Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#7367 closed bug (fixed)
sshd fails to load, due to missing directory /var/empty
| Reported by: | mmadia | Owned by: | stippi |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1/alpha3 |
| Component: | Applications/Installer | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description (last modified by )
By default, /boot/common/settings/network/services launches /boot/common/bin/sshd -D . However, on a cleanly installed partition, /var/empty does not exist, thus sshd fails to start :
~/Desktop> /boot/common/bin/sshd -D Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
browser:haiku/trunk/build/jam/OptionalPackages:1225 , specifies the /var/empty directory.
AddUserToHaikuImage sshd : 1001 : 100 : /var/empty : /bin/true : "sshd user" ;
It appears that common/var/empty is indeed added to the image file, as specifed by HaikuImage, but Installer ignores var and thus /var/empty goes missing on the installed partition.
The mechanism for copying/ignoring var in CopyEngine::_ShouldCopyEntry() may need revising, to specifically ignore var/swap and other possible entries.
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 14 years ago
| Component: | - General → Applications/Installer |
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| Description: | modified (diff) |
| Milestone: | R1 → R1/alpha3 |
| Owner: | changed from to |
| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 by , 14 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:3 by , 14 years ago
comment:4 by , 14 years ago
| Status: | assigned → in-progress |
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comment:5 by , 14 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | in-progress → closed |
Fixed in hrev41026. I tested with the OpenSSH package installed (/var/empty) was present on the source installation, and it was present in the target installation after installing. The swap file is now ignored specifically and all the rest of /var is copied.
I suspect that openssh is what is creating the /boot/common/var/empty directory as well.