Because it is missing the requisite mechanism, it performs the same action (creating a file in /var) all of the time, including at system shutdown ... $ /etc/rc.d/msgs stop /etc/rc.d/msgs: cannot create /var/msgs/bounds: Permission denied $ ... and even when simply querying status $ /etc/rc.d/msgs status /etc/rc.d/msgs: cannot create /var/msgs/bounds: Permission denied $ $ /etc/rc.d/msgs rcvar /etc/rc.d/msgs: cannot create /var/msgs/bounds: Permission denied $
A commit references this bug: Author: jilles Date: Sun Mar 27 16:27:49 UTC 2016 New revision: 297314 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/297314 Log: rc.d: Make msgs a proper rc.d script. PR: 207149 Reported by: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard Changes: head/etc/rc.d/msgs
A commit references this bug: Author: jilles Date: Sun Oct 9 21:28:56 UTC 2016 New revision: 306924 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/306924 Log: MFC r297314: rc.d: Make msgs a proper rc.d script. PR: 207149 Reported by: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard Changes: _U stable/10/ stable/10/etc/rc.d/msgs