Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 11:44:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, Eric Griff <eric@netdesign1.com> Subject: Re: SOLVED. Re: ps problems (explained) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904111142080.9382-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990411123429.3915A-100000@freed.libdns.qc.ca>
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On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Spidey wrote: > > > And it does make a difference, technically, because some files are > > > installed as they are used! So files like /var/run/utmp that are often > > > written, if they are written as they are installed, kaput! > > > > > > Am I wrong? > > > > Yes you are. /var/run/utmp is a data file. It isn't even "installed" > > during a installworld. It was probably damaged during a switch from 8 > > character usernames to 16 character names. Just copy /dev/null over it, > > and everything is fixed. > > It is strange that it happened only on april first, don't you think? I've > following stable from 3.0 release... Maybe it was damaged during a crash, power failure, or unclean shutdown. Also, files that are actually installed are moved into place, not copy. A move operation is atomic. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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