quasselcore does not connect to database at boot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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quassel (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: quassel
At boot, quasselcore does not connect to a postgresql server (a separate server, I didn't try localhost).
My guess is that quasselcore tries to start before the network is up.
After a reboot of the server, this will leave the core in a blank state. Anyone can connect. The first user that does will become administrator and can then configure a database, or connect to one, so I'm marking this as a security bug. It remains to be seen how bad a stolen IRC client is, but if you have multiple users, the chance that this happens is high.
Workaround: restart the quasselcore after boot before anyone can connect.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: quassel-core 0.6.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 2 22:20:34 2010
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=C
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: quassel
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.