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Re: pmda persistent indom cache access issues

To: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pmda persistent indom cache access issues
From: fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 21:27:11 -0400
Cc: PCP Mailing List <pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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In-reply-to: <5181BB30.6000905@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Ken McDonell's message of "Thu, 02 May 2013 11:02:40 +1000")
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Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> that started passing when I changed /var/lib/pcp/config/pmda to mode
> 1777 [...]

(If that were necessary, perhaps we should set up a shared group-id
for the pmda's, so the directory is not open to the world.)

> [...] So changing the mode is only part of the fix ... we need to
> consider what to do about migration/upgrade issues where old files
> owned by root may be left around. [...]

Can we zap the cache during a make / package install?


- FChE

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