Re: LUG: gconfd problem - Thu, 14 May 2009 11:10:53 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: gconfd problem

From : Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 14 May 2009 11:10:53 -0400

Folks,

I chatted with the Solaris 10 kit folks and I've figured out exactly
what's going on here.

Realm Linux does not use the .realmtools symlinks. (I wrote those parts
anyway.) However, the Solaris 10 kit does. This keeps folks that have
logged into solaris 10 from nuking their settings on linux in a rather
Bad Way(tm).

So those symlinks only show up if you have used a solaris 10 machine in
a campus lab.

Jack

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:14:35PM -0400, Daniel McMullen wrote:
> On the schools system they are symlinked using @sys in the link to allow sun
> and linux to have their own config files where needed.
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Brian <spiffytech@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Alexander Ray <alexjray.ncsu@gmail.[redacted]>wrote:
> >
> >> Hey, any LUGer's out there wanna check and sound off on this:
> >> Are you're ~/.gconf and ~/.gconfd symbolic links in your AFS home?
> >>
> >> I know me (Alex R) and Alex K both have symlinks to something in
> >> .realmfiles/
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 04:47:38PM -0400, Alexander Ray wrote:
> >> >> My .gconf and .gconfd are symlinks and their timestamps reads: Sep 16
> >> 2008
> >> >
> >> > Weird. I've never setup anything to symlink around ~/.gconf and
> >> > ~/.gconfd. Gconf has been...mostly....stable in AFS since the locking
> >> > parts were moved to live in /tmp.
> >> >
> >> > Jack
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> >> >> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 04:29:23PM -0400, Alexander Ray wrote:
> >> >> >> Hey guys,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I got a really interesting case where someone's .gconf and .gconfd
> >> >> >> files in their AFS space are actually NOT symbolically linked to
> >> >> >> .realmtools/@sys files.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> 1) has anyone else run into this sort of thing before?
> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> 2) does anyone have enough experience with these to bring these
> >> issues
> >> >> >> to a swift resolution?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >> Alex
> >> >> >
> >> >> > When were the .gconf* directories symlinked?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Jack
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
> >> >> > Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
> >> >> > Office of Information Technology, NC State University
> >> >> > GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
> >> > Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
> >> > Office of Information Technology, NC State University
> >> > GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> > Mine are perfectly ordinary directories.
> >
> > -Brian
> >

--
Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
Office of Information Technology, NC State University
GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89