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Bug 62495

Summary:	system startup does not clear locks in subsys dir
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <nick>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2	CC:	rvokal
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Description Need Real Name 2002-04-01 20:07:18 UTC

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Description of problem:
If the system crashes hard, then when the system starts up, some services 
refuse to start because they have locks set in the /var/lock/subsys directory.

Basically, need to mod rc.sysinit to clear that directory.  Maybe you could 
make a directory like /etc/sysinit-clear.d that contains symbolic links to 
directories to be cleared at system startup.  
That way, rpms could install their favorite directories there to be 
cleaned up.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.power-off running system
2.watch for subsystems that don't start OK
3.
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-04-01 20:11:44 UTC

From rc.sysinit:

for afile in /var/lock/* /var/run/*; do
   if [ -d "$afile" ]; then
      [ "`basename $afile`" != "news" -a "`basename $afile`" != "sudo" -a
"`basename $afile`" != "mon" ] && rm -f $afile/*
   else
      rm -f $afile
   fi
done

Does this not work for you?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2002-11-25 22:00:38 UTC

closed, no response