# LAN IP - Error directly after boot

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [31 August 2021 20:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657 "2021-08-31T20:30:26Z")
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#### Post date: [31 August 2021 20:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/1 "2021-08-31T20:30:26Z")

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I noticed that i receive the following error, directly after boot:

```nohighlight
mawk: cannot open /run/dietpi/.network (No such file or directory)
curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination

```

also my dietpi says that i have no ethernet Hardware, but my connection test is okay and i can connect via ssh etc.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-08-31 um 22.32.58.png](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9bec96f71b815fa2540e523e98dd03c95872c120.png)  
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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [31 August 2021 20:49 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/2 "2021-08-31T20:49:00Z")

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Hi,

pls can you share following

```nohighlight
/boot/dietpi/func/obtain_network_details
ls -la /run/dietpi/
cat /run/dietpi/.network

```

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### Author: ![TBirth](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@TBirth](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/TBirth)
#### Post date: [31 August 2021 20:52 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/3 "2021-08-31T20:52:40Z")

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```nohighlight
root@dietpi:~# /boot/dietpi/func/obtain_network_details
/boot/dietpi/func/obtain_network_details: Zeile 143: /run/dietpi/.network: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
root@dietpi:~# ls -la /run/dietpi/
ls: Zugriff auf '/run/dietpi/' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
root@dietpi:~# cat /run/dietpi/.network
cat: /run/dietpi/.network: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
root@dietpi:~#

```

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [31 August 2021 21:19 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/4 "2021-08-31T21:19:07Z")

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first, there is no need to post screen shots in addition. SSH output is totally fine and preferred.

Basically you are missing temporary file system /run/dietpi which usually should be created during boot. Can you check following.

```nohighlight
journalctl -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup
systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup

```

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### Author: ![TBirth](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@TBirth](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/TBirth)
#### Post date: [1 September 2021 03:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/5 "2021-09-01T03:09:59Z")

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Thanks for you Tipps:

```nohighlight
root@dietpi:~# journalctl -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup
-- Journal begins at Tue 2021-08-31 22:54:56 CEST, ends at Wed 2021-09-01 05:08:51 CEST. --
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/lib.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/lock.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/log.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/cache.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/cache/lighttpd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/cache/lighttpd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/sudo.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/lib.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/lib/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd/netif.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd/netif.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/systemd/netif.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/lib/systemd.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/lib.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/log.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/cache.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/log.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/log.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var/log.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /var during canonicalization of /var.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal/00f10adf4b6348ed98053ec9b5c55b97.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal/00f10adf4b6348ed98053ec9b5c55b97/system.journal.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd[1]: Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories.
root@dietpi:~# systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup
● systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service - Create Volatile Files and Directories
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service; static)
     Active: active (exited) since Tue 2021-08-31 22:54:57 CEST; 6h ago
       Docs: man:tmpfiles.d(5)
             man:systemd-tmpfiles(8)
    Process: 282 ExecStart=systemd-tmpfiles --create --remove --boot --exclude-prefix=/dev (code=exited, status=73)
   Main PID: 282 (code=exited, status=73)
        CPU: 36ms

Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /tmp during canonicalization of /tmp.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal/00f10adf4b6348ed98053ec9b5c55b97.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd-tmpfiles[282]: Detected unsafe path transition / → /run during canonicalization of /run/log/journal/00f10adf4b6348ed98053ec9b5c55b97/system.journal.
Aug 31 22:54:57 dietpi systemd[1]: Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories.
root@dietpi:~#

```

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [1 September 2021 08:00 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/6 "2021-09-01T08:00:30Z")

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interesting output 🤔

can you share as well following

```nohighlight
ls -la /

```

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#### Post date: [1 September 2021 13:59 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/7 "2021-09-01T13:59:25Z")

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```nohighlight
root@dietpi:~# ls -la /
insgesamt 68
drwxrwxrwx 18 99 users 4096 28. Aug 16:01 .
drwxrwxrwx 18 99 users 4096 28. Aug 16:01 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 12. Aug 15:31 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 3584 1. Jan 1970 boot
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3400 1. Sep 05:10 dev
drwxr-xr-x 76 root root 4096 31. Aug 22:45 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 26. Aug 18:58 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 12. Aug 15:31 lib -> usr/lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 12. Aug 15:29 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 12. Aug 16:09 media
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 31. Aug 21:40 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 28. Aug 07:52 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 158 root root 0 1. Jan 1970 proc
drwx------ 5 root root 4096 1. Sep 05:10 root
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 600 1. Sep 14:32 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 12. Aug 15:31 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 26. Aug 23:26 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 12 root root 0 1. Jan 1970 sys
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 80 1. Sep 14:17 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 12. Aug 15:31 usr
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 25. Aug 22:23 var
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2067 25. Aug 22:15 webmin-setup.out
root@dietpi:~#

```

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [1 September 2021 14:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/8 "2021-09-01T14:28:41Z")

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somehow your root directory / is not owned by user root anymore

```nohighlight
drwxrwxrwx 18 99 users 4096 28. Aug 16:01 .
drwxrwxrwx 18 99 users 4096 28. Aug 16:01 ..

```

This usually should not be the case. Did you connect the disk to some other computer?

to change it

```nohighlight
chown root:root /
chmod 755 /
reboot

```

perform a check afterwards

```nohighlight
journalctl -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup

```

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#### Post date: [1 September 2021 17:39 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/9 "2021-09-01T17:39:55Z")

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I think this might have happened when I tried to back up my USB-Boot SSD on the computer with ApplePiBaker.

```nohighlight
root@dietpi:~# journalctl -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup
-- Journal begins at Wed 2021-09-01 19:36:51 CEST, ends at Wed 2021-09-01 19:38:47 CEST. --
Sep 01 19:36:52 dietpi systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
Sep 01 19:36:52 dietpi systemd[1]: Finished Create Volatile Files and Directories.
root@dietpi:~#

```

Thanks for your help, the command above did the trick and everything is working again !

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [1 September 2021 18:32 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/lan-ip-error-directly-after-boot/5657/10 "2021-09-01T18:32:47Z")

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> I think this might have happened when I tried to back up my USB-Boot SSD on the computer with ApplePiBaker.

Probably. As I don’t have a Apple device, I’m not able to check it. Keep an eye on it if you do similar in future. 🙂
