From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 14:40:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B36D11065676 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:40:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass9573@gmx.com) Received: from mail.gmx.com (unknown [213.165.64.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1DBC08FC16 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:40:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass9573@gmx.com) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 Jun 2009 14:40:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [192.168.254.1]) [91.140.118.23] by mail.gmx.com (mp-eu004) with SMTP; 02 Jun 2009 16:40:40 +0200 X-Authenticated: #46156728 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18kGOsu53gksNt+n/Oz41Q/DPZToiDHekD7vxR3SD Kd8zXKk/olwz01 Message-ID: <4A2539A2.3060904@gmx.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39:30 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: utisoft@gmail.com References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.48 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: var socket in random directories X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:40:48 -0000 Chris Rees wrote: > OK, so does anyone know why I get a socket called 'var' randomly > appearing in directories? > > I always use ls -F, and it turns up as var=, as can be seen in my > ports directory. > > [chris@amnesiac]~% cd /usr/ports/ > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% ls > CHANGES arabic/ finance/ multimedia/ textproc/ > COPYRIGHT archivers/ french/ net/ ukrainian/ > GIDs astro/ ftp/ net-im/ var= > INDEX-7 audio/ games/ net-mgmt/ vietnamese/ > INDEX-7.bz2 benchmarks/ german/ net-p2p/ www/ > INDEX-7.db biology/ graphics/ news/ x11/ > KNOBS cad/ hebrew/ packages/ x11-clocks/ > LEGAL chinese/ hungarian/ palm/ x11-drivers/ > MOVED comms/ irc/ polish/ x11-fm/ > Makefile converters/ japanese/ ports-mgmt/ x11-fonts/ > Mk/ databases/ java/ portuguese/ x11-servers/ > README deskutils/ korean/ print/ x11-themes/ > Templates/ devel/ lang/ russian/ x11-toolkits/ > Tools/ distfiles/ mail/ science/ x11-wm/ > UIDs dns/ math/ security/ > UPDATING editors/ mbone/ shells/ > accessibility/ emulators/ misc/ sysutils/ > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% uname -a > FreeBSD amnesiac.bayofrum.net 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #1: Sun > May 3 21:54:38 BST 2009 > root@amnesiac.bayofrum.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMNESIAC i386 > [chris@amnesiac]/usr/ports% > > I have an inkling it may be due to openldap, any ideas? Not a really helpful response, but why openldap(or any other program) would create sockets in random directories? > Any ideas? You mean you see sockets appear and disappear on their own? in random directories? Maybe sou should do something like "find / -type s" and then use stat(1) on the findings and see if birth timestamp ring any bells. Just a stub in the dark, Nikos