Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:25:11 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d auditd Message-ID: <45775157.4030900@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200609241731.k8OHV5mZ053132@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200609241731.k8OHV5mZ053132@repoman.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Catching up on some old mail ... Robert Watson wrote: > rwatson 2006-09-24 17:31:04 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > etc/rc.d auditd > Log: > Sleep for one second after calling audit -t to give the audit daemon a > chance to actually terminate the audit service and exit. Otherwise, on > an rc.d/auditd restart, the new audit daemon instance may try to start > auditing while the previous session is still running. Likewise, this > ensures a chance for auditd to terminate the audit trail at system > shutdown. > > Perhaps more ideally, the script would wait synchronously for auditd to > exit rather than for an arbitrary but short period of time. > > MFC after: 3 days > Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project > > Revision Changes Path > 1.3 +1 -0 src/etc/rc.d/auditd > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/rc.d/auditd.diff?&r1=1.2&r2=1.3&f=h Perhaps a better change would be: /usr/sbin/audit -t while : ; do if <something that indicates audit is not dead yet>; then echo 'Waiting for the audit system to terminate' sleep 1 else break fi done hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?45775157.4030900>