Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 18:39:50 -0600 (CST) From: jhawk@nlanr.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/5576: syslogds starts before savecore Message-ID: <199801270039.SAA00637@champagne.caida.org>
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>Number: 5576 >Category: bin >Synopsis: syslogds starts before savecore >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 26 18:50:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: John Hawkinson >Organization: NLANR >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 >Environment: >Description: savecore runs before syslogd in /etc/rc. This means that if savecore fails (for instance, the disk is full) then it's diagnostics are not preserved. >How-To-Repeat: Cause a machine with a full /var/crash to to panic; observe there is no way to determine why the machine rebooted from looking at logs, etc., etc. No crash dumps in /var/crash, of course, etc., etc. >Fix: Re-order /etc/rc such that savecore runs after syslogd. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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