From 3cb938bd12b3603984b982e9b73e4cabd4a608e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 10:56:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- man/tmpfiles.d.xml | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 38999ec00e3..971b7e6a9e9 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -574,9 +574,10 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10 removed unless applied to a directory. This functionality is particularly useful in conjunction with Z. - Optionally, if prefixed with :, 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. + 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 :, 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. @@ -599,9 +600,10 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10 Resolvability of User and Group Names for more information on requirements on system user/group definitions. - Optionally, if prefixed with :, 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. + 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 :, 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.