Bug 1880095

Summary: With readonly rootfs updatedb does not have access to mlocate.db [rhel-7.9.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Ryan Mullett <rmullett>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Jan Macku <jamacku>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Daniel Rusek <drusek>
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Version: 7.8CC: fkrska, initscripts-maint-list, jreznik, lnykryn, msekleta
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: initscripts-9.49.53-1.el7_9.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2020-11-10 13:12:18 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Ryan Mullett 2020-09-17 16:28:30 UTC 
Description of problem:
With a readonly rootfs updatedb does not have the ability to update the mlocate.db

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-9.49.49-1.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a readonly rootfs

Actual results:
updatedeb is unable to access mlocate.db with a readonly rootfs. The fix will be to add /var/lib/mlocate into rwtab configuration

Expected results:
updatedb should be able to access mlocate.db with a readonly rootfs.

Additional info:
This has been fixed on test systems by adding the following line to /etc/rwtab.d/mlocate:

dirs /var/lib/mlocate

However I assume that adding it to normal configuration is also acceptable and should result in mlocate.db being accessible.
Comment 3 Jan Macku 2020-09-22 14:18:56 UTC 
Hi Ryan,
the issue is currently fixed in upstream and is going to be resolved in future RHEL7 Z-stream.

upstream PR: https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/pull/343
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-10 13:12:18 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 (initscripts bug fix and enhancement update), 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/RHBA-2020:5037