Bug 42936

Summary:	sshd cries for "/var/empty" directory after emerge -U world
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Lari Korpi <lari.korpi>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) <aliz>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Lari Korpi 2004-02-25 16:13:09 UTC

After updateing openssh I couldn't get sshd to start with out doing 
"mkdir /var/empty" (I did as root and did not temper with chmod after). So It's not a show stopper, but a clitch in system.

I don't remember what was the version of the openssh before update, but now it's naturaly 3.7.1_p2-r2

Reproducible: Didn't try
Steps to Reproduce:
1. # emerge -U world
2. # /etc/init.d/sshd restart
3.

Actual Results:  
Following error message:
Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty

Expected Results:  
sshd should start just fine.

Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-gentoo-r1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2200+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13
distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/resin/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
/usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/
ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo
ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
USE="X apache2 apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif
gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod motif
mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python
qt quicktime readline sdl sendmail slang snmp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype
x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"

Comment 1 Nicolas ANTONIAZZI 2004-02-28 11:21:03 UTC

I had the same problem.

It has been resolved when I emerged openssh version 3.8_p1

Comment 2 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-18 03:07:11 UTC

Added check for /var/empty to initscript. Soon in CVS, thanks!