Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:40:04 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33169: system freeze after cron daily security check Message-ID: <200112280840.fBS8e4q85298@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33169; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Dziugas Baltrunas <menulis@soften.ktu.lt>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/33169: system freeze after cron daily security check
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:36:54 -0800
On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 06:12:07AM -0800, Dziugas Baltrunas wrote:
[snip]
> when there are a lot of directories in /var, a part of daily cron script, 450.status-security executes find command, which after 10 minutes freezes the system.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> try to "make" lot of files and directories in partition and to cron status-security.
> >Fix:
> haven't find yet. my solution was to disable status-security in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
First, lets narrow this down. Could you comment out everything from
the line,
echo 'Checking setuid files and devices:'
To,
# Show changes in the way filesystems are mounted
Then run the security check. Does it work now?
Just how many directories are in /var? Could you give us some more
hints on how to reproduce the problem?
--
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