hello again, maybe this will help:
rmunsch at doisneau:~/client$ strace -f ./runclient.sh --hostname=doisneau start 2>&1 | grep -5 getcwd
[pid 7053] close(6) = 0
[pid 7053] open("/proc/7014/status", O_RDONLY) = 6
[pid 7053] read(6, "Name:\tgrep\nState:\tS (sleeping)\nS"..., 1023) = 531
[pid 7053] close(6) = 0
[pid 7053] open("/proc/7014/cmdline", O_RDONLY) = 6
[pid 7053] read(6, "grep\0-5\0getcwd\0", 2047) = 15
[pid 7053] close(6) = 0
[pid 7053] stat64("/dev/ttyp0", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(3, 0), ...}) = 0
[pid 7053] stat64("/proc/7042", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
[pid 7053] open("/proc/7042/stat", O_RDONLY) = 6
[pid 7053] read(6, "7042 (hobbitlaunch) S 1 7042 704"..., 1023) = 184
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[pid 7054] close(4) = 0
[pid 7054] open("/proc/7014/statm", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 7054] read(4, "439 143 117 18 0 90 0\n", 1023) = 22
[pid 7054] close(4) = 0
[pid 7054] open("/proc/7014/cmdline", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 7054] read(4, "grep\0-5\0getcwd\0", 2047) = 15
[pid 7054] close(4) = 0
[pid 7054] stat64("/proc/7042", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
[pid 7054] open("/proc/7042/stat", O_RDONLY) = 4
[pid 7054] read(4, "7042 (hobbitlaunch) S 1 7042 704"..., 1023) = 184
[pid 7054] close(4) = 0
With every 5 seconds a new line appearing in the log of
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
What's strange is it seems to be working now, for the most part. I let this client run, shut down the hobbitd, and it faithfully complained of a lack of server to send to.
What is it trying to do with this getcwd() that is failing, and that doesn't seem to affect the reports sent to the host..?
Of note: there is an ancient Debian bugrep about this message that was alternately blamed on bash 2.03 and dpkg < 1.9, and closed as "resolved with dpkg 1.9" - as i have bash 3-something and dpkg 1.10+ i am going to assume it was not :D. It was reported as a rare occurance by all parties at the time, but it shows up like clockwork here.
Hope this helps...
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Rob Munsch
Systems Analyst, Solutions for Progress
http://www.solutionsforprogress.com