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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:30:20 +0200
From:      Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net>
To:        Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant does not create pidfile
Message-ID:  <201009101030.20856.bschmidt@techwires.net>
In-Reply-To: <201009070918.42959.bschmidt@techwires.net>
References:  <4C716382.3040605@bsdforen.de> <4C85E638.4070403@bsdforen.de> <201009070918.42959.bschmidt@techwires.net>

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On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 09:18:42 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 09:14:00 Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> > On 07/09/2010 09:09, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 09:01:18 Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> > >> On 07/09/2010 08:50, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > >>> On Friday, August 27, 2010 09:42:30 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > >>>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:36, Dominic Fandrey
> > >>>> <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>
> > > 
> > > wrote:
> > >>>>> On 27/08/2010 09:28, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:50, Dominic Fandrey
> > >>>>>> <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>
> > >>> 
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory
> > >>>>>>> does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added
> > >>>>>>> the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue:
> > >>>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>> /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant
> > >>>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>> I'm running RELENG_8.
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> How about this?
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> Index: etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
> > >>>>>> ==================================================================
> > >>>>>> = --- etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(revision 211568)
> > >>>>>> +++ etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(working copy)
> > >>>>>> @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>          ..
> > >>>>>>          ppp             gname=network mode=0770
> > >>>>>>          ..
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> +        wpa_supplicant
> > >>>>>> +        ..
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>      ..
> > >>>>>>      rwho            gname=daemon mode=0775
> > >>>>>>      ..

I committed this change, as it seems to the correct solution.

> > >>>>> Is the mtree built every time the system boots? Because my /var/run
> > >>>>> is a tmpfs. And even if it wasn't, I think it's wiped every boot
> > >>>>> any way.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Not build but, according to /etc/rc.d/var mtree is run on every
> > >>>> boot. I actually tried that and it works just fine.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Did you have a chance to try this? Given positive feedback I'd like
> > >>> to commit it.
> > >> 
> > >> No, doesn't work. The named and ppp directories also don't exist.
> > >> 
> > >> Sorry about the delay.
> > > 
> > > Ok, thanks.
> > > 
> > > Is it only /var/run/* that is wiped for you, or /var/* itself? I just
> > > checked
> > > 
> > > rc.d/var and it looks like this:
> > >     if [ -d /var/run -a -d /var/db -a -d /var/empty ] ; then
> > >     
> > >         true
> > >     
> > >     elif [ -x /usr/sbin/mtree ] ; then
> > >     
> > >         populate_var
> > > 
> > > So.. if var/run does exist, populate_var isn't run.
> > 
> > Only /var/run and /var/log are tmpfs (notebook, reduce HD access
> > to allow HD spindown). I wouldn't wipe my /var/db every boot.
> 
> Ah, ok, that explains it. Try with populate_var=YES in rc.conf and it
> should create all directories under var/run.

Were you able to give this a shot?

-- 
Bernhard



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