ctdb cannot create PID file

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed /etc/init.d/ctdb
pidfile="/var/run/ctdb/ctdbd.pid" to pidfile="/run/ctdb/ctdbd.pid"

Then

sudo systemctl edit ctdb

[Service]
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/ctdb

And it will work upon reboot as well. (/run is deleted every reboot)
Still seems to be looking for /var/run in the logs though.

Doing the CTDB setup I faced the same issues as:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ctdb/+bug/1335540
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ctdb/+bug/1828799
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/722201

I'll merge the fixes (for those and this bug) altogether.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=929931

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13984

The fix (Eoan) and SRU (Disco, Cosmic and Bionic) for this bug is being done at:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/722201

This bug was fixed in the package samba - 2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu5

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samba (2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu5) eoan; urgency=medium

  * debian/rules: Make DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU initialized through
    dpkg-architecture (Closes: #931138)
  * d/p/ctdb-scripts-fix-tcp_tw_recycle-existence-check.patch:
    fix tcp_tw_recycle existence check. (LP: #722201)
  * d/p/fix-nfs-service-name-to-nfs-kernel-server.patch:
    change nfs service name from nfs to nfs-kernel-server
    (LP: #722201)
  * d/ctdb.install, d/rules: create ctdb run directory into tmpfiles.d
    to allow pid file to exist (LP: #1821775)
  * Allow proper ctdb initialization (LP: #1828799):
    - d/ctdb.dirs: added /var/lib/ctdb/* directories
    - d/ctdb.postrm: remove leftovers from:
      /var/lib/ctdb/{state,persistent,volatile,scripts}
  * d/rules: installing provided config examples and helper scripts
  * Examples of NFS HA CTDB config files + helper script:
    - d/ctdb.example.enable.nfs.sh
    - d/ctdb.example.nfs-common
    - d/ctdb.example.nfs-kernel-server
    - d/ctdb.example.services
    - d/ctdb.example.sysctl-nfs-static-ports.conf
  * d/p/ctdb-config-depend-on-etc-default-nodes-file.patch:
    do not try to start daemon if /etc/ctdb/nodes does not exist
  * d/p/ctdb-config-enable-syslog-by-default.patch:
    enable syslog and systemd journal by default

 -- Rafael David Tinoco <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:14:27 +0000

Hello Robert, or anyone else affected,

Accepted samba into disco-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu2.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-disco to verification-done-disco. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-disco. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted samba (2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu2.3) for disco have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

gvfs/1.40.1-1ubuntu0.1 (amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/disco/update_excuses.html#samba

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

FYI - this test fail was resolved by a retry as gvfs is somewhat flaky

Marking verification-done according to:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/samba/+bug/722201/comments/53

This bug was fixed in the package samba - 2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu2.3

---------------
samba (2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu2.3) disco; urgency=medium

  * CTDB enablement for NFS HA (LP: #722201) and needed fixes:
    - d/p/ctdb-config-depend-on-etc-default-nodes-file.patch: do not try to
      start daemon without /etc/ctdb/nodes.
    - d/rules: installing provided config examples and helper scripts.
    - Examples of NFS HA CTDB config files + helper script:
      + d/ctdb.example.enable.nfs.sh
      + d/ctdb.example.nfs-common
      + d/ctdb.example.nfs-kernel-server
      + d/ctdb.example.services
      + d/ctdb.example.sysctl-nfs-static-ports.conf
    - d/p/fix-nfs-service-name-to-nfs-kernel-server.patch: change nfs service
      name from nfs to nfs-kernel-server.
    - d/p/ctdb-scripts-fix-tcp_tw_recycle-existence-check.patch: fix
      tcp_tw_recycle existence check.
  * Allow proper ctdb initalization (LP: #1828799):
    - d/ctdb.dirs: added /var/lib/ctdb/* directories
    - d/ctdb.postrm: remove leftovers from
      /var/lib/ctdb/{state,persistent,volatile,scripts}
  * d/ctdb.install, d/rules: create ctdb run directory into tmpfiles.d
    to allow pid file to exist (LP: #1821775)

 -- Rafael David Tinoco <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:00:50 +0000

The verification of the Stable Release Update for samba has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.