Bug 143204

Summary:	net-fs/nfs-utils - statd fails due to missing /var/lib/nfs/state
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Martin Parm <parmus>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Network Filesystems <net-fs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Creates /var/lib/nfs/state during installation

Description Martin Parm 2006-08-08 06:11:54 UTC

After an out-of-the-box installation of nfs-utils statd (started from nfsmount) fails to start due to a missing /var/lib/nfs/state. statd would normally create this file itself, but /var/lib/nfs is only writable for root and statd runs as nobody.
The problem can be solved in one of two ways: (a) allowing nobody (or the root-group) to create files in /var/lib/nfs or (b) create an empty /var/lib/nfs/state during installation. The later seems more secure IMHO.

This problem exists in nfs-utils-1.0.6-r6. I haven't tested with later versions, but it's not fixed in the ebuilds as far as I can tell.

Comment 1 Martin Parm 2006-08-08 06:14:52 UTC

Created attachment 93747 [details, diff]
Creates /var/lib/nfs/state during installation

This patch fixes the problem by creating /var/lib/nfs/state during installation. The patch has been made with nfs-utils-1.0.6-r6.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-08-08 19:18:26 UTC

if you look at pkg_postinst(), you'll see that this is already taken care of

Comment 3 Martin Parm 2006-08-09 06:03:17 UTC

Comment on attachment 93747 [details, diff]
Creates /var/lib/nfs/state during installation

Sorry, I obviously didn't do my homework.
This bug is actually a dublicate of #30486, which was resolved in 2004.

I actually did have a problem with a missing /var/lib/nfs/state, but the problem must be somewhere else.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-08-09 07:49:44 UTC

np, happens to everyone at some point