[lug] Alternate /tmp in Systemd?

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:27:50 -0600
Rob Nagler <nagler at bivio.biz> wrote:

> I would like /tmp in a systemd service to be somewhere other
> than /tmp, e.g. /bla/mytmp.  Apparently, systemd hardwires /tmp
> <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/435367/is-it-possible-to-change-systemd-private-tmp-directory>
> even
> thought it supports the concept of PrivateTmp.
> 
> It also seems that there's no way to add a bind mount to a unit like
> PrivateTmp does.
> 
> The problem is that I have a commercial product that doesn't respect
> it's own -tmpdir flag in certain cases. It's only been broken for
> about a decade so I don't think it is going to be fixed any time soon.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Not use systemd?

SteveT

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