Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:11:13 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: var socket in random directories Message-ID: <b79ecaef0906020811t530ca486o32f92f2b4c5e50d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A2539A2.3060904@gmx.com> References: <b79ecaef0906020455x19c5b061g717a7278bbff8cb5@mail.gmail.com> <4A2539A2.3060904@gmx.com>
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2009/6/2 Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com>: > 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=3D, as can be seen in my >> ports directory. >> >> [chris@amnesiac]~% cd /usr/ports/ >> [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% ls >> CHANGES =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 arabic/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 finance/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= multimedia/ =A0 =A0 textproc/ >> COPYRIGHT =A0 =A0 =A0 archivers/ =A0 =A0 =A0french/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 net/= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ukrainian/ >> GIDs =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0astro/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ftp/ =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0net-im/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 var=3D >> INDEX-7 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 audio/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0games/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0net-mgmt/ >> vietnamese/ >> INDEX-7.bz2 =A0 =A0 benchmarks/ =A0 =A0 german/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 net-p2p/= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www/ >> INDEX-7.db =A0 =A0 =A0biology/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0graphics/ =A0 =A0 =A0 news= / =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 x11/ >> KNOBS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 cad/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0hebrew/ =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 packages/ >> x11-clocks/ >> LEGAL =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 chinese/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0hungarian/ =A0 =A0 =A0= palm/ >> x11-drivers/ >> MOVED =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 comms/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0irc/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0polish/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 x11-fm/ >> Makefile =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0converters/ =A0 =A0 japanese/ =A0 =A0 =A0 ports-= mgmt/ =A0 =A0 x11-fonts/ >> Mk/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 databases/ =A0 =A0 =A0java/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 portuguese/ >> x11-servers/ >> README =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0deskutils/ =A0 =A0 =A0korean/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = print/ >> =A0x11-themes/ >> Templates/ =A0 =A0 =A0devel/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0lang/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 russian/ >> =A0x11-toolkits/ >> Tools/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0distfiles/ =A0 =A0 =A0mail/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 science/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0x11-wm/ >> UIDs =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0dns/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0math/ =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 security/ >> UPDATING =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0editors/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0mbone/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0shells/ >> accessibility/ =A0emulators/ =A0 =A0 =A0misc/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 sysuti= ls/ >> [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% >> [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% uname -a >> FreeBSD amnesiac.bayofrum.net 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #1: Sun >> May =A03 21:54:38 BST 2009 >> root@amnesiac.bayofrum.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMNESIAC =A0i386 >> [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 > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports/print/lyx16% stat /usr/local/lib/webmin/init/var 78 566252 srwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 0 0 "May 5 11:04:51 2009" "May 5 11:04:51 2009" "May 5 11:04:51 2009" "May 5 11:04:51 2009" 4096 0 0 /usr/local/lib/webmin/init/var Interesting, seems to be the fault of webmin. I'll investigate further, tha= nks. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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