Since net-analyzer/netdata-1.25.0 netdata tries to cd into its home directory during startup. And that fails if it is set to /dev/null: # /etc/init.d/netdata start * Starting netdata ... 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata INFO : MAIN : CONFIG: cannot load cloud config '/var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/cloud.conf'. Running with internal defaults. 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata FATAL : netdata : Cannot cd to directory '/dev/null' # : Not a directory 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: netdata prepares to exit with code 1... 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: cleaning up the database... 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata INFO : MAIN : Cleaning up database [0 hosts(s)]... 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: removing netdata PID file '/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid'... 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata ERROR : MAIN : EXIT: cannot unlink pidfile '/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid'. (errno 2, No such file or directory) 2020-09-16 09:44:46: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: all done - netdata is now exiting - bye bye... It works if you modify the home directory to /var/empty for example. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start net-analyzer/netdata-1.25.0 Actual Results: crash with error cd to /dev/null
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1ab87f3c98037caada46a90bb84eb1d7feaabded commit 1ab87f3c98037caada46a90bb84eb1d7feaabded Author: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-09-16 16:18:34 +0000 Commit: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-09-16 16:19:49 +0000 acct-user/netdata: Set home to /var/empty Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/742896 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.7, Repoman-3.0.1 Signed-off-by: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> acct-user/netdata/netdata-1.ebuild | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
