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Re: problem cleaning /tmp /var/run, etc



On 2009-02-13 17:32 +0100, vwf wrote:

> I found a problem. I installed Lenny last May on a new PC. Since a few
> weeks I found that /tmp and /var/run are not cleaned during boot.  The
> oldest entry in /var/run is 1985-01-01. I checked everything, but all
> looks good.

Are you sure that these entries are not coming from scripts that had
been run during the _new_ boot?  Note that the sudo initscript sets the
timestamp of /var/run/sudo to 1985-01-01 to invalidate any tickets.

Sven


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