Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39:30 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: var socket in random directories Message-ID: <4A2539A2.3060904@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0906020455x19c5b061g717a7278bbff8cb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <b79ecaef0906020455x19c5b061g717a7278bbff8cb5@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote: > OK, so does anyone know why I get a socket called 'var' randomly > appearing in directories? > > I always use ls -F, and it turns up as var=, as can be seen in my > ports directory. > > [chris@amnesiac]~% cd /usr/ports/ > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% ls > CHANGES arabic/ finance/ multimedia/ textproc/ > COPYRIGHT archivers/ french/ net/ ukrainian/ > GIDs astro/ ftp/ net-im/ var= > INDEX-7 audio/ games/ net-mgmt/ vietnamese/ > INDEX-7.bz2 benchmarks/ german/ net-p2p/ www/ > INDEX-7.db biology/ graphics/ news/ x11/ > KNOBS cad/ hebrew/ packages/ x11-clocks/ > LEGAL chinese/ hungarian/ palm/ x11-drivers/ > MOVED comms/ irc/ polish/ x11-fm/ > Makefile converters/ japanese/ ports-mgmt/ x11-fonts/ > Mk/ databases/ java/ portuguese/ x11-servers/ > README deskutils/ korean/ print/ x11-themes/ > Templates/ devel/ lang/ russian/ x11-toolkits/ > Tools/ distfiles/ mail/ science/ x11-wm/ > UIDs dns/ math/ security/ > UPDATING editors/ mbone/ shells/ > accessibility/ emulators/ misc/ sysutils/ > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% uname -a > FreeBSD amnesiac.bayofrum.net 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #1: Sun > May 3 21:54:38 BST 2009 > root@amnesiac.bayofrum.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMNESIAC i386 > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% > > I have an inkling it may be due to openldap, any ideas? Not a really helpful response, but why openldap(or any other program) would create sockets in random directories? > Any ideas? You mean you see sockets appear and disappear on their own? in random directories? Maybe sou should do something like "find / -type s" and then use stat(1) on the findings and see if birth timestamp ring any bells. Just a stub in the dark, Nikos
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