Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:12:51 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@ssl100-bsd.cs.technion.ac.il> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Bad file descriptors: Why do they come, and why do they go? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002241006270.44852-100000@ssl100-bsd.cs.technion.ac.il>
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Hi everyone, I have a FreeBSD 3.4RELEASE machine that has been giving me some Bad file descriptor errors in the security check output lately. There are two weird points here: 1. From reading the mailing list archives I learned that using clri and fsck, I may be able to get rid of these files. However, I get: ssl100-bsd# ls -i /usr/lib/libcam.old ls: /usr/lib/libcam.old: Bad file descriptor Note that I was able to rename the file (so that I can remake the library from source). 2. Some of these errors disappear just like they came. For instance, here is part of tonight's security check: checking setuid files and devices: find: /usr/lib/libcalendar.old: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/lib/libcam.old: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.4/etc/vm/message-simple.xpm: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.4/etc/vm/mime-dn.xbm: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.4/etc/vm/mime-colorful-dn.xpm: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.4/etc/vm/mime-colorful-up.xpm: Bad file descriptor But: ssl100-bsd# cat /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.4/etc/vm/mime-colorful-up.xpm > /dev/null (no error). The same goes for all the files reported as bad on /usr/local. So, I have two questions: Why do I get these errors, and what makes them disappear all by themselves? BTW, I didn't try a fsck yet - I don't want to take the machine down if I don't have to. The /usr partition is on an IDE disk that I suspect is going to die soon, but /usr/local is mirrored (using vinum). dmesg shows no hardware errors though. TIA, Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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