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Joachim Wiberg
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Aaron Andersen points out in the #492 discussion that the *Directory settings carry more contract than create-and-chown: per-directory modes, specific ownership rules, and cleanup toggles. Without them config-dir was chowned to the service user, which systemd never does, an existing directory with drifted ownership was left wrong, and the runtime directory could not survive a restart. Now matching systemd.exec(5), and where the man page is vague, the code in setup_exec_directory(): - each directory takes a matching -mode key, octal with the leading zero, default 0755. The mode of the named directory is locked down again on every start, also when it already exists - config-dir is created but never chowned - the contents of an existing directory are left alone as long as the owner is right; on drift everything under it is chowned back - runtime-dir-preserve = no | restart | yes maps RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=. A service still qualified to run when the runtime directory would be removed is restarting, not stopping, which is what svc_enabled() answers The dir mechanics move to mksubsysd(), taking resolved ids, with mksubsys() reduced to a name-resolving wrapper for the dbus plugin. The child resolves uid/gid once for both directory setup and privilege drop. The symlink form, RuntimeDirectory=foo:bar, is not adopted. Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
Finit is a fast, simple alternative to SysV init and systemd, designed for small and embedded Linux systems. It can also run on desktop and server systems, like finix.
Reverse engineered from the EeePC fastinit
"gaps filled with frog DNA …"
— Claudio Matsuoka
For detailed information, explore our extensive documentation
📚 http://finit-project.github.io
For working examples, see the 🚀 contrib/ section or these tutorials:
- 🛠️ Buildroot embedded Linux,
- 📦 Debian GNU/Linux,
- ⛰️ Alpine Linux, and
- 🌌 Void Linux
Note
Finit can run on various Linux distributions, but the bundled install scripts are examples only. They have been tested on amd64 (x86_64) systems with standard configurations.
For embedded systems, see these Buildroot-based examples: myLinux, Infix, or br2-finit-demo.