Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:50:03 GMT From: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/134694: gives false-positive when unable to obtain socket [WAS: sshd(8) - alert user when fails to execute from rc.d] Message-ID: <200905201450.n4KEo3kn061399@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/134694; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/134694: gives false-positive when unable to obtain socket [WAS: sshd(8) - alert user when fails to execute from rc.d] Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 16:46:11 +0200 On 2009-05-20 16:40, Glen Barber wrote: > sshd was listening on :25, both IPv4 and IPv6 > sendmail was listening on :25 (because I had forgotten to disable it) > > The system boots, and sendmail starts before sshd. When sshd starts > (or tries to) there is no console output that it had failed. The only > way you realize it is not running, is when you cannot remotely log in. Yes, this is unfortunate, but normal, as I explained in an earlier post. The sshd process does not return any error (and thus the /etc/rc.d script doesn't either), because it has no way to know that its forked copy died. The solution to this PR is "don't run stuff on conflicting ports". :)
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