Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:00:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/29966: cleanup of ppp server socket on unclean startup Message-ID: <200110131900.f9DJ07j91612@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/29966; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/29966: cleanup of ppp server socket on unclean startup
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:57:38 -0700
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:17:18PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> > Finally got to this. I'll commit these soon. Any place else anyone can
> > see 'set server' in the ppp(8) examples or documentation?
> >
> > Index: src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /export/ncvs/src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist,v
> > retrieving revision 1.50
> > diff -u -r1.50 BSD.var.dist
> > --- src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist 2001/10/01 08:54:16 1.50
> > +++ src/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist 2001/10/13 04:53:25
> > @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
> > run
> > named uname=bind gname=bind
> > ..
> > + ppp gname=network mode=0775
> > ..
> > rwho gname=daemon mode=0775
> > ..
> [.....]
>
> I suggested this a very long time ago and it was rejected on the
> grounds that it's not necessary to create a ``standard'' hierarchy
> under /var/run as ppp is generally run at most once or twice on a
> given machine.
>
> I believe putting these sockets in /var/run is perfectly fine and the
> patch should not be applied.
The reason for the directory is to give write permission to the group
'network.' ppp(8) is not always run by root. This is the same reason
there is a 'named' directory in there.
--
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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