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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2022-09-26 16:13:20 +0200
committerLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2022-09-26 19:29:49 +0100
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man: document that setting Storage= in namespaces journald menas LogDirectory= in unit file needs setting too
Replaces: #24789
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is not removed. In the other direction,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> with
the <option>--flush</option> option may be used to move volatile data to persistent storage.</para>
+
+ <para>When journal namespacing (see <varname>LogNamespace=</varname> in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is
+ used, setting <varname>Storage=</varname> to <literal>volatile</literal> or <literal>auto</literal>
+ will not have an effect on the creation of the per-namespace logs directory in
+ <filename>/var/log/journal/</filename>, as the <filename>systemd-journald@.service</filename> service
+ file by default carries <varname>LogsDirectory=</varname>. To turn that off, add a unit file drop-in
+ file that sets <varname>LogsDirectory=</varname> to an empty string.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>