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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2023-11-08 10:56:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2023-11-08 12:39:19 +0100 |
| commit | 3cb938bd12b3603984b982e9b73e4cabd4a608e3 (patch) | |
| tree | be041615e1ffef70d3ebfd3448f0bb58961a62a5 /man | |
| parent | man: update COREDUMP_xyz journal fields docs (diff) | |
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man: be even clearer that tmpfiles user/group/mode are applied on existing inodes
I think it was clear already, but let's be even clearer.
Fixes: #29774
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/tmpfiles.d.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 38999ec00e..971b7e6a9e 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -574,9 +574,10 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para> removed unless applied to a directory. This functionality is particularly useful in conjunction with <varname>Z</varname>.</para> - <para>Optionally, if prefixed with <literal>:</literal>, the configured access mode is only used when - creating new inodes. If the inode the line refers to already exists, its access mode is left in place - unmodified.</para> + <para>By default the access mode of listed inodes is set to the specified mode regardless if it is + created anew, or already existed. Optionally, if prefixed with <literal>:</literal>, the configured + access mode is only applied when creating new inodes, and if the inode the line refers to + already exists, its access mode is left in place unmodified.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2> @@ -599,9 +600,10 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para> Resolvability of User and Group Names</ulink> for more information on requirements on system user/group definitions.</para> - <para>Optionally, if prefixed with <literal>:</literal>, the configured user/group information is only - used when creating new inodes. If the inode the line refers to already exists, its user/group is left - in place unmodified.</para> + <para>By default the ownership of listed inodes is set to the specified user/group regardless if it is + created anew, or already existed. Optionally, if prefixed with <literal>:</literal>, the configured + user/group information is only applied when creating new inodes, and if the inode the line refers to + already exists, its user/group is left in place unmodified.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2> |