profile-sync-daemon(1) profile-sync-daemon(1) (NAME) profile-sync-daemon - RAM (tmpfs) /SSD (DESCRIPTION) Profile-sync-daemon (psd) / tmpfs (HDD/SSD) . rsync tmpfs / . psd (crash-recovery) . psd: o . o . / () * tmpfs ( RAM) / (I/O) RAM / . * Chrome/Chromium Firefox Midori Rekonq . Profile- sync-daemon : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromium_Tips_and_Tweaks#Cache_in_tmpfs (SETUP) $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/psd/psd.conf ( << >> ) . : psd . o v7.00 psd overlayfs . . o BROWSERS . . o ( ). USE_BACKUPS . o . BACKUP_LIMIT . : (upstream) (/usr/share/psd/psd.conf) . ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/psd/psd.conf) (diff) . PSD (RUNNING PSD) (PREVIEW MODE) (preview) psd . . % Profile-sync-daemon v7.00 systemd service: active resync-timer: active Psd will manage the following per /home/facade/.config/psd/.psd.conf: browser/psname: chromium/chromium owner/group id: facade/100 sync target: /home/facade/.config/chromium tmpfs dir: /run/user/1000/psd/facade-chromium profile size: 110M overlayfs size: 64M recovery dirs: none browser/psname: firefox/firefox owner/group id: facade/100 sync target: /home/facade/.config/mozilla/firefox/z0pauair.default tmpfs dir: /run/user/1000/psd/facade-firefox-z0pauair.default profile size: 4.0K overlayfs size: 0 recovery dirs: none browser/psname: firefox/firefox owner/group id: facade/100 sync target: /home/facade/.config/mozilla/firefox/kgtk05jp.default-release tmpfs dir: /run/user/1000/psd/facade-firefox-kgtk05jp.default-release profile size: 20M overlayfs size: 19M recovery dirs: none PSD (START AND STOP PSD) psd systemd (psd.service). resync-timer tmpfs . resync-timer psd.service psd.service . (drop-in) systemd . : % systemctl --user edit psd-resync.timer [Timer] OnCalendar=*:0/15 % systemctl --user [option] psd.service (CLEAN MODE) (clean mode) . . % psd c Profile-sync-daemon v7.00 Deleting 2 crashrecovery dirs for profile /home/facade/.config/chromium /home/facade/.config/chromium-backup-crashrecovery-20260209_171359 /home/facade/.config/chromium-backup-crashrecovery-20260209_112204 (SUPPORTED BROWSERS) o Chromium ( stable beta dev) o Conkeror o Epiphany o Falkon o Firefox ( 147 XDG freedesktop.org ~/.mozilla ) o Firefox-trunk ( : http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/install-firefox-nightly-from-ubuntu- ppa.html) o Google Chrome ( stable beta dev) o Heftig Aurora ( : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157) o Icecat o Iceweasel o Inox (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=198763) o Luakit o Midori o Opera ( legacy stable next developer) o Otter-browser o Palemoon o QupZilla o Qutebrowser o Rekonq o Seamonkey o Vivaldi o Vivaldi-snapshot psd chrome mozilla . /usr/share/psd/contrib/ /usr/share/psd/browsers/ . BROWSERS . . (NOTE ON SYMLINKED PROFILES) psd (symlink) . firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox/f8cv8bfu.default /foo/bar/f8cv8bfu.default : % ls -l ~/.mozilla/firefox lrwxrwxrwx 1 facade users 26 Oct 1 17:02 f8cv8bfu.default -> /foo/bar/f8cv8bfu.default psd : % psd p Warning! /home/facade/.mozilla/firefox/f8cv8bfu.default appears to be a symlink but these are not supported. Please make the browser profile a live directory and try again. Exiting. firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini (canonical path) . IsRelative : [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=0 Path=/foo/bar/f8cv8bfu.default . (SUPPORTED DISTROS) psd bash systemd systemd . psd . psd . . (FAQ) : overlayfs <> : overlayfs ( lower dir) (mount) . . overlayfs : . : / /run/user/xxxx . : /run/user/ RuntimeDirectorySize logind.conf ( logind.conf ). . tmpfs . : (crash) psd . : << >> / . psd ( ) tmpfs . psd . psd . : : . . chromium ~/.config/chromium-backup-crashrecovery-20130912_153310 -- . : : : 1. psd . 2. <<>> ( ). 3. () . chromium: 1. systemctl --user stop psd.service 2. mv ~/.config/chromium ~/.config/chromium-bad 3. cp -a ~/.config/chromium-backup- crashrecovery-20130912_153310 ~/.config/chromium chromium . ~/.config/chromium-bad . psd ( psd ). : psd : psd <> . (CONTRIBUTE) fork pull request . github . (BUGS) issue . o eCryptFS psd eCryptFS psd . : https://github.com/graysky2/profile-sync- daemon/issues/158 (ONLINE) o : https://github.com/graysky2/profile- sync-daemon o : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon (AUTHORS) graysky (therealgraysky AT proton DOT me) 22 March 2026 profile-sync-daemon(1)