Failed to run 'start' task: Operation not permitted

freaks · 2025-06-17 07:39:24

hello
after the reboot of my server when i start a service
for example

sudo systemctl start mariadb

i have this error

mariadb.service: Failed to run 'start-pre' task: Operation not permitted

it's the same problem for all the services

at statup i have this error

 fchmod() of /var/tmp failed: Operation not permitted

i cannot write in /var/tmp en root ...
here the permissions of the folder
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 22 2020 tmp

and cannot change the permission
chmod 1777 tmp
chmod: changing permissions of 'tmp/': Operation not permitted

if i boot from an usb key, then mount the volume, i cannot change the permissions or for example move the folder

do you know a solution ?

or do you know a way to not use /var/tmp but another path?

Last edited by freaks (2025-06-17 09:07:05)

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