Ubuntu
polipo package

polipo fails to start

Bug #47545 reported by Markus Moser
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
polipo (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Jérémie Corbier

Bug Description

Binary package hint: polipo

/var/run is mounted as tmpfs.
/etc/init.d/polipo executes "mkdir -p /var/run/polipo" (as root).
/etc/init.d/polipo calls /usr/lib/polipo/polipo-control whichs calls start-stop-daemon which wants to create /var/run/polipo/polipo.pid, but as user proxy. This fails because user proxy has not the rights to do so.

Suggested solution: In /etc/init.d/polipo, add "chown proxy.proxy /var/run/polipo" after "mkdir -p /var/run/polipo".

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Nils Ackermann (slanack) wrote :

I can confirm this bug. The suggested solution seems reasonable.

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Jérémie Corbier (jcorbier) wrote :

Fix uploaded to edgy.

Changed in polipo:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Committed
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Jérémie Corbier (jcorbier) wrote :

polipo (0.9.9-1ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable.
  * Fixed /var/run/polipo permissions and owner. (Closes: Malone #47545)

Changed in polipo:
assignee: nobody → jcorbier
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Ulf Abrahamsson (ulf.abrahamsson) wrote :

This bug still affects Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper)

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