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Date:      Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:01:48 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems with periodic scripts in jails [Cron <operator@sosai> /usr/libexec/save-entropy]
Message-ID:  <20040602140148.GA27036@genius.tao.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200406021357.i52DvCIn002903@grimreaper.grondar.org>
References:  <20040602134523.GA26835@genius.tao.org.uk> <200406021357.i52DvCIn002903@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 02:57:12PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
> Josef Karthauser writes:
> > I'm getting some wierd emails from a jail (5.2.1) that I've got running.
> > It appears that permissions are messed up periodically.
>=20
> Hmmm.
>=20
> > mv: /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.7: No such file or directory
> > mv: /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.5: No such file or directory
> > override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy=
=2E5? =3D
> > (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> > override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy=
=2E4? =3D
> > (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> > override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy=
=2E3? =3D
> > (y/n [n]) not overwritten
> > override r--------  operator/operator for /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy=
=2E2? =3D
> > (y/n [n]) not overwritten
>=20
> Not the answer you are looking for, but the entropy cronjob is an example
> of the type of cronjob that IMVHO should not be run in jails.
>=20

Probably not :)  The point is though that there is no reason why we
should be getting permission errors here, save some kind of race
condition.

Joe
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