Bug#447314: puppetmaster: permission denied on /var/run

2007-10-19 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 09:16:37PM -0400, The Anarcat wrote: > On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 11:06:07AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Gah, I despise PID files. And programs that assume things about their > > placement and permissions. > > Well, pidfiles do have a function, how else do you deal with

Bug#447314: puppetmaster: permission denied on /var/run

2007-10-19 Thread The Anarcat
On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 11:06:07AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 08:19:31PM -0400, The Anarcat wrote: > > The fix is simple, and should be part of the postinst (or simply in > > debian/rules): > > > > mkdir /var/run/puppet > > chown puppet:puppet !$ > > This fix won't wor

Bug#447314: puppetmaster: permission denied on /var/run

2007-10-19 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 08:19:31PM -0400, The Anarcat wrote: > The fix is simple, and should be part of the postinst (or simply in > debian/rules): > > mkdir /var/run/puppet > chown puppet:puppet !$ This fix won't work, because /var/run is often a tmpfs, so /var/run/puppet will get lunched on reb

Bug#447314: puppetmaster: permission denied on /var/run

2007-10-19 Thread The Anarcat
Package: puppetmaster Version: 0.23.2-11 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable When starting puppetmasterd for the first time (after creating a proper site.pp), I'm getting this error message: Restarting puppet configuration management tool master server/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/