From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 07:11:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AF52106564A for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:11:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E7368FC17 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:11:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so2074751nfh.33 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:11:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=akuEcoiqWHQKrS9vvDJYK6Bq1lYtRqbdP4337KPjARY=; b=S3TQM/833I6ZTjRlK3zwNZxNeB2FReX0KSZ9HqO6D0zP8c6Uz5mi/88vxdv8LV9OxI 9RWOk2i7iP/RhYGwrC+5byZWPbTYwUOQ0601XAhyU1eff/RZPPD3FKGHBaaggXeVZ6yy UwZO9fIqQrC3F7AYtwrfKHqvo6uW6M0j2Sn0Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=uW06ofrr5q+65fvo3k+raufV4P03Sjfx5qlYQ2ja/t+QFkoerbuXEBH1qi9rTtFPvr JmMzr+tkfX29wHQZnA0cfcFftgxVq8QGfAYA68pm8RO7hoUjjeSflbqzk0Ov1mjXq0jJ rcubyJOk8nr6dhmpxOZMiHDWuTf2lg19iKEcw= Received: by 10.210.51.10 with SMTP id y10mr16263315eby.87.1228374708932; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:11:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.17.12 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:11:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:11:48 -0700 From: "Tim Judd" To: "Kris Kennaway" In-Reply-To: <49374418.6060709@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <6.0.0.22.2.20081203192259.0241ef88@mail.computinginnovations.com> <49374418.6060709@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Derek Ragona Subject: Re: what script is whacking root's files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:11:50 -0000 On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Derek Ragona wrote: > >> I have a freshly installed 7.0 release server. The configuration files >> (all dot files including .ssh etc.) in /root keep getting deleted. I >> assume this is from a script running from periodic and can be set NOT to >> delete these files. Can someone point me where I need to make this change. >> I have already combed through the handbook and mailing list archives. >> > > There is no such standard script in FreeBSD. > > Kris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I'd make sure there's not something like a tmpfs/mfs filesystem that /root is being used on. If / is on a ramdisk image of any kind, on each reboot, it should disappear. Perhaps you should paste your fstab and current mounted filesystems as an aid to debug.