[9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[Heiko Dudzus]

auth/secstored prints out to /dev/cons. It is disturbing behind rio windows
on my cpu server.

Successively, I redirected its file descriptors into
/sys/log/secstored.  Even with fd0, fd1, fd2 redirected do the log
file, it prints to /dev/cons.

/proc/550/fd says, fd4 is connected to /dev/cons:

term% cat /proc/550/fd
/usr/bootes
  0 w  M    8 (0000000000011c97 0 00)  8192        0 /sys/log/secstored
  1 w  M    8 (0000000000011c97 0 00)  8192        0 /sys/log/secstored
  2 w  M    8 (0000000000011c97 0 00)  8192        0 /sys/log/secstored
  3 rw I    0 (000000000002018c 0 00)     0       15 /net/tcp/clone
  4 w  c    0 (0000000000000002 0 00)     0       51 #c/cons
  5 r  c    0 (0000000000000001 0 00)     0      256 /dev/bintime
term%

Why does secstored prints to fd4?  This isn't usual, is it?  Where do
you redirect the fd's when you start secstored?

Re: [9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[Charles Forsyth]

try creating /sys/log/secstore (make it append-only as well, chmod +a /sys/log/secstore),
and secstored should automatically put its logging output there, without explicit redirection.
if the log file doesn't exist, syslog writes it to /dev/cons

Re: [9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[Heiko Dudzus]

> try creating /sys/log/secstore (make it append-only as well, chmod +a /sys/log/secstore),
> and secstored should automatically put its logging output there, without explicit redirection.
> if the log file doesn't exist, syslog writes it to /dev/cons

Ahh, ok. My /sys/log/secstored was
a-rw-rw-rw- M 9 sys sys 0 Jan  4 18:18 /sys/log/secstored

I'll try renaming it. Thanks.

Re: [9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[Heiko Dudzus]

Charles Forsyth wrote:
> try creating /sys/log/secstore (make it append-only as well, chmod +a /sys/log/secstore),
> and secstored should automatically put its logging output there, without explicit redirection.
> if the log file doesn't exist, syslog writes it to /dev/cons

It works now, thanks.

Now, I see, this file is defined as log file in
/sys/src/cmd/auth/secstore/secstore.h.

I didn't have the idea to look there. ;-/

Regards, Heiko

Re: [9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[andrey mirtchovski]

> 
> I didn't have the idea to look there. ;-/
> 
> Regards, Heiko

if you could add a note to the man page and submit it as a patch it'll
be much easier to find next time :)

i am trying to remember how i created my /sys/log/secstore but i
can't.  there doesn't seem to be any discussion on 9fans...

andrey

Re: [9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[Heiko Dudzus]

> if you could add a note to the man page and submit it as a patch it'll
> be much easier to find next time :)
> 
> i am trying to remember how i created my /sys/log/secstore but i
> can't.  there doesn't seem to be any discussion on 9fans...

Done.

But perhaps it would be nicer to do it like it is done with all the
other log files: presented empty in a vanilla install (regardless if
needed or not)?

Re: [9fans] secstored output to /dev/cons

[andrey mirtchovski]

> Done.
> 

thanks :)

> But perhaps it would be nicer to do it like it is done with all the
> other log files: presented empty in a vanilla install (regardless if
> needed or not)?

you can submit a zero-sized /sys/log/secstore with patch/create too,
it'll just complain that there's no original to compare it to