Bug 741653 - Condor's tmpfiles.d entry fails to create a directory for local locks.
Summary: Condor's tmpfiles.d entry fails to create a directory for local locks.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: condor
Version: 15
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Timothy St. Clair
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-09-27 14:11 UTC by Bert DeKnuydt
Modified: 2012-03-17 23:57 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc15
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-03-16 21:19:48 UTC
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Description Bert DeKnuydt 2011-09-27 14:11:26 UTC
Description of problem:

Condor's SchedLog is full of:

directory_util::rec_touch_file: Directory /var/lock/condor/local cannot be created (Permission denied)

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

condor-7.7.0-0.7.fc15

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Condor
2. Submit a job
3.
  
Actual results:

Errors in SchedLog

Expected results:

No errors in Schedlog

Additional info:
The lock directory is determined though config variable
LOCAL_DISK_LOCK_DIR, which defaults to /var/lock/condor/local.

However, this directory is not created. Condor nags about this
(and falls back to using /tmp/condorLocks)

Suggested solution:

Adapt /etc/tmpfiles.d/condor.conf to contain extra lines:

# Condor needs a /tmp-like dir on a local FS, see LOCAL_DISK_LOCK_DIR
d /var/lock/condor/local 1777 condor condor -

Actually, the tmpfiles.d manual asks packages _not_ to use 
/etc/tmpfiles.d/*, but /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*:

   "Packages should install their configuration files in /usr/lib/, files in
    /etc/ are reserved for the local administration, which possibly decides to  
    overwrite the configurations installed from packages."

Any hope this can be in 7.7.1, which is out now?

Comment 1 Timothy St. Clair 2011-12-12 15:56:03 UTC
This is a fairly old version of condor, is this still valid?  Currently 7.7.3 is available.

Comment 2 Bert DeKnuydt 2011-12-13 08:19:56 UTC
It indeed is still valid.  The error in the logfile moved however from
the SchedLog to TOOLLog:

E.g. with condor-7.7.3-0.2.fc16.x86_64
(Fedora 15's version does exactly the same)

12/04/11 13:06:29 STARTING: condor_preen
12/04/11 13:06:29 ********************************
12/04/11 13:06:29 Can't open directory "/var/lock/condor/local//" as PRIV_UNKNOWN, errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
12/04/11 13:06:29 ********************************
12/04/11 13:06:29 ENDING: condor_preen

Condor 'survives' this error, but places it's locks somewhere else then
(/tmp/condorLocks).

Comment 3 Timothy St. Clair 2011-12-13 15:29:11 UTC
I will plan to spin in mod in the 7.7.4 cycle.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-03-07 20:41:39 UTC
condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc15

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-03-07 20:43:41 UTC
condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc16

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-03-07 20:47:33 UTC
condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc17.2 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc17.2

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-03-07 22:40:22 UTC
Package condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc17.2:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc17.2'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3263/condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc17.2
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-03-16 21:19:48 UTC
condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc17.2 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-03-17 23:56:11 UTC
condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-03-17 23:57:23 UTC
condor-7.7.5-0.2.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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