Bad idea to follow up on yourself, however I've got a bit further; running an inotifywait -m on the file at the same time as I'm tailing the log file gives you;
lxc-start 1275415483.290 DEBUG lxc_cgroup - using cgroup mounted at '/cgroup' lxc-start 1275415483.290 DEBUG lxc_utmp - utmp handler fired lxc-start 1275415483.290 DEBUG lxc_utmp - run level is 0/S lxc-start 1275415483.290 DEBUG lxc_utmp - there is 2 tasks remaining /lxc/test01.dev.tradefair/rootfs/var/run/utmp CLOSE_NOWRITE,CLOSE /lxc/test01.dev.tradefair/rootfs/var/run/utmp ATTRIB /lxc/test01.dev.tradefair/rootfs/var/run/utmp DELETE_SELF /lxc/test01.dev.tradefair/rootfs/var/run/utmp IGNORED lxc-start 1275415483.377 DEBUG lxc_utmp - utmp handler fired lxc-start 1275415483.377 DEBUG lxc_utmp - run level is N/N lxc-start 1275415483.377 DEBUG lxc_utmp - there is 5 tasks remaining So that IGNORED in there means that during boot fedora is deleting and remaking the file. For now, preventing fedora from deleting it seems to be the way forward. Andy Andrew Phillips Head of Systems www.lmax.com Office: +44 203 1922509 Mobile: +44 (0)7595 242 900 LMAX | Level 2, Yellow Building | 1 Nicholas Road | London | W11 4AN The information in this e-mail and any attachment is confidential and is intended only for the named recipient(s). The e-mail may not be disclosed or used by any person other than the addressee, nor may it be copied in any way. If you are not a named recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete any copies of this message. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Any view or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users