Ubuntu
hobbit package

hobbit-client fails to load config due to missing /var/run/hobbit

Bug #235137 reported by WebMan on 2008-05-27

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	hobbit (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
Nominated for Dapper by hexagram
Nominated for Hardy by Alain Baeckeroot
Nominated for Intrepid by hexagram
Nominated for Jaunty by hexagram
Nominated for Karmic by hexagram

Bug Description

Binary package hint: hobbit-client

root@adamg-desktop:/etc/init.d# ./hobbit-client start
./hobbit-client: 79: cannot create /var/run/hobbit/bbdisp-runtime.cfg: Directory nonexistent
./hobbit-client: 79: cannot create /var/run/hobbit/clientlaunch-include.cfg: Directory nonexistent
Starting Hobbit Client: hobbitclient.

These errors are due to /var/run/hobbit not existing.
At each reboot, it seems the /var/run/hobbit directory is removed again.

Details:
1) Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
2) hobbit-client:
  Installed: 4.2.0.dfsg-10
  Candidate: 4.2.0.dfsg-10
  Version table:
*** 4.2.0.dfsg-10 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) Hobbit client to start reporting it's status to my Hobbit server
4) Hobbit status went purple, as the hobbit client was not reporting to my Hobbit server due to not knowing where the hobbit server is.

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WebMan (adam-websitemanagers) wrote on 2008-05-27:

Adds some code to create the directory at startup if it is missing Edit (422 bytes, text/plain)

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Daniel Paufler (d-paufler-ergomedia) wrote on 2008-08-12:

same here. We set the following in our init.d script

--- snipp ---
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Create hobbitclient PIDDIR
if [ -d /var/run -a ! -d /var/run/hobbit ]; then
mkdir -p /var/run/hobbit
chown hobbit.hobbit /var/run/hobbit
fi

# Set the right rights
if [ -d /var/lib/hobbit/tmp ]; then
chown -R hobbit.hobbit /var/lib/hobbit/tmp
chown -R hobbit.hobbit /usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp
fi

# Include hobbitclient defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/hobbit-client ] ; then
. /etc/default/hobbit-client
fi
--- snipp ---

Alain Baeckeroot (alain-baeckeroot) on 2008-09-11

Changed in hobbit:
status:	New → Confirmed

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Slight Slightly (slight--deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2008-11-25:

Same problem here. Thanks for the fix Daniel.

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Christoph Berg (myon) wrote on 2009-01-05:

Please consider forwarding bugs to Debian so I can also fix them in the hobbit package there.

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Arie Skliarouk (skliarie) wrote on 2009-03-31:

The problem exists in hobbit-client from ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) as well.

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hexagram (denis-crewhub) wrote on 2009-11-18:

Christoph, there is not the same issue on debian due to the system architecture of directories which is different on debian.
Arie, the problem is in every version of ubuntu packages (even in 9.10)
I'm suprised that nothing has be one since early 2008...

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Asif (vadud3) wrote on 2010-03-18:

We are experiencing the same issue as well.

Currently we are doing the following manually.

~$ sudo mkdir /var/run/hobbit
~$ sudo pkill -u hobbit
~$ sudo /etc/init.d/hobbit-client start
* Starting Hobbit Client hobbitclient
...done.

We could add the change that ourself, but would be nice if the package gets fixed in the repo.

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C Schuman (k4gbb1-embarqmail) wrote on 2010-03-18: Re: [Bug 235137] Re: hobbit-client fails to load config due to missing /var/run/hobbit

I have approx 22 client sites setup on Ubuntu servers.
While we are waiting for the Packages to be updated.

add :

# Set the correct rights
if [ -d /var/lib/hobbit/tmp ]; then
chown -R hobbit.hobbit /var/lib/hobbit/tmp
chown -R hobbit.hobbit /usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp
fi

I add this behind :

# Create hobbitclient PIDDIR
if [ -d /var/run -a ! -d /var/run/hobbit ]; then
mkdir -p /var/run/hobbit
chown hobbit.hobbit /var/run/hobbit
fi

<<Charley>>

Asif wrote:
> We are experiencing the same issue as well.
>
> Currently we are doing the following manually.
>
> ~$ sudo mkdir /var/run/hobbit
> ~$ sudo pkill -u hobbit
> ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/hobbit-client start
> * Starting Hobbit Client hobbitclient
> ...done.
>
> We could add the change that ourself, but would be nice if the package
> gets fixed in the repo.
>
>