Re: 15.0 - rc.conf ignores a setting

I have verified that manually touching that file works. However, at boot 
time it seems like /var/run/noshutdown is not being created.

I have FreeBSD-set-kernels and FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail installed.

However, I installed FreeBSD-set-base, which installed the packages in 
the list below [1]. Now it works, any ideas what package could have been 
missing?

Thanks and regards,

Robert


[1]
FreeBSD-acpi: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-apm: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-atf-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-audit-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-autofs: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bhyve: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-blocklist-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bluetooth: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bluetooth-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bluetooth-lib: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bootloader-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bsnmp-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-bzip2-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-clang: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-clang-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-clibs-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-clibs-lib32: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ctf-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ctl: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-cxgbe-tools: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-devmatch-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-dtrace: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-dtrace-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-efi-tools-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-examples: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-fetch-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-firmware-iwm: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-flua-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ftp: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-games: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ggate: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-gssd: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-hast: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-hostapd: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-hyperv-tools: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ipf: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-iscsi: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-kerberos-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-lib9p-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libarchive-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libbegemot-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libblocksruntime-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libbsdstat-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libcasper-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libcompat-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libcompiler_rt-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libcuse-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libdwarf-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libevent1-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libexecinfo-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libipt-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libldns-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libmagic-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libmilter-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libpathconv-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-librpcsec_gss-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-librss-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libsqlite3-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libthread_db-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libucl-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libvgl-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libvmmapi: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libvmmapi-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-libyaml-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-lldb-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-local-unbound: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-local-unbound-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-lp: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-mlx-tools: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-natd-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ncurses-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-netmap-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-nfs: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-nuageinit: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-nvme-tools: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-openssl-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-pf: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-pf-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-pmc-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ppp: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-rcmds: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-rdma: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-rescue: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-rip: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-runtime-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-sendmail: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-set-base: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-set-devel: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-set-minimal: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-set-optional: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-smbutils: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-smbutils-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-sound: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-sound-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ssh-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-tcpd-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-telnet: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-toolchain-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-ufs-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-utilities-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-wpa: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-xz-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-yp: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-zfs: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-zfs-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]
FreeBSD-zlib-dev: 15.0 [FreeBSD-base]

On 07.12.25 01:49, Steve Rikli wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 12:53:44AM +0100, infoomatic wrote:
>> I have a pkgbase 15.0 which ignores the new setting precious_machine="YES"
>> in rc.conf. It does not happen on non-pkgbase 15.0 systems. What could be
>> the problem?
> 
> What command and flags are you using to try shutdown the system?
> 
> Does the behavior change if you manually create the /var/run/noshutdown
> file?
> 
> E.g. when I 'touch /var/run/noshutdown' on a 15.0 test VM it properly
> prevents shutdown with the message "Shutdown cannot be done,
> /var/run/noshutdown is present".
> 
> I'm guessing your system's shutdown binary doesn't have the noshutdown
> function somehow -- is your system from an upgrade or a fresh install?
> 
> A quick way to check the binary itself:
> 
>    $ strings /sbin/shutdown | grep noshutdown
>    Shutdown cannot be done, /var/run/noshutdown is present
>    /var/run/noshutdown
> 
> If you don't see that sort of output, I think that shows why you have
> the problem, but not necessarily how it got that way.
> 
> Cheers,
> sr.
>