Bug 439092 (need-net)

Summary:	[tracker] services misusing "need net"
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	William Hubbs <williamh>
Component:	OpenRC	Assignee:	OpenRC Team <openrc>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexanderyt, andreis.vinogradovs, asm64, bugzilla, jdavid.ibp, luke, michael.stahn.42, nikoli, sam, xmw
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	Tracker
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/service-script-guide.md#be-wary-of-need-net-dependencies
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	447996, 514858, 228973, 266386, 439100, 439564, 439568, 439572, 439652, 439654, 439656, 439658, 439660, 439662, 439664, 447630, 482092, 484658, 490446, 514860, 514872, 520294, 525412, 530828, 542162
Bug Blocks:
Attachments:	sshd init script

Description William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2012-10-20 18:48:35 UTC

This is to track the service scripts which are using "need net"
unnecessarily.

Most of the time services do not really "need net", and this should be
removed.

The problem with having it is that bringing down one interface
automatically brings down the services that have "need net" in their
dependencies.

Comment 1 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2012-10-20 19:12:25 UTC

To test your service to see if it really needs net, do the following:

- bring down *all* of your network interfaces, including loopback.
- drop the "need net" line from your init script.
- bring up your service in its default configuration.
- If it comes up successfully, try cycling network interfaces and using
  your service with different interfaces up and down. If it works, you
  are done; commit your init script without the "need net" dependency.
  - If it doesn't work, you will need to add documentation to your
	conf.d/service file explaining to users how to  tie your service to
	which ever interface they are using it on with an rc_need line.

Feel free to contact me with questions.

Comment 2 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2012-10-31 16:52:27 UTC

Flameeyes wrote the following blog post concerning this issue:

http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2012/10/may-i-have-a-network-connection-please

Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-11-23 16:14:33 UTC

*** Bug 444260 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 A Collector 2012-11-25 06:52:20 UTC

Please see https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444652 and let me know if it's related. Thanks.

Comment 5 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-12-14 16:26:23 UTC

*** Bug 447156 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 mike 2012-12-15 18:49:49 UTC

/etc/init.d/netmount is triggering NetworkManager (+dbus +....) to start without any "need net". Looks like a hidden "need net" in some dependency.

Comment 7 mike 2013-03-24 19:53:37 UTC

Created attachment 343152 [details]
sshd init script

sshd does not need "need net"

Comment 8 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2015-06-11 16:23:45 UTC

*** Bug 268688 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***