wpa_supplicant does not create pidfile

[Dominic Fandrey]

On 07/09/2010 09:09, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 09:01:18 Dominic Fandrey wrote:
>> On 07/09/2010 08:50, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>>> On Friday, August 27, 2010 09:42:30 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:36, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze at bsdforen.de> 
> wrote:
>>>>> On 27/08/2010 09:28, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:50, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze at bsdforen.de>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory
>>>>>>> does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added
>>>>>>> the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm running RELENG_8.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Index: etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
>>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>>> --- etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(revision 211568)
>>>>>> +++ etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(working copy)
>>>>>> @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          ..
>>>>>>          ppp             gname=network mode=0770
>>>>>>          ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +        wpa_supplicant
>>>>>> +        ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      ..
>>>>>>      rwho            gname=daemon mode=0775
>>>>>>      ..
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the mtree built every time the system boots? Because my /var/run
>>>>> is a tmpfs. And even if it wasn't, I think it's wiped every boot
>>>>> any way.
>>>>
>>>> Not build but, according to /etc/rc.d/var mtree is run on every boot.
>>>> I actually tried that and it works just fine.
>>>
>>> Did you have a chance to try this? Given positive feedback I'd like to
>>> commit it.
>>
>> No, doesn't work. The named and ppp directories also don't exist.
>>
>> Sorry about the delay.
> 
> Ok, thanks.
> 
> Is it only /var/run/* that is wiped for you, or /var/* itself? I just checked 
> rc.d/var and it looks like this:
>     if [ -d /var/run -a -d /var/db -a -d /var/empty ] ; then
>         true
>     elif [ -x /usr/sbin/mtree ] ; then
>         populate_var
> 
> So.. if var/run does exist, populate_var isn't run.
> 

Only /var/run and /var/log are tmpfs (notebook, reduce HD access
to allow HD spindown). I wouldn't wipe my /var/db every boot.

Regards

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