From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LvlEB-0000mZ-88 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:35:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FE4AE0983; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:35:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB3BE0983 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:35:27 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,214,1238972400"; d="scan'208";a="86753284" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 20 Apr 2009 05:35:26 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0098B137BF2 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:35:24 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <75413EBE-8B9F-4843-BA2D-570AAC4E9DDE@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200904200119.48736.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:35:23 +0100 References: <68b1e2610904191603o2f18b1cl79db00023f480a09@mail.gmail.com> <200904200119.48736.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Archives-Salt: 832534d8-576b-4878-ba25-0214fcc8fe4f X-Archives-Hash: cacfe452755d3d74e91591f11ba28275 On 20 Apr 2009, at 00:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> ... >> Start-up messags: >> ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied > > That's a very unusual location for init scripts. Did you put them > there, > instead of in the more usual /etc/init.d/? I have that file on my systems. I assume it (and others nearby) are library / function scripts which are called by the init scripts in /etc/init.d/ Stroller. ~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin /var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin ~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/started/ apache2 cupsd modules ntop rmnologin syslog-ng bootmisc hostname net.br0 ntp-client rpc.statd udev-postmount checkfs keymaps net.eth0 ntpd samba uptimed checkroot lm_sensors net.lo portmap sensord urandom clock local netmount postfix smartd vixie-cron consolefont localmount nfs postgresql sshd ~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/ coldplugged deptree failed scheduled softscripts stopping daemons exclusive inactive snapshot started wasinactive depcache exitcodes options softlevel starting ~ $