Bug 245117 - x11/sddm: Home directory should be under /var
Summary: x11/sddm: Home directory should be under /var
Status: Closed DUPLICATE of bug 244756
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-kde (group)
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Reported: 2020-03-27 23:11 UTC by Jonathan Chen
Modified: 2020-03-28 07:59 UTC (History)
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Description Jonathan Chen 2020-03-27 23:11:39 UTC 
The entry for sddm in /usr/ports/UIDs has $HOME=/usr/local/etc/sddm/home.

I believe this is incorrect as sddm uses $HOME to store state instead of configuration; and hier(7) suggests that /usr/local/etc should only have configuration files instead of transient files. sddm  modifies the contents of $HOME whenever someone logs in/out.

I would suggest its $HOME be relocated to /var/sddm.
Comment 1 Tobias C. Berner freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2020-03-28 07:59:30 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 244756 ***