Bug 289638

Summary:	ulogd-2.0.0_beta3 ebuild does not create user 'ulogd' - init script does not work
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Emanuele A. Bagnaschi (Zephyrus) <zephyrus.271>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Wormo (RETIRED) <wormo>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Emanuele A. Bagnaschi (Zephyrus) 2009-10-18 20:26:10 UTC

The version 2.0.0_beta of the ulogd ebuild does not create the 'ulogd' user.
This constitutes a problem, since the init.d script shipped with the ebuild launches the daemon with the option '-u ulogd', that is by forcing ulogd to try dropping privileges to the ulogd user.
The net effect of this is the inability of ulogd to be started by the init script.
It seems that the ebuilds for the 1.24 version implement the automated user creation process.

Comment 1 Wormo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-26 06:25:52 UTC

Thanks for reporting this issue!

Fix has been committed to CVS:
  Make sure ulogd user/group exist, and that ulogd.conf is readable
  by ulogd group (bug #289638, reported by Emanuele A. Bagnaschi)