lldpd fails after reboot: /var/run/lldpd created in postinst, not by initscript
Bug #316335 reported by
David McBride
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lldpd (Debian) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| lldpd (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: lldpd
Greetings,
The lldpd package creates /var/run/lldpd -- which lldpd uses as a chroot() jail -- in the postinst script.
However, /var/run on modern systems is a tmpfs which is dynamically generated at boot-time: this directory is not preserved over reboots. As a result, lldpd will fail to run after a reboot, because /var/run/lldpd does not exist.
The correct fix is to create the /var/run/lldpd directory as necessary as part of the start() branch of the init.d script, rather than creating it just once in the package postinst script.
(This seems to be a not-uncommon bug. Is there a lintian rule for catching this kind of error?)
Cheers,
David
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Revision history for this message
| Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in lldpd: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| status: | New → Invalid |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in lldpd (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
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Thanks, I can confirm this bug. I'm closing the Debian task for now, as I don't think they have /var/run on a tmpfs. Please feel free to reopen the Debian task (and report the bug to Debian) if you think that is wrong.