The /etc/init.d files do not work

[Jon Ribbens]

The /etc/init.d/celeryd and /etc/init.d/celerybeat scripts try to start the celery programs like this:

    su "$CELERYBEAT_USER" -c "$CELERYBEAT $*"

(in the _chuid() function)

The 'celery' user which is automatically created by the package, however, has its shell set to /bin/false, so this command does nothing except immediately fail.

Either the celery user needs to have a proper shell set on creation, or the _chuid() function needs to be amended as follows:

    su "$CELERYBEAT_USER" -s /bin/bash -c "$CELERYBEAT $*"

(or change the scripts to use celery's --uid option instead of using 'su')

[Athos Ribeiro (athos-ribeiro)]

This bug has been fixed in Debian since version 3.1.23-4, as per the linked Debian bug.

The fix is available in Ubuntu since Bionic. Therefore, I am closing this one.