Bug 89751

Summary: vmware 4.0 creates files in /var/run/vmware/$USER/* which are not properly cleaned up at boot time
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Nicolas Bock <nbock>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: 7.20-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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patch that fixes the error message when cleaning up /var/run none

Description Nicolas Bock 2003-04-27 17:24:57 UTC 
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Description of problem:
rc.sysinit tries to clean up /var/run at boot time. VMware 4.0 writes files into
a directory, /var/run/vmware/$USER/*, which is not properly cleaned up by
rc.sysinit. I attached a patch that fixes this issue.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-7.14-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use VMware 4.0
2. Reboot

Additional info: attached patch...
Comment 1 Nicolas Bock 2003-04-27 17:25:48 UTC 
Created attachment 91319 [details]
patch that fixes the error message when cleaning up /var/run
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2003-05-02 19:55:46 UTC 
Added in CVS, will be in 7.20-1.