qpsmtpd should create /var/run/qpsmtpd in init.d (/var/run/ is tmpfs)

[enyc]

Binary package hint: qpsmtpd

The package 'qpsmtpd' on installation creates /var/run/qpsmtpd as an empty directory with permissions "drwxr-sr-x qpsmtpd qpsmtpd" (user:qpsmtpd group:qpsmtpd mode:2755).

This _might_ be used to store greylist database or other files that might benefit from persistent state across reboots! I (enyc) have not got the greylist database to appear at all, however, so I am not sure where this is stored.

In any case, at the least, this package needs something like:-

"mkdir -p /var/run/qpsmtpd"
"chown qpsmtpd:qpsmtpd /var/run/qpsmtpd"
"chmod 2755 /var/run/qpsmtpd"

or similar.. in the init-script so that upon reboot the qpsmtpd continues to work,
rather than failing to find /var/run/qpsmtpd and not working!

[enyc (enyc)]

I can see what needs patching as-above (very simple really), but I need to know in what form to create a patch (i.e. where to put the source-tree directories w.r.t. each other with what names and any special flags on diff to use).

Will somebody point me at relevant help/information on this?

[enyc (enyc)]

On further investigation, the group given to /var/run/qpsmtpd by this package-from-debian in dapper+edgy+feisty is actually "adm" and not "qpsmtpd" (Not sure how I made that mistake!).

The debian/qpsmtpd.postinst uses:-
 RUNAS=qpsmtpd
 PIDDIR=/var/run/qpsmtpd
 dpkg-statoverride --update --add "$RUNAS" adm 2755 "$PIDDIR"
(to set the permissions on /var/run/qpsmtpd from the package)

This patch simply creates (if needed) and updates those permissions on the /var/run/qpsmtpd dir at init.d start time, using the RUNAS set in the init script. This is implemented with a dpatch to the source-package, in the debdiff below.

The attached patch fixes the problem in the feisty package so that qpsmtpd (after being configured with dpkg-reconfigure of-course) continues to work after reboots on ubuntu! I have tested this as best as I can and all seems to be well now.

P.S. this does not affect greylist database as that is apparently in /var/lib/qpsmtpd/greylisting, outside the /var/run directory.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:12:30 +0000
Source: qpsmtpd
Binary: qpsmtpd
Architecture: source
Version: 0.32-4ubuntu1
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Devin Carraway <email address hidden>
Changed-By: enyc <email address hidden>
Description:
 qpsmtpd - Flexible SMTP daemon for network-level spam detection
Changes:
 qpsmtpd (0.32-4ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
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   * debian/patches/init-creates-var-run-qpsmtpd.dpatch: Create
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