Russ Allbery wrote: > Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> writes: >> Russ Allbery wrote: >>> Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> writes: > >>>> Another class of services which might be affected, are >>>> daemons/programs started by inetd. > >>> Why would they put anything in /var/run? > >> I guess for the same reasons why other system daemons put stuff in /var/run > > They put their PIDs in /var/run so that they can be easily stopped or > checked for status. > > So why would something started by inetd put anyting in /var/run? > > I'm still having a hard time understanding what's putting files in > /var/run that isn't a daemon. Even UNIX domain sockets exist generally to Why is a system service that is started by inetd or D-Bus not a daemon? Remember the times when exim4 or samba could still be started via inetd (although those no longer support inetd mode afaik). There are still daemons though (like proftpd comes to mind), which ship a subdirectory in /var/run and support inetd. > contact a running daemon. Could you explain what policykit uses /var/run > for, and educate me a bit on why D-Bus services have to put things in > /var/run but don't have init scripts? PolicyKit stores credentials in /var/run/PolicyKit which are of temporary nature and are automatically cleaned up on boot. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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