Ver=FreeBSD 5.4 In my nightly security report I get a number of "Bad file descriptors" error messages in my ports directory: Checking setuid files and devices: find: /usr/ports/mail/masqmail-devel/pkg-descr: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/ports/mail/masqmail-devel/pkg-plist: Bad file descriptor find: /usr/ports/mail/masqmail-devel/files: Bad file descriptor ... I note that in section 16.13 of the FreeBSD handbook that a snapshot can be taken, repaired and replaced while the server is running. I am having trouble working out how to do this :-(. Searches on Google and the FreeBSD web site have left me with no further insight. I can mount the snapshot and run fsck against it - it corrects all of the errors but I am still left with the problems on the real partition. Does any one have a 'howto' for recovering from this situation? John SullivanReceived on Fri Jul 15 2005 - 07:25:34 UTC
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