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credentials: document that their path is stable for system services

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Joerg Behrmann
2023-10-20 11:35:04 +02:00
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## Relevant Paths
From *service* perspective the runtime path to find loaded credentials in is
provided in the `$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY` environment variable.
provided in the `$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY` environment variable. For *system
services* the credential directory will be `/run/credentials/<unit name>`, but
hardcoding this path is discouraged, because it does not work for *user
services*. Packagers and system administrators may hardcode the credential path
as a last resort for software that does not yet search for credentials relative
to `$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY`.
From *generator* perspective the runtime path to find credentials passed into
the system in plaintext form in is provided in `$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY`, and