Subject: /etc/init.d/mysql: init script leaks file descriptors Package: mysql-server-5.1 Version: 5.1.49-2 File: /etc/init.d/mysql Severity: normal
The /etc/init.d/mysql script leaks file descriptors to the /usr/bin/mysqld_safe script. This causes problems problems for unattended-upgrades (see #379645) and is generally considered a bad idea (can also cause other problems). It is probably simplest to use start-stop-daemon in the init script. This closes all file descriptors and redirects to /dev/null (as well as all kind of other things a daemon should do to correctly background itself). Using start-stop-daemon can be done by by replacing: /usr/bin/mysqld_safe > /dev/null 2>&1 & with: start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --exec /usr/bin/mysqld_safe in the script. Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- -- arthur de jong - [email protected] - west consulting b.v. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
