misc/79713: sysctl(1) in /usr/libexec/save-entropy is not in PATH

[Dirk-Willem van Gulik]

>Number:         79713
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysctl(1) in /usr/libexec/save-entropy is not in PATH
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 09 14:30:29 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dirk-Willem van Gulik
>Release:        5.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
Asemantics.COM
>Environment:
FreeBSD www001.chinglish.com 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 21 13:05:47 GMT 2005     david at www001.chinglish.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386
>Description:
sysctl is used in /usr/libexec/save-entropy without a full path - unfortunately PATH is curtailed to /bin and /usr/bin while sysctl now lives in /sbin.

>How-To-Repeat:
Stock install and wait for the crontab to send a fail email.

Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:22:00 GMT
From: Cron Daemon <operator at www001.chinglish.com>
Reply-To: dev at chinglish.com
To: operator at www001.chinglish.com
Subject: Cron <operator at www001> /usr/libexec/save-entropy

sysctl: not found

>Fix:
Edit PATH to include /sbin -OR- prefix the single occurance of sysctl in /usr/libexec/save-entropy with /sbin/sysctl
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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