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I’m running AlmaLinux 9.2 (systemd v.252) on a small embedded(-ish) system, where I like to keep a lot of stuff in /run. When I was using CentOS7.x this was on the order of 1.5G, and I never really thought about it. However, since we have moved to Alma9, the default size of /run is only ~720M on the same hardware.

I can set the size by adding a line in /etc/fstab - but that seems a bit old-fashioned these days. For the /run/user/<uid> I can set a parameter RuntimeDirectorySize in /etc/systemd/logind.conf, but I haven’t found anything similar for the entire /run.

Surely there must be a systemd-specific way of specifying this?

(The linked question talks primarily about /tmp - but it turns out to be equally applicable for e.g. /run.)

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  • Thanks! That's very close to what I'm looking for. Not 100%, but I think it's close enough. I'll formulate an answer myself, based on that. – Popup Aug 04 '23 at 09:41

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As hinted by Stephen Kitt, it looks like the recommended mechanism is indeed to edit the /etc/fstab. Quoting from the systemd docs:

Even though normally none of these API file systems are listed in /etc/fstab they may be added there. If so, any options specified therein will be applied to that specific API file system. Hence: to alter the mount options or other parameters of these file systems, simply add them to /etc/fstab with the appropriate settings and you are done.

The relevant keyword is API file system - which includes all(?) the 'irregular' filesystems such as /sys, /proc, /dev, but also /tmp, /run and others.

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