Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 18:20:01 -0800 From: Paul Traina <pst@Shockwave.COM> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: misc/276: rc.maint clears /var/run directory after syslogd has started Message-ID: <199503290220.SAA02660@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 28 Mar 1995 18:16:14 -0800 <199503290216.SAA00440@precipice.shockwave.com>
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>Number: 276 >Category: misc >Synopsis: rc.maint hoses over syslogd by clearing /var/run >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 28 18:20:00 1995 >Originator: Paul Traina >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development i386 >Environment: FreeBSD current rc files as of last night (3/27/95) >Description: /etc/rc executes netstart via syslogd /etc/rc.maint then blows away the utmp file as it clears things up. >How-To-Repeat: Boot system, watch syslogd complain >Fix: Move the cleanup of /var/run ahead of starting syslogd. I'd suggest simply executing rc.maint before executing netstart, but I have not tested this in an NFS configuration. You may need to mount /var first (sigh). >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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