On 10/02/2013 17:53, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> It's probably better to leave the symlink in place for now. What >> happens when the user installs a package they have never had before >> and that package uses /var/run? It will make a directory which isn't >> what you want. Better to leave the symlink in place and train your >> eyes to ignore the elogs (something we humans are extremely good at) > > I have a question. On my rig, /var/run does not appear to be a link to > /run. For giggles:
You should re-read the elog you got when /run was created and do what it says :-) > > root@fireball / # ls -al /var/run/ > total 132 > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Feb 10 01:46 . > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 8 09:28 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi avahi 4096 Feb 8 14:18 avahi-daemon > -rwx------ 1 root root 0 Feb 8 14:18 blocked > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Feb 10 01:46 chronyd.pid > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:07 console > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:07 ConsoleKit > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 cron.pid > drwxr-xr-x 3 root lp 4096 Feb 9 15:38 cups > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 14:18 dbus > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 dbus.pid > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 2 01:25 dhcpcd > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 gpm.pid > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Feb 8 14:18 http-replicator.pid > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 18:06 kdm.pid > drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 Jan 30 15:26 mysqld > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 11 2010 pm-utils > -rw------- 1 root root 512 Jan 12 2012 random-seed > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 rsyncd.pid > drwxrwxr-x 3 root utmp 4096 May 10 2012 screen > -rwx------ 1 root root 0 Oct 27 17:41 sessiondb.dir > -rwx------ 1 root root 1024 Feb 8 14:18 sessiondb.pag > -rw------- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 smartd.pid > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 sshd.pid > srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 8 14:18 syslog-ng.ctl > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 syslog-ng.pid > drwxr-xr-x 2 tor tor 4096 Nov 19 02:27 tor > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 27 17:40 udev-configure-printer > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 2011 udisks > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 upsmon.pid > drwxr-xr-x 2 uptimed uptimed 4096 Jan 31 06:15 uptimed > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 10368 Feb 8 18:07 utmp > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:07 xauth > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:06 xdmctl > root@fireball / # ls -al /run/ > total 4 > drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 140 Feb 8 07:49 . > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Feb 9 15:27 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 6 15:42 blkid > drwxr-xr-x 3 root uucp 60 Sep 23 10:17 lock > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 360 Feb 8 14:18 openrc > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 180 Feb 9 17:27 udev > drwx------ 2 root root 40 Feb 8 07:49 udisks2 > root@fireball / # ls /var/ > total 76 > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 8 09:28 . > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Feb 9 15:27 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:05 account > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Dec 20 11:38 cache > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 9 14:25 db > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 13:32 empty > -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 2012 hp-toolbox.lock > drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Feb 7 23:57 lib > drwxrwxr-x 5 root uucp 4096 Feb 10 03:10 lock > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Feb 10 03:10 log > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Mar 17 2012 lost+found > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 8 09:28 mail -> /var/spool/mail > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Feb 10 01:46 run > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 11 2010 spool > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 17 2010 state > drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 4096 Feb 9 15:23 tmp > drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Jun 28 2012 .Trash-0 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 11 2010 www > root@fireball / # > > See, the contents of those two are different and the listing for /for > shows it is not a symlink. Should I fix this manually or leave it as is? > > Dale > > :-) :-) > -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
