Bug 1730721

Summary: absolute path used for default state and runtime dir by default
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari>
Component: httpd-2.4-moduleAssignee: Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Branislav Náter <bnater>
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Version: 8.1CC: bnater, jorton
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Description Luboš Uhliarik 2019-07-17 12:58:02 UTC 
Description of problem:
Instead of patching upstream config.layout, supply are own config.layout with proper paths + change paths for runtime dir and state dir. 

Previous values of runtime and state dir were:

runtimedir: /run/httpd
statedir: /var/lib/httpd

NEW values:

runtimedir: /etc/httpd/run
statedir: /etc/httpd/state

Also relative paths are correctly set. The whole change looks like:

diff of old/new /usr/include/httpd/ap_config_layout.h:
53,54c53,54
< #define DEFAULT_EXP_RUNTIMEDIR "/run/httpd"
< #define DEFAULT_REL_RUNTIMEDIR "/run/httpd"
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> #define DEFAULT_EXP_RUNTIMEDIR "/etc/httpd/run"
> #define DEFAULT_REL_RUNTIMEDIR "run"
59,60c59,60
< #define DEFAULT_EXP_STATEDIR "/var/lib/httpd"
< #define DEFAULT_REL_STATEDIR "/var/lib/httpd"
 ---
> #define DEFAULT_EXP_STATEDIR "/etc/httpd/state"
> #define DEFAULT_REL_STATEDIR "state"


ServerRoot is set to /etc/httpd, but for compatibility there are symlinks in /etc/httpd/{state,run}.

When ServerRoot is set by -d param when executing httpd, relative paths will be used e.g. $ServerRoot/state and $ServerRoot/run.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
httpd-2.4.37-14

How reproducible:
TBD

Steps to Reproduce:
1. TBD

Actual results:
- when -d param is used, absolute paths /var/lib/httpd and /run/httpd are used.


Expected results:
- when -d param is used, httpd should use $ServerRoot/state and $ServerRoot/run dirs.

Additional info:
I will supply reproducers or TC.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 21:12:42 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3436