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Bug 2158731 - [lorax] imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied
Summary: [lorax] imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permissio...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: lorax
Version: 9.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Brian Lane
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Blocks: 2129768
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Reported: 2023-01-06 11:17 UTC by Jan Stodola
Modified: 2023-05-09 08:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: lorax-34.9.23-1.el9
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Clone Of:
: 2160070 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2023-05-09 07:41:08 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-144106 0 None None None 2023-01-06 11:27:51 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RTT-5100 0 None None None 2023-01-11 14:43:56 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RTT-5101 0 None None None 2023-01-11 14:44:01 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SECENGSP-4948 0 None None None 2023-01-06 11:27:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:2267 0 None None None 2023-05-09 07:41:12 UTC

Description Jan Stodola 2023-01-06 11:17:09 UTC 
Description of problem:
The following errors are reported in journal when installing a system:

...
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: warning: ~ action is deprecated, consider using the 'stop' statement instead [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2307 ]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service.
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imfile: no working or state file directory set, imfile will create state files in the current working directory (probably the root dir). Use global(workDirectory="/some/path") to set
 the working directory [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2450 ]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imfile: on startup file '/tmp/X.log' does not exist but is configured in static file monitor - this may indicate a misconfiguration. If the file appears at a later time, it will auto
matically be processed. Reason: No such file or directory [v8.2102.0-107.el9]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imfile: on startup file '/tmp/anaconda-tb-all.log' does not exist but is configured in static file monitor - this may indicate a misconfiguration. If the file appears at a later time
, it will automatically be processed. Reason: No such file or directory [v8.2102.0-107.el9]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.2102.0-107.el9" x-pid="1681" x-info="https://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imjournal: No statefile exists, /imjournal.state will be created (ignore if this is first run): No such file or directory [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2040 ]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2013 ]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2013 ]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2013 ]
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2013 ]
...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-9.2.0-20230102.0
rsyslog-8.2102.0-107.el9
anaconda-34.25.2.2-1.el9
lorax-34.9.22-1.el9
lorax-templates-rhel-9.0-36.el9

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start installation of RHEL
2. Check /tmp/syslog or journalctl during the installation

Actual results:
Jan 06 10:14:21 localhost.localdomain rsyslogd[1681]: imjournal: fopen() failed for path: '/imjournal.state.tmp': Permission denied [v8.2102.0-107.el9 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2013 ]

Expected results:
No errors
Comment 2 Attila Lakatos 2023-01-10 12:26:17 UTC 
Hello,

At first glance the problem lies in not specifying the workDirectory global variable, like the following:
global(workDirectory="/var/lib/rsyslog")

If you omit this setting, then rsyslog will try to create temporary files(for instance journal state file) inside the "/" directory. It will probably fail due to SElinux.

Let me know if that helps.
Comment 3 Jan Stodola 2023-01-10 17:12:43 UTC 
(In reply to Attila Lakatos from comment #2)
> Hello,
> 
> At first glance the problem lies in not specifying the workDirectory global
> variable, like the following:
> global(workDirectory="/var/lib/rsyslog")

Yes, adding this line fixes the problem. Tested using an updates.img. /etc/rsyslog.conf is created by lorax, so reassigning the bug.
If accepted, we will also need a lorax-templates-rhel bug.
 
> If you omit this setting, then rsyslog will try to create temporary
> files(for instance journal state file) inside the "/" directory. It will
> probably fail due to SElinux.

SELinux was my guess as well, but SELinux runs in permissive mode in the installer.
Comment 4 Jan Stodola 2023-01-11 13:29:02 UTC 
Cloned as a lorax-templates-rhel bug 2160070.
Comment 5 Brian Lane 2023-01-11 18:06:24 UTC 
https://github.com/weldr/lorax/pull/1299

I've also replaced ~ with stop as suggested by the deprecation message.

The other errors about missing files are because they are not present when rsyslogd starts and can be ignored.

It looks like it is also time to move to a newer config file format :) I'll do this upstream first and open a separate bug for it later. We're currently using the obsolete legacy format - 
https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/conf_formats.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:41:08 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 (lorax 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-2023:2267
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