Bugzilla – Bug 1217105
nscd.service fails with /var/run/nscd/nscd.pid: No such file or directory
Last modified: 2023-11-15 11:59:46 UTC
On Tumbleweed version 20231110, nscd.service cannot be started. journalctl -u nscd.service outputs the following ``` Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: Starting Name Service Cache Daemon... Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 /var/run/nscd/nscd.pid: No such file or directory Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/passwd` (1) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/group` (3) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/hosts` (4) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/resolv.conf` (5) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 disabled inotify-based monitoring for file `/etc/services': No such file or directory Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 stat failed for file `/etc/services'; will try again later: No such file or directory Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/netgroup` (6) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` (7) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` (7) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` (7) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` (7) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring file `/etc/nsswitch.conf` (7) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 monitoring directory `/etc` (2) Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 cannot create /var/lib/nscd/hosts; no sharing possible Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1162]: 1162 /var/run/nscd/socket: No such file or directory Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 nscd[1149]: child exited with status 1 Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: nscd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: nscd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon. ``` I found similar log entries dating back to September 30, 2023, the date where my journal starts. The mentioned folder /var/run/nscd for the pid file and the socket is missing and should IMHO be automatically created by the system.
Make sure the systemd-tmpfiles-setup service is running.
(In reply to Andreas Schwab from comment #1) > Make sure the systemd-tmpfiles-setup service is running. Thank you for that hint. Indeed, there was a problem with systemd-tmpfile-setup.service `systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup` ``` ● systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service - Create Volatile Files and Directories Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service; static) Active: active (exited) since Tue 2023-11-14 08:01:34 CET; 1 day 4h ago Docs: man:tmpfiles.d(5) man:systemd-tmpfiles(8) Process: 1117 ExecStart=systemd-tmpfiles --create --remove --boot --exclude-prefix=/dev (code=exited, status=73) Main PID: 1117 (code=exited, status=73) CPU: 18ms Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /tmp (owned by root) during canonicalization of tmp. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /tmp (owned by root) during canonicalization of tmp. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/xkb/compiled. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal/c20131a3905c4d8887d8a6117ffe75d5. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal/c20131a3905c4d8887d8a6117ffe75d5. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/log/journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal/c20131a3905c4d8887d8a6117ffe75d5/system.journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories. ``` There was a whole slew of warnings. `journalctl --no-pager -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service -b` ``` Nov 14 08:01:26 T14 systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Nov 14 08:01:26 T14 systemd[1]: Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories. Nov 14 08:01:30 T14 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Deactivated successfully. Nov 14 08:01:30 T14 systemd[1]: Stopped Create Volatile Files and Directories. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/cache. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/PackageKit. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/colord. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /etc (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /etc (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/cups. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/spool/cups. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/dbus. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/dbus. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/lock. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local/man. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /usr (owned by root) during canonicalization of usr/local. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/adm. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/adm. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/adm. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /etc (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/lock. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/cache. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/nfs. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/nfs. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/sudo. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /etc (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/systemd. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/cache. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /tmp (owned by root) during canonicalization of tmp. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /tmp (owned by root) during canonicalization of tmp. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /tmp (owned by root) during canonicalization of tmp. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /tmp (owned by root) during canonicalization of tmp. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/lib/xkb/compiled. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal/c20131a3905c4d8887d8a6117ffe75d5. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal/c20131a3905c4d8887d8a6117ffe75d5. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /run (owned by root) during canonicalization of run/log/journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd-tmpfiles[1117]: Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by thomas) → /var (owned by root) during canonicalization of var/log/journal/c20131a3905c4d8887d8a6117ffe75d5/system.journal. Nov 14 08:01:34 T14 systemd[1]: Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories. ``` For some reason '/' was owned by me instead of root. ls -ld / ``` drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178 Nov 14 08:18 / ``` ``` chown root / ``` fixed the problem.