[linux-lvm] LVM / File descriptor .. left open / Snapshot-Problems

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 04:44:22PM +0200, Dr. Jürgen Vollmer wrote:
> > lvdisplay
> File descriptor 10 left open  <<<<<<< what does this tell me?
> File descriptor 11 left open

Whatever program is execing lvdisplay is not closing all its
file descriptors first.  It's warning you because sometimes 
this can lead to security problems.
You can use strace or lsof to work out where they have come from.

Alasdair