OCI: New Mount "/run/user/1001" Created Post System Patching

 Applies To: 

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure  

Linux OS   

Symptoms

After applying latest patch on server and database, an extra mount point (/run/user/1001) was mounted in the application server.

Why is this mounted and any impact will be caused because of this mount point in future. 

Cause 

This new concept is deployed by systemd daemon. pam_systemd daemon creates /run/user/$uid (/run/user/1001 in this case) directory for every logged in user which is used for storing running processes files for that user. 

Solution 

This new concept is deployed by systemd daemon. pam_systemd daemon creates /run/user/$uid (/run/user/1001 in this case)