Bug 731622

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #730057 +++

Description of problem:
We are getting this log warning:
quota_nld: Failed to find tty of user 0 to report warning to. 

over and over again in our logs on rhel 6.1 + updates


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
quota-3.17-16.el6.fi.1.x86_64

this has a small fix provided by you for our use of nss_db

How reproducible:
We don't know how to reproduce it, we'd like it to stop or at least be explained.

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--- Additional comment from ppisar on 2011-08-17 13:47:56 GMT ---

I achieve to reproduce it. It's not caused by the patch.

This happens if limits exceeds for user having no interactive session. More precisely if utmp database is missing records for given user.

Reproducer:

1. Enable quotas on a file system and set limit for a user.
2. Start quota_nld service.
3. Log in as the user and start a screen session (make sure no other sessions
   for that user exist).
4. Run a delayed command that exceeds the limit. E.g:
   # sleep 3; dd if=/dev/zero of=file bs=1k count=200
5. Detach from session and log out before the command takes effect (3 seconds
   in this example).

You will get the error message in system log because quota_nld daemon could not find a record for the user in /var/log/wtmp.

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--- Additional comment from ppisar on 2011-08-17 15:29:57 GMT ---

Patch submitted to upstream for review (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3393151&group_id=18136&atid=318136).

--- Additional comment from ppisar on 2011-08-18 06:04:05 GMT ---

Created attachment 518805 [details]
Fix

The patch has been accepted by upstream in slightly more commented form.
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