smstools init script uses incorrect group setting

[Keijo Kasvi]

Binary package hint: smstools

smstools 3.1.3-2 on Ubuntu 9.04.

When smstools is first time started, init script creates an override for /var/run/smstools:

dpkg-statoverride --update --add smsd smsd 2755 $rundir

Later when this entry exists, GROUP is taken from dpkg-statoverride and smsd is used as a group. When smsd gets a group setting, this setting overrides /etc/group. Therefore, while serial port is owned by root:dialout, it's not accessible for smsd. ( This behaviour may be changed in some next version of smstools, but currently group setting defines one and only group to use. If no group is defined, /etc/group is used as usual. )

I think that init script could use the following form to create an override:

dpkg-statoverride --update --add $USER $GROUP 2755 $rundir

However, incorrect entry should be removed first from dpkg-statoverride's database.

[Keijo Kasvi (smstools3)]

This bug is fixed in 3.1.6-1.