Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:56:51 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com> Cc: jail@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old jail dir reappears after reboot - why? Message-ID: <4E5FB953.5020001@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAMkeL%2B5AyvCaAZUg1y4c7Kqu9n4Aue-nQHdk6qTyF6yMEXo%2BUw@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTik5KXGqT2korm0sKtq_Qy5X6B_neA@mail.gmail.com> <CAMkeL%2B4USF2iai0TpxcJ%2BkkD-XK3p-Sw%2BmZypqJvzxUxd=R_-g@mail.gmail.com> <4E53A532.7080801@FreeBSD.org> <CAMkeL%2B5AyvCaAZUg1y4c7Kqu9n4Aue-nQHdk6qTyF6yMEXo%2BUw@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/1/11 10:17 AM, Redd Vinylene wrote: > Greetings! > > # df /jail > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /jail 1839358428 18 1839358410 0% /jail > > Yes - this directory is on the same filesystem as /jails. And yes - I > did issue a "rm -rf /jail" after "umount /jail". > > fsck showed no signs of filesystem error. > > Thanks! Hi Redd, I'm curious why the Filesystem column in the df output above displays "/jail", the same as the "Mounted on" column. Can you also post your /etc/fstab file contents? It seems like something strange is going on, but I'm not a filesystem expert. Regards, Greg > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Greg Larkin <glarkin@freebsd.org > <mailto:glarkin@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > On 8/23/11 4:48 AM, Redd Vinylene wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Redd Vinylene > <reddvinylene@gmail.com <mailto:reddvinylene@gmail.com>>wrote: > >>> Hi, >>> >>> After rebooting my host server, some old dir I once had my jails in >>> reappears. What might be the cause of that and how do I stop it? >>> >>> More specifically, I once had my jails in /jail, but now I've > moved them >>> all into /jails. rc.conf or fstab does not reference /jail and I > can't >>> find any file on my system that does - so why does this dir keep > reappearing >>> all the time? >>> >>> I have to umount it before I can delete it though. >>> >>> Anybody know? >>> >>> Thanks! > > >> Can somebody help me? > >> Redd > > Hi Redd, > > What is the output of "df /jail"? Is that directory on the same mounted > filesystem as any other directories? > > I assume that you executed "rm -rf /jail" after you moved your jail > directories to /jails? If you've done that, it may not hurt to fsck the > device to make sure there aren't any filesystem problems. > > Regards, > Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5fuVIACgkQ0sRouByUApDhYgCfYFdqbvD6yzHWa/12mrFF+qpJ ZNMAoJna55H5uEbCZnUyo+AHk0Y9S5rP =Mj5V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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