Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 06:58:18 -0700 (PDT) From: pdp@nl.demon.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/19625: /usr/sbin/periodic mishandles system config files Message-ID: <20000701135818.4D0DE37B6FF@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 19625
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: /usr/sbin/periodic mishandles system config files
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 01 07:00:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Phil Pennock
>Release: 3.4 and 4.0
>Organization:
Demon Internet Netherlands
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
/etc/rc.conf contains _overrides_ to /etc/defaults/rc.conf
/usr/sbin/periodic doesn't read /etc/rc.conf if it could read
/etc/defaults/rc.conf
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the shell-script - /usr/sbin/periodic
>Fix:
Patch src/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
--- periodic.sh.orig Wed Apr 26 18:28:11 2000
+++ periodic.sh Sat Jul 1 15:56:31 2000
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
# to see if there are additional dirs to check
if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then
. /etc/defaults/rc.conf
-elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then
+fi
+if [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then
. /etc/rc.conf
fi
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