Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:55:26 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab Message-ID: <200012110655.eBB6tQG42641@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> of "Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:36:34 EST." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001210213458.27612G-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Brian Somers wrote:
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> > I chose /var/run because it's only writable by root.
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> But readable by the world.
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> robert@alsvid:/data/fbsd-commit/src/lib/libposix1e> id
> uid=1000(robert) gid=1000(robert) groups=1000(robert), 0(wheel),
> 5(operator), 68(dialer)
> robert@alsvid:/data/fbsd-commit/src/lib/libposix1e> lockf /var/run echo hi
> hi
> robert@alsvid:/data/fbsd-commit/src/lib/libposix1e> lockf /var/run sleep 1000000
And does ``lockf /var/run/periodic'' do the same thing ?
> ...
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> Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
> robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services
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