From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 17 09:36:54 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF3DE164 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CD202E76 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:36:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.80.1) for freebsd-current@freebsd.org with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1VAcwA-000ap1-8Z>; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:36:46 +0200 Received: from g231189134.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.231.189.134] helo=thor.walstatt.dyndns.org) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.80.1) for freebsd-current@freebsd.org with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1VAcwA-003D4v-5S>; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:36:46 +0200 Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:36:36 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" To: FreeBSD CURRENT Subject: /etc/namedb->@ referrs to NIL after crash or typing "reboot" (not shutdown -r) Message-ID: <20130817113636.21346cd2@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> Organization: FU Berlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/QVPucS.hlSO6Y.ENQ=JvXpC"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-IP: 92.231.189.134 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:36:54 -0000 --Sig_/QVPucS.hlSO6Y.ENQ=JvXpC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have running a CURRENT box (running most recent sources, recompiling world at least four times a week) acting as a local MASTER DNS server for my private LAN at home. The configuration is simple, the setup is stored in /etc/namedb/named.conf. /etc/namedb is effectively a link to /var/named/etc/namedb. I can reproduceable truncate the link in /etc/ to be NIL by typing simply "reboot" when rebooting the box or, in some cases, while crashing (CURRENT has sometimes flaws ...) in case, the service "named" has already been started. This seems strange. The problem is easily solvable if I restore the link, but it is very bad on remotely located boxes if this happens there. Isn't /var considered a "volatile" place? I would expect having everything in /etc/ and then symbolically linked to somewhere else, like /var/named/etc. How does the link get lost during a simple "reboot"?=20 Regards, Oliver --Sig_/QVPucS.hlSO6Y.ENQ=JvXpC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSD0QtAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N8zxsH/REUvZUsTpusOw6HeFSyWSGm UMn7z0matGiyRS0xAGJ8bVAgHql1POFlEsDZ1zPp2St4bSCbkjI+QzeBBUCDqxX6 /eJCOAcJTAyIqi7Vtzk03aZ7XoDy8qczg9O5vjeKE+n48kxXKmKfosjsMH6PfHDD Cs/S0/hvxj8iEiBeDhOdmaMXBNKj9iMXIPcEy6KggHaCcxxpfv86M55SMU87Y18k o5MSungZ/d3WkniYksPgPIM8BOuXDssJbTqerIfr/Q6T6JLRpfpdLBGRgwQdma5Z OW5Qk93K7URwY2rxFu5vcw25yAfDrWmv/pkYgBSNdc8n1wowfsbkNIHgfOnTWkU= =n3NX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/QVPucS.hlSO6Y.ENQ=JvXpC--