Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2019-01-12 Thread Dolphin Oracle
Thank you. I will make sure to use a patch in the future. On Jan 12, 2019 7:41 AM, "Dmitry Bogatov" wrote: [ Please, next time attach patch, not whole file. Much more convenient for review ] [2019-01-10 10:54] Dolphin Oracle > the buster version of sysvinit initscripts still mounts the

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2019-01-12 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[ Please, next time attach patch, not whole file. Much more convenient for review ] [2019-01-10 10:54] Dolphin Oracle > the buster version of sysvinit initscripts still mounts the with /run/shm > as the mount point for the tmpfs and /dev/shm as a symlink. > > just adding on to the

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2019-01-10 Thread Dolphin Oracle
the buster version of sysvinit initscripts still mounts the with /run/shm as the mount point for the tmpfs and /dev/shm as a symlink. just adding on to the discussion...the situation actually prevents running certain flatpak applications. modifying mount-functions.sh per the attached will

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2017-01-15 Thread Holger Levsen
Simon, Henrique, thank you both for clarifying and explaining why! On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:13:30PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > No, it should have the ownership and permissions that are the default > for tmpfs filesystems (root:root 01777)… -- cheers, Holger signature.asc

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2017-01-14 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 at 21:50:43 +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 09:15:42PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > > Expected result: > > > > * /dev/shm is a tmpfs > > and /dev/shm is owned by root:root and has perms 1755? No, it should have the ownership and permissions that are

Bug#851427: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2017-01-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 09:50:43PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > > and /dev/shm is owned by root:root and has perms 1755? > > actually I have both 1777 and 0755 here, which of the two is correct or > are both fine?? It has to be mode 01777, read+write.

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2017-01-14 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 09:50:43PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > and /dev/shm is owned by root:root and has perms 1755? actually I have both 1777 and 0755 here, which of the two is correct or are both fine?? -- cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2017-01-14 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Simon, thanks for this bug report, much appreciated! On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 09:15:42PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > Expected result: > > * /dev/shm is a tmpfs and /dev/shm is owned by root:root and has perms 1755? -- cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: Digital

Bug#851427: sysvinit makes /dev/shm a symlink to /run/shm, should be other way round

2017-01-14 Thread Simon McVittie
Package: initscripts Version: 2.88dsf-59.8 Severity: normal On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 at 11:00:51 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 03:54:30PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > > If I'm reading the initscripts code correctly, sysvinit does the reverse > > by default, for some reason