On Jan,Monday 3 2011, at 4:08 PM, Alan Barrett wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Adam Hamsik wrote: >>>>> Log Message: >>>>> Add /var/lock directory to base set it's used by LVM and other tools. >>>>> Change group owner to operator to enable LVM locking for him. >>>> >>>> Why is /var/run not the right place for your needs? >>> >>> Also, where was this discussed? If it was discussed, please >>> update hier(7) according to the outcome of the discussion. >> >> It wasn't discussed, but there were couple of changes to dm driver >> not done by me which weren't discussed either. Main reason for them >> was to allow operator to see lvm devices status this was last change >> needed. I can change it to /var/run would be /var/run/locks/ better >> place for it ? > > If the locks do not need to persist across reboot, then somewhere under > /var/run would probably be appropriate. If they are specific to lvm, > then /var/run/lvm would probably be appropriate. Anything else (such as > /var/lock or /var/run/lock) probably needs more discussion.
I would like to have something persistent between reboots. I have found that we already have /var/spool/lock. Therefore /var/spool/lock/lvm/ seems to be might preferred place. Do you agree ? Also /var/spool/lock is not mentioned in hier. Regards Adam.