Description of problem (please be detailed as possible and provide log snippests): The ceph-dencoder command doesn't like when we export CEPH_ARGS as required to run ceph [1] commands in ODF. sh-5.1$ ceph-dencoder -h for help sh-5.1$ ceph status sh-5.1$ export CEPH_ARGS='-c /var/lib/rook/openshift-storage/openshift-storage.config'ng conf_read_file)') sh-5.1$ export CEPH_ARGS='-c /var/lib/rook/openshift-storage/openshift-storage.co sh-5.1$ ceph-dencoder unknown option '-c' sh-5.1$ ceph status cluster: id: 841d721b-6d0e-436a-b69d-f85f9f9c2e89 health: HEALTH_OK ion '-c' sh-5.1$ Version of all relevant components (if applicable): At least on: ODF 4.14 ODF 4.15 Havent tested other versions.. Is there any workaround available to the best of your knowledge? Yes, don't export CEPH_ARGS. Rate from 1 - 5 the complexity of the scenario you performed that caused this bug (1 - very simple, 5 - very complex)? Can this issue reproducible? Yes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow https://access.redhat.com/articles/4870821 and rsh into the rook-ceph-operator pod 2. run export CEPH_ARGS='-c /var/lib/rook/openshift-storage/openshift-storage.config' 3. now ceph-dencoder fails Additional info: [1] https://access.redhat.com/articles/4870821