From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Oct 15 2:50: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B282C37B406 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 02:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f9F9o1L98930; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 02:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 02:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110150950.f9F9o1L98930@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Brian Somers Subject: Re: bin/29966: cleanup of ppp server socket on unclean startup Reply-To: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/29966; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brian Somers To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Brian Somers , freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: bin/29966: cleanup of ppp server socket on unclean startup Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:49:18 +0100 > On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:17:18PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > > Finally got to this. I'll commit these soon. Any place else anyone can > > > see 'set server' in the ppp(8) examples or documentation? > > > > > > Index: src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist > > > =================================================================== > > > RCS file: /export/ncvs/src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist,v > > > retrieving revision 1.50 > > > diff -u -r1.50 BSD.var.dist > > > --- src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist 2001/10/01 08:54:16 1.50 > > > +++ src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist 2001/10/13 04:53:25 > > > @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ > > > run > > > named uname=bind gname=bind > > > .. > > > + ppp gname=network mode=0775 > > > .. > > > rwho gname=daemon mode=0775 > > > .. > > [.....] > > > > I suggested this a very long time ago and it was rejected on the > > grounds that it's not necessary to create a ``standard'' hierarchy > > under /var/run as ppp is generally run at most once or twice on a > > given machine. > > > > I believe putting these sockets in /var/run is perfectly fine and the > > patch should not be applied. > > The reason for the directory is to give write permission to the group > 'network.' ppp(8) is not always run by root. This is the same reason > there is a 'named' directory in there. Hmm, ok, I retract my objection in that case :) > -- > Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu > | cjclark@jhu.edu > http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org -- Brian http://www.freebsd-services.com/ Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message