths from clean-up as
           controlled with the Age parameter. Unlike x, this parameter will not exclude the
           content if path is a directory, but only directory itself. Note that lines of this
           type do not influence the effect of r or R lines. Lines of this type accept
           shell-style globs in place of normal path names.

       r
           Remove a file or directory if it exists. This may not be used to remove non-empty
           directories, use R for that. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of
           normal path names. Does not follow symlinks.

       R
           Recursively remove a path and all its subdirectories (if it is a directory). Lines of
           this type accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names. Does not follow
           symlinks.

       z
           Adjust the access mode, group and user, and restore the SELinux security context of a
           file or directory, if it exists. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place
           of normal path names. Does not follow symlinks.

       Z
           Recursively set the access mode, group and user, and restore the SELinux security
           context of a file or directory if it exists, as well as of its subdirectories and the
           files contained therein (if applicable). Lines of this type accept shell-style globs
           in place of normal path names. Does not follow symlinks.

       t
           Set extended attributes. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of
           normal path names. This can be useful for setting SMACK labels. Does not follow
           symlinks.

       T
           Recursively set extended attributes. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in
           place of normal path names. This can be useful for setting SMACK labels. Does not
           follow symlinks.

       h
           Set file/directory attributes. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs in place of
           normal path names.

           The format of the argument field is [+-=][aAcCdDeijsStTu] . The prefix + (the default
           one) causes the attribute(s) to be added; - causes the attribute(s) to be removed; =
           causes the attributes to be set exactly as the following letters. The letters
           "aAcCdDeijsStTu" select the new attributes for the files, see chattr(1) for further
           information.

           Passing only = as argument resets all the file attributes listed above. It has to be
           pointed out that the = prefix limits itself to the attributes corresponding to the
           letters listed here. All other attributes will be left untouched. Does not follow
           symlinks.

       H
           Recursively set file/directory attributes. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs
           in place of normal path names. Does not follow symlinks.

       a, a+
           Set POSIX ACLs (access control lists). If suffixed with +, the specified entries will
           be added to the existing set.  systemd-tmpfiles will automatically add the required
           base entries for user and group based on the access mode of the file, unless base
           entries already exist or are explicitly specified. The mask will be added if not
           specified explicitly or already present. Lines of this type accept shell-style globs
           in place of normal path names. This can be useful for allowing additional access to
           certain files. Does not follow symlinks.

       A, A+
           Same as a and a+, but recursive. Does not follow symlinks.

       If the exclamation mark is used, this line is only safe of execute during boot, and can
       break a running system. Lines without the exclamation mark are presumed to be safe to
       execute at any time, e.g. on package upgrades.  systemd-tmpfiles will execute line with an
       exclamation mark only if option --boot is given.

       For example:

           # Make sure these are created by default so that nobody else can
                 d /tmp/.X11-unix 1777 root root 10d

                 # Unlink the X11 lock files
                 r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock

       The second line in contrast to the first one would break a running system, and will only
       be executed with --boot.

   Path
       The file system path specification supports simple specifier expansion. The following
       expansions are understood:

       Table 1. Specifiers available
       ┌──────────┬────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
       │SpecifierMeaningDetails                  │
       ├──────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
       │"%m"      │ Machine ID     │ The machine ID of the    │
       │          │                │ running system,          │
       │          │                │ formatted as string. See │
       │          │                │ machine-id(5) for more   │
       │          │                │ information.             │
       ├──────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
       │"%b"      │ Boot ID        │ The boot ID of the       │
       │          │                │ running system,          │
       │          │                │ formatted as string. See │
       │          │                │ random(4) for more       │
       │          │                │ information.             │
       ├──────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
       │"%H"      │ Host name      │ The hostname of the      │
       │          │                │ running system.          │
       ├──────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
       │"%v"      │ Kernel release │ Identical to uname -r    │
       │          │                │ output.                  │
       ├──────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
       │"%%"      │ Escaped %      │ Single percent sign.     │
       └──────────┴────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘

   Mode
       The file access mode to use when creating this file or directory. If omitted or when set
       to "-", the default is used: 0755 for directories, 0644 for all other file objects. For z,
       Z lines, if omitted or when set to "-", the file access mode will not be modified. This
       parameter is ignored for x, r, R, L, t, and a lines.

       Optionally, if prefixed with "~", the access mode is masked based on the already set
       access bits for existing file or directories: if the existing file has all executable bits
       unset, all executable bits are removed from the new access mode, too. Similarly, if all
       read bits are removed from the old access mode, they will be removed from the new access
       mode too, and if all write bits are removed, they will be removed from the new access mode
       too. In addition, the sticky/SUID/SGID bit is removed unless applied to a directory. This
       functionality is particularly useful in conjunction with Z.

   UID, GID
       The user and group to use for this file or directory. This may either be a numeric
       user/group ID or a user or group name. If omitted or when set to "-", the default 0 (root)
       is used. For z and Z lines, when omitted or when set to "-", the file ownership will not
       be modified. These parameters are ignored for x, r, R, L, t, and a lines.

   Age
       The date field, when set, is used to decide what files to delete when cleaning. If a file
       or directory is older than the current time minus the age field, it is deleted. The field
       format is a series of integers each followed by one of the following suffixes for the
       respective time units: s, m or min, h, d, w, ms, and us, meaning seconds, minutes, hours,
       days, weeks, milliseconds, and microseconds, respectively. Full names of the time units
       can be used too.

       If multiple integers and units are specified, the time values are summed. If an integer is
       given without a unit, s is assumed.

       When the age is set to zero, the files are cleaned unconditionally.

       The age field only applies to lines starting with d, D, v, q, Q, C, x and X. If omitted or
       set to "-", no automatic clean-up is done.

       If the age field starts with a tilde character "~", the clean-up is only applied to files
       and directories one level inside the directory specified, but not the files and
       directories immediately inside it.

   Argument
       For L lines determines the destination path of the symlink. For c and b, determines the
       major/minor of the device node, with major and minor formatted as integers, separated by
       ":", e.g.  "1:3". For f, F, and w, the argument may be used to specify a short string that
       is written to the file, suffixed by a newline. For C, specifies the source file or
       directory. For t and T, determines extended attributes to be set. For a and A, determines
       ACL attributes to be set. For h and H, determines the file attributes to set. Ignored for
       all other lines.

EXAMPLE

       Example 1. /etc/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf example

       screen needs two directories created at boot with specific modes and ownership.

           d /run/screens  1777 root root 10d
           d /run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h
           t /run/screen - - - - user.name="John Smith" security.SMACK64=screen

       Example 2. /etc/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf example

       abrt needs a directory created at boot with specific mode and ownership and its content
       should be preserved.

           d /var/tmp/abrt 0755 abrt abrt
           x /var/tmp/abrt/*

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd-tmpfiles(8), systemd-delta(1), systemd.exec(5), attr(5), getfattr(1),
       setfattr(1), setfacl(1), getfacl(1), chattr(1), btrfs-subvolume(8), btrfs-qgroup(8)