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Bug 1970008

Summary:	VDSM service fails if the vdsm log file (/var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log) is not owned by vdsm:kvm
Product:	[oVirt] vdsm	Reporter:	Lev Veyde <lveyde>
Component:	SuperVDSM	Assignee:	Lev Veyde <lveyde>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Guilherme Santos <gdeolive>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.40.60.7	CC:	bugs, gdeolive
Target Milestone:	ovirt-4.4.7	Flags:	pm-rhel: ovirt-4.4+ sbonazzo: devel_ack+
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Last Closed:	2021-07-14 13:09:05 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Lev Veyde 2021-06-09 15:43:50 UTC

Description of problem:
VDSM service fails if the vdsm log file (/var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log) is not owned by vdsm:kvm.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.40.60.7

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. change the ownership of /var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log to i.e. root:root
2. try to start the vdsm service (vdsmd)
3. the service fails to start

Actual results:
service fails to start

Expected results:
service should start normally, at most giving a warning

Comment 1 Lukas Svaty 2021-07-14 13:09:05 UTC

This bug has low overall severity and passed an automated regression 
suite, and is not going to be further verified by QE. If you believe 
special care is required, feel free to re-open to ON_QA status.