[tor-dev] tor#16518: Read-Only Filesystem Error opening tor lockfile in 0.2.6.9 but not 0.2.5.12

[aexlfowley at web.de]

> On 07/09/2015 03:24 PM, aexlfowley at web.de wrote:
>> Correct. I edited /lib/systemd/system/tor.service and added
>>   ReadWriteDirectories=-/media/cRAID/Tor
>> and now 0.2.6.9 is running.
>> I'm not entirely sure how to create my own
>> /etc/systemd/system/tor.service so I leave it at that.
>> (Trying out 'systemctl edit' I get "Unknown operation 'edit'." BTW.)
> 
> Just copy the /lib/systemd/system/tor.service file to
> /etc/systemd/system and edit it there -- it will take precedence over
> the one in /lib . You don't want to edit the one in /lib directly, since
> it is meant to be for distribution files that can/should be replaced on
> upgrades.

> Moritz Bartl wrote (09 Jul 2015 14:21:26 GMT) :
>> Just copy the /lib/systemd/system/tor.service file to
>> /etc/systemd/system and edit it there -- it will take precedence over
>> the one in /lib . You don't want to edit the one in /lib directly, since
>> it is meant to be for distribution files that can/should be replaced on
>> upgrades.
> 
> Right. And even better: using drop-in override files would avoid
> having to maintain a local forked copy of the unit file. Look for
> ".conf" in systemd.unit(5).
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> intrigeri

Okay, so I created /etc/systemd/system/tor.service.d/directory.conf
containing
  [Service]
  ReadWriteDirectories=/media/cRAID/Tor

Thanks again. And sorry for the noise.