From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Oct 8 17:01:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA24030 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:01:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA24023 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:01:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost.dialix.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7/Spinner) with ESMTP id IAA23016; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:01:01 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199710090001.IAA23016@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Bruce Evans cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: misc/4723: /etc/rc complains during boot when sudo was used In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:03:21 +1000." <199710081003.UAA02181@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 08:01:01 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans wrote: > > > Change "rm -f /var/run/*" to "rm -f /var/run/* 2>/dev/null" > > > in /etc/rc > > > > find /var/run -type f -delete > > This still leaves garbage directories and fifos, etc. > > Removing of everything in /var/run was broken in rev.1.89 for bogus > reasons (misconfigurations elsewhere). This should be able to be reverted now and go back to the pre-1.89 method. The gated port sticks it's pid file in /var/db now. It was originally: (cd /var/run && { rm -rf -- *; cp /dev/null utmp; chmod 644 utmp; }) > Bruce > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm Netplex Consulting