Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:04:44 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant does not create pidfile Message-ID: <4C85E40C.30506@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <201009070850.06584.bschmidt@techwires.net> References: <4C716382.3040605@bsdforen.de> <4C776AEE.7070309@bsdforen.de> <AANLkTiks0yeU6mZ-QY0J4tHgGnF94X9kXAWk43%2Ba1yw-@mail.gmail.com> <201009070850.06584.bschmidt@techwires.net>
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On 07/09/2010 08:50, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Friday, August 27, 2010 09:42:30 Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:36, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> wrote: >>> On 27/08/2010 09:28, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >>>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:50, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> > wrote: >>>>> wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory >>>>> does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added >>>>> the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue: >>>>> >>>>> /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant >>>>> >>>>> I'm running RELENG_8. >>>> >>>> How about this? >>>> >>>> Index: etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist >>>> =================================================================== >>>> --- etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(revision 211568) >>>> +++ etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(working copy) >>>> @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ >>>> .. >>>> ppp gname=network mode=0770 >>>> .. >>>> + wpa_supplicant >>>> + .. >>>> .. >>>> rwho gname=daemon mode=0775 >>>> .. >>> >>> Is the mtree built every time the system boots? Because my /var/run >>> is a tmpfs. And even if it wasn't, I think it's wiped every boot >>> any way. >> >> Not build but, according to /etc/rc.d/var mtree is run on every boot. >> I actually tried that and it works just fine. > > Did you have a chance to try this? Given positive feedback I'd like to commit > it. > Just had this idea, that it might be run, before the tmpfs is mounted. Seems unlikely, though. -- A: Because it fouls 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 on usenet and in e-mail?
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