Subject: standards/4148: mrouted pid file location
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <oskar@netbsd.ping.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/25/1997 00:26:42
>Number: 4148
>Category: standards
>Synopsis: mrouted pid is in /etc according to manpage
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 24 15:20:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Charlie Root
>Organization:
PING Private Internet User Group
>Release: Tue Sep 23 22:53:26 CEST 1997
>Environment:
System: NetBSD netbsd 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (NETTIE) #1: Tue Sep 23 22:53:26 CEST 1997 root@netbsd:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NETTIE i386
>Description:
excerpt from man output:
For convenience in sending signals, mrouted writes its pid
to /etc/mrouted.pid upon startup.
>How-To-Repeat:
man mrouted
>Fix:
netbsd# diff -u2 mrouted.8.old mrouted.8
--- mrouted.8.old Wed Mar 26 13:26:46 1997
+++ mrouted.8 Thu Sep 25 00:25:29 1997
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
same as INT
.IP USR1
-dumps the internal routing tables to /usr/tmp/mrouted.dump.
+dumps the internal routing tables to /var/tmp/mrouted.dump.
.IP USR2
-dumps the internal cache tables to /usr/tmp/mrouted.cache.
+dumps the internal cache tables to /var/tmp/mrouted.cache.
.IP QUIT
dumps the internal routing tables to stderr (only if
@@ -278,5 +278,5 @@
For convenience in sending signals,
.I mrouted
-writes its pid to /etc/mrouted.pid upon startup.
+writes its pid to /var/run/mrouted.pid upon startup.
.bp
.SH EXAMPLE
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@
/etc/mrouted.conf
.br
-/etc/mrouted.pid
+/var/run/mrouted.pid
.br
-/usr/tmp/mrouted.dump
+/var/tmp/mrouted.dump
.br
-/usr/tmp/mrouted.cache
+/var/tmp/mrouted.cache
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mrinfo (8) ,
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: