Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/8276: samba's WINS database gets removed during system startup Message-ID: <199810130540.WAA18183@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/8276; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi) Cc: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/8276: samba's WINS database gets removed during system startup Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 07:39:27 +0200 (CEST) > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > Install samba with WINS support, wait until the database fills up, > > reboot. ls -l /var/spool/lock/wins.dat. > > > > >Fix: > > > > Let LOCKDIR point somewhere else, e.g. /var/db > > > > While the problem is there, the fix is probably wrong *if* samba actually > uses the LOCKDIR for locks (we want to have locks cleaned off during > reboot) - which it does on cursory examination. > > The right fix is to change samba to use a different directory for the .dat > files only, leaving the LOCKS in /var/spool/lock In this case you are right, of course. Let's see what we have got in /var/spool/lock: root@linkfix:/var/spool/lock>ll total 41 -rw-r--r-- 1 root dialer - 102400 Oct 9 09:58 SHARE_MEM_FILE -rw-r--r-- 1 root dialer - 8 Oct 9 09:58 SHARE_MEM_FILE.processes -rw-r--r-- 1 root dialer - 200 Oct 8 09:53 STATUS..LCK -rw-r--r-- 1 root dialer - 286 Oct 13 07:32 browse.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root dialer - 13912 Oct 13 07:34 wins.dat I assume the two .dat files are the ones to go somewhere else, as you said. Do you think /var/db would be appropriate? -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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