* Thomas Lamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030823 11:27]: wrote:
> ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> >* Thomas Lamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030823 08:41]: wrote:
> >>Tomasz Kojm wrote:
> >>>"Travis Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>I have tried running clamd in local socket mode.  The first time it
> >>>>runs everything is ok, it creates the /var/run/clamd/clamd.socket. 
> >>>>Whenever I reboot the server and it trys to build the socket, I get
> >>>>the error "ERROR:
> >>>
> >>>You should stop clamd cleanly - eg. by sending the SIGTERM signal.
> >>>
> >>
> >>What about the following pseudo-code at startup of clamd (instead of 
> >>failing):
> >>
> >>if (file exists(UNIX_SOCKET)) {
> >> if (connect(UNIX_SOCKET) != ERROR) {
> >>    die ("Socket already exists");
> >> }
> >> warn ("Socket already exists but is not connected - unclean shutdown?");
> >> unlink (UNIX_SOCKET);
> >>}
> >
> >I advocate this proposal. It will make life easier for us. Yesterday I had 
> >to
> >commute back to the office because clamd died for some reason I still 
> >cannot
> >determine, even though it's monitored by daemontools.
> >
> It's just that from time to time, a server dies or needs to be 
> hot-rebooted. This is the case for me on at least 4 servers last week, 
> because of a 2 hour power loss (the ups shortened that by 10 minutes).
> 
> I just think it's not the /etc/rc.x's job to clean up "temporary" files.
> I'll come up with a patch 'till monday...


cool.

have a nice weekend, will you?


-Wash

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