from the quill of Stefan van der Eijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> If you take a look in /var/log/syslog when you try to start xfs you
> might find something like:
>
> Jan 6 18:21:05 stefan xfs: xfs startup succeeded
> Jan 6 18:21:05 stefan xfs: process-id file /var/run/xfs.pid cannot be
> opened
> Jan 6 18:21:05 stefan xfs: can't create/lock pid file
>
> Maybe it has something to do with it...
It has everything to do with it. The whole idea of suing to xfs before
starting xfs is flawed for two reasons. First, xfs' shell in
/etc/passwd is /bin/false by default and second, as you note above, once
the process is su'd to xfs, it cannot access /var/run/xfs.pid.
Is this su'ing to xfs something new with the most recent release of
XFree86?
b.
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Brian J. Murrell
