From be09e293e29df1e031c814b06ebd0a8281d25a30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyacinthe Cartiaux <hyacinthe.cartiaux@free.fr>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:46:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(bsd): correct the _ROOT_TMPDIR path for *BSD system
 (solves #5789)

---
 cloudinit/temp_utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cloudinit/temp_utils.py b/cloudinit/temp_utils.py
index faa4aaa287a..f6b52e35d98 100644
--- a/cloudinit/temp_utils.py
+++ b/cloudinit/temp_utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ def get_tmp_ancestor(odir=None, needs_exe: bool = False):
     if needs_exe:
         return _EXE_ROOT_TMPDIR
     if os.getuid() == 0:
-        return _ROOT_TMPDIR
+        if util.is_BSD():
+            return "/var/" + _ROOT_TMPDIR
+        else:
+            return _ROOT_TMPDIR
     return os.environ.get("TMPDIR", "/tmp")