Apparently, the /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ directory is a "blessing" from systemd. Permanent changes should be done by creating the changed file in /etc/tmpfiles.d/
We live and learn! -----Original message----- > From:Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday 11th February 2016 15:49 > To: Bill Maidment <[email protected]>; Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Problem with setting permissions in /etc/fstab [RESOLVED] > > Oops copied wrong line, try > z /var/spool/MD-Quarantine 0750 defang defang - - > > > -----Original message----- > > From:Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday 11th February 2016 15:46 > > To: Bill Maidment <[email protected]>; Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: Problem with setting permissions in /etc/fstab [RESOLVED] > > > > Nico > > The issue has been resolved. > > I discovered a file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mimedefang.conf which contained the > > following line (among others): > > z /var/spool/MD-Quarantine 0750 defang defang - - > > > > This is obvious used in a chmod call. > > Altering 0750 to 0770 got me back in business. > > > > Cheers > > Bill > > > > -----Original message----- > > > From:Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday 9th February 2016 15:21 > > > To: Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> > > > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Subject: RE: Problem with setting permissions in /etc/fstab > > > > > > Nico > > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > > I know it is not a typo as I did copy and paste into the second machine > > > /etc/fstab and it worked. > > > I note that /etc/mtab contains > > > /dev/shm /var/spool/MIMEDefang tmpfs > > > rw,relatime,size=262144k,mode=770,uid=991,gid=990 0 0 > > > so it looks like the mount is working OK. > > > > > > I believe your other suggestion might well be the cause and I am trying > > > to locate which service is causing the issue. > > > /etc/passwd has > > > defang:x:991:990:MIMEDefang User:/var/spool/MIMEDefang:/sbin/nologin > > > May be this is causing something to go wrong. > > > > > > Still searching..... > > > > > > Cheers > > > Bill > > > > > > -----Original message----- > > > > From:Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Monday 8th February 2016 23:41 > > > > To: Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > > > > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: Problem with setting permissions in /etc/fstab > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:26 AM, Bill Maidment <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > An update. > > > > > I have put the same /etc/fstab entry in another SL7.2 machine and it > > > > > sets the permissions correctly on boot. > > > > > > > > > > On the problem machine I have tried setting the permissions on the > > > > > directory to 0770 before rebooting, but something is setting it to > > > > > 0750 on boot. > > > > > A manual mount works fine with: > > > > > mount -t tmpfs -o size=256m,mode=0770,uid=defang,gid=defang /dev/shm > > > > > /var/spool/MIMEDefang > > > > > > > > > > So what can be upsetting the /etc/fstab mount? > > > > > > > > > > I'm stumped! > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > Do you have a typo in /etc/fstab, perhaps? Or some other management > > > > process, such as chef, puppet, cfentine, etc. that make might be > > > > resetting directory permissions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
