2009/6/2 Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9...@gmx.com>: > 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. >> >> [ch...@amnesiac]~% cd /usr/ports/ >> [ch...@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/ >> [ch...@amnesiac]/usr/ports% >> [ch...@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 >> r...@amnesiac.bayofrum.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMNESIAC i386 >> [ch...@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 >
[ch...@amnesiac]/usr/ports/print/lyx16% stat /usr/local/lib/webmin/init/var 78 566252 srwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 0 0 "May 5 11:04:51 2009" "May 5 11:04:51 2009" "May 5 11:04:51 2009" "May 5 11:04:51 2009" 4096 0 0 /usr/local/lib/webmin/init/var Interesting, seems to be the fault of webmin. I'll investigate further, thanks. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
