Bug#558462: rabbitmq-server logs in as rabbitmq and hangs on pam_mount password prompt
[...] zeus:~# cd /var/log/rabbitmq/ zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq 42 2009-11-28 22:16 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2009-11-28 22:16 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 2009-11-28 22:16 startup_err -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 2009-11-28 22:16 startup_log zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# cat startup_err reenter password for pam_mount:zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# The home directories on this box are mounted over CIFS, so I'm using pam-mount and the option is required. Is there something that can be done so rabbitmq doesn't go through PAM and doesn't get hung up on trying to mount some remote filesystems? I don't think the rabbitmq packages are doing anything unusual, and I wonder whether this affects any packages with init scripts that use su, directly or indirectly, to start a daemon. So it might be a case of well don't do that. I find it strange that pam_mount doesn't exclude system accounts (the rabbitmq user is created as a system account). One possible fix might be to edit /etc/pam.d/su to remove the pam_mount lines. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#558462: rabbitmq-server logs in as rabbitmq and hangs on pam_mount password prompt
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 10:29:25AM +, David Wragg wrote: [...] zeus:~# cd /var/log/rabbitmq/ zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq 42 2009-11-28 22:16 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2009-11-28 22:16 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 2009-11-28 22:16 startup_err -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 2009-11-28 22:16 startup_log zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# cat startup_err reenter password for pam_mount:zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# The home directories on this box are mounted over CIFS, so I'm using pam-mount and the option is required. Is there something that can be done so rabbitmq doesn't go through PAM and doesn't get hung up on trying to mount some remote filesystems? I don't think the rabbitmq packages are doing anything unusual, and I wonder whether this affects any packages with init scripts that use su, directly or indirectly, to start a daemon. So it might be a case of well don't do that. I find it strange that pam_mount doesn't exclude system accounts (the rabbitmq user is created as a system account). One possible fix might be to edit /etc/pam.d/su to remove the pam_mount lines. The customary setup is to add pam_mount to common-auth and common-session, so it's hard to un-include them from su alone. It's clear that rabbitmq is not at fault here, so you can close this bug. Thanks for the help, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 pgphR3xRCv00C.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#558462: rabbitmq-server logs in as rabbitmq and hangs on pam_mount password prompt
Package: rabbitmq-server Version: 1.7.0-3 Severity: important I am trying to install rabbitmq-server on my debian testing/unstable amd64 machine and I am having difficulties. This is the output from apt-get install rabbitmq-server: The following NEW packages will be installed: rabbitmq-server 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 279 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/469kB of archives. After this operation, 967kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package rabbitmq-server. (Reading database ... 166501 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking rabbitmq-server (from .../rabbitmq-server_1.7.0-3_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up rabbitmq-server (1.7.0-3) ... Adding group `rabbitmq' (GID 121) ... Done. Adding system user `rabbitmq' (UID 112) ... Adding new user `rabbitmq' (UID 112) with group `rabbitmq' ... Not creating home directory `/var/lib/rabbitmq'. Starting rabbitmq-server: At this point, dpkg waits forever. The only thing in /var/log/rabbitmq is: zeus:~# cd /var/log/rabbitmq/ zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq 42 2009-11-28 22:16 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2009-11-28 22:16 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 2009-11-28 22:16 startup_err -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 2009-11-28 22:16 startup_log zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# cat startup_err reenter password for pam_mount:zeus:/var/log/rabbitmq# The home directories on this box are mounted over CIFS, so I'm using pam-mount and the option is required. Is there something that can be done so rabbitmq doesn't go through PAM and doesn't get hung up on trying to mount some remote filesystems? -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (700, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages rabbitmq-server depends on: ii adduser3.111 add and remove users and groups ii erlang-base1:13.b.2.1-dfsg-1 Erlang/OTP virtual machine and bas ii erlang-mnesia 1:13.b.2.1-dfsg-1 Erlang/OTP distributed relational/ ii erlang-os-mon 1:13.b.2.1-dfsg-1 Erlang/OTP operating system monito ii erlang-ssl 1:13.b.2.1-dfsg-1 Erlang/OTP implementation of SSL ii logrotate 3.7.8-4 Log rotation utility rabbitmq-server recommends no packages. rabbitmq-server suggests no packages. -- no debconf information pgpEGm8tGiAx0.pgp Description: PGP signature
