Bug 709557

Summary:	lircd unable to create socket/pidfile in /var/run
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	sgtsnookums
Component:	lirc	Assignee:	Jarod Wilson <jarodwilson>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	bnocera, jarodwilson
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Description sgtsnookums 2011-06-01 01:52:33 UTC

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lircd exits immediately and complains it cannot create the file /var/run/lircd/lircd.pid because the directory /var/run/lircd does not exist. Manually creating this directory leaves lircd unable to create the socket file /var/run/lircd/lircd for external programs to listen on because of SELinux policy.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start lircd (systemctl start lirc.service)
Actual Results:  
lircd exits immediately

Expected Results:  
lircd stays running as a daemon

After manually creating /var/run/lircd and adding a local policy module for lircd to create the socket, socket has permissions 0755, so applications cannot connect to it. Manually changing permissions to 0666 resolves this issue as well.

Comment 1 Jarod Wilson 2011-06-01 03:16:34 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 656613 ***