Control: severity -1 serious Am 02.02.2018 um 20:07 schrieb Sven Hartge: > On 02.02.2018 19:24, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 02.02.2018 um 14:58 schrieb Sven Hartge: > >>> The upstream commit db256aab13d8a89d583ecd2bacf0aca87c66effc "core: be >>> stricter when handling PID files and MAINPID sd_notify() messages" >>> breaks several daemons in Debian. >>> >>> Known issues exist for >>> >>> - munin-node https://bugs.debian.org/889073 >>> - ulogd2 >>> - dnsmasq https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/01/msg01331.html >>> >>> and possibly others. >>> >>> Symptom is a timeout during service start, constant service restarts (if >>> configured) and log messages like: >>> >>> Feb 2 14:22:49 HOST systemd[1]: ulogd2.service: Permission denied while >>> opening PID file or unsafe symlink chain: /run/ulog/ulogd.pid >>> Feb 2 14:23:54 HOST systemd[1]: munin-node.service: Permission denied >>> while opening PID file or unsafe symlink chain: /run/munin/munin-node.pid >>> >>> Problem lies, as far as I understand the change, in the permissions of >>> the directory in which the PIDfile is created by the daemon. In all >>> cases it does not belong root:root but the respective service user: >> >> Do those services drop privileges on their own? > > munin-node runs as root. > > ulogd2 drops its priviliges on its own. It needs to start as root to > connect to the netlink sockets.
Let's bump this to TC, so the package doesn't migrate to testing until we have a clearer picture how this issue should be solved. I.e. if this is an issue in the individual packages or should be addressed in systemd -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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