Uname borked on ??-Release...

[Kevin Kinsey]

> 
> Your problem makes no sense then :)  

Up until now, you've told me a couple things
I might not have already known :-D

> The kern.osrelease returns a string 
> compiled into the kernel (see conf/newvers.sh), so if it returns 
> 6.2-RELEASE then that string must be present.
> 

I'd like to think so, but, I don't.  If you've feeling masochistic,
you can see that evidence below.  When does the sysctl get set?
During boot, I assume?  Is there any "caching" of sysctl data
that might persist over a reboot?

Even better, have I been h at X0red?  lol.  Be the first time in
forever, but I've griped and griped to my ISP about the security
of their CPE, to no avail.

Being as named is now crapping out ("bad system call"), I'm thinking
I'll try a Windows solution (not that I'd consider using a Winbox
here, but I may backup the data, wipe the disk, and try again)
unless lightning strikes and I figure it out pretty soon.  Fortunately,
this isn't a mission-critical BIND server.  I do need to get httpd/PHP
back up, tho, because it's hard to print HTML invoices for February
when you can't serve HTML ;-)  The system's so unstable I'm not
sure I wanna waste any more time fighting with it at this point.

Kevin Kinsey

#sysctl kern.bootfile
kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel/kernel

#strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep -i bsd
freebsd6_ftruncate
freebsd4_fhstatfs
freebsd4_sendfile
sysctl__security_bsd_children
bsd_partition_le_dec
bsd_partition_le_enc
freebsd4_sigaction
freebsd4_statfs
freebsd6_lseek
elf32_freebsd_fixup
bsd_disklabel_le_dec
elf32_freebsd_sysvec
freebsd6_mmap
freebsd6_pwrite
freebsd6_truncate
szfreebsd4_sigcode
bsd_disklabel_le_enc
freebsd4_fstatfs
freebsd6_pread
freebsd4_getfsstat
freebsd4_sigreturn
openbsd_poll
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD PseudoRAID
FreeBSD ATA driver RAID 
FreeBSD check1 failed
WARNING!! - Using FreeBSD PseudoRAID metadata
FBSD
msmith at freebsd.org
Warning: card matches multiple entries.  Report to imp at freebsd.org
FreeBSD Project
/usr/src/sys/dev/isp/isp_freebsd.c
Qlogic ISP Driver, FreeBSD Version %d.%d, Core Version %d.%d
FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node
bsd_taste(%s,%s)
BSD::labelsum
g_bsd
freebsd
freebsd-swap
freebsd-ufs
freebsd-vinum
freebsd-zfs
security.bsd.suser_enabled
BSD security policy
/usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c
4BSD
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: %d CPUs
KAME-BSD 1.1
TrustedBSD audit controls
FreeBSD Kernel Dump
FreeBSD ELF32
freebsd4_sigreturn: eflags = 0x%x
freebsd4_sigreturn: cs = 0x%x
minidump FreeBSD/i386
Adaptec FreeBSD 4.0.0 Unix SCSI I2O HBA Driver
2FREEBSD LSI-LOGIC NULDEV0001
Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
@(#)FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Mar  4 07:26:00 CST 2008
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Mar  4 07:26:00 CST 2008
FreeBSD

#strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep -i release|more
module_release
mmcbr_release_host_desc
bus_release_resource_desc
bus_generic_release_resource
amr_releasecmd
hptrr_ldm_release_vbus
isa_dma_release
gdt_mpr_release_event
isp_mbox_release
sctp_release_pr_sctp_chunk
bus_release_resources
an_release_resources
pcib_release_msi
xpt_release_ccb
ed_release_resources
mmcbus_release_bus_method_default
aac_release_command
hptrr_ldm_release_lock
bus_generic_rl_release_resource
pcib_release_msi_method_default
sbrelease
pci_release_msi_method_default
fdc_release_resources
xpt_release_devq
msi_release
pcib_release_msix_desc
ahc_release_seeprom
xpt_release_simq
nlminfo_release_p
hptrr_ldm_release_vdev
mmcbus_release_bus_desc
ata_pci_release_resource
ahd_release_seeprom
agp_release
cam_periph_release
scsi_reserve_release_unit
linker_release_module
msix_release
ie_release_resources
release_timer2
rman_release_resource
isa_release_resource
kbd_release
mmcbr_release_host_method_default
pcib_release_msi_desc
vid_release
ppb_release_bus
pmap_release
sleepq_release
ex_release_resources
cbb_release_resource
fe_release_resource
pcib_release_msix_method_default
pci_release_msi_desc
bus_release_resource
mfi_release_command
dpt_release_resources
pcib_release_msix
osrelease
cam_release_devq
e1000_release_nvm_generic
sbrelease_locked
bus_release_resource_method_default
pci_release_msi_method
cs_release_resources
stg_release_resource
softdep_releasefile
resource_list_release
e1000_release_nvm
kse_release
Invalid release of active persistent reservation
RELEASE(06)
RELEASE ELEMENT(06)
RELEASE(10
RELEASE ELEMENT(10)
LQIRetry for LQICRCI_LQ to release ACK
already released dma memory
Release ioctl lock
twa_ioctl: RELEASE_LOCK: Lock not held!
RELEASE_LOCK: Releasing lock!
vendor=0x%04x product=0x%04x devclass=0x%02x devsubclass=0x%02x release=0x%04x sernum="%s"
vendor=0x%04x product=0x%04x devclass=0x%02x devsubclass=0x%02x release=0x%04x sernum="%s" intclass=0x%02x intsubclass=0x%02x
kse_release: called outside of threading. exiting
Kernel release date
osrelease
Operating system release
module_release: bad reference count
resource_list_delete: resource has not been released
resource_list_release: can't find resource
resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy
softdep_releasefile: file still referenced
@(#)FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Mar  4 07:26:00 CST 2008
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Mar  4 07:26:00 CST 2008
7.0-RELEASE