Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> writes: > Mart van de Wege <mvdw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Eh. It's in the docs. /run is for runtime generated, ephemeral units >> and other files. > >> What stumped me at first is that /etc has priority over /run > > This is because /etc is designed to override (or amend) anything from > the system, either static from (/usr)/lib/systemd or generated from /run. > I realise that *now*. Originally I likened the systemd config to the usual defaults compiled in, then sysadmin overrides in /etc/, then user overrides in ~/
That was the wrong mental model, as it turned out. Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.