https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407170
Bug ID: 407170 Summary: Akonadi won't start for Domain Users Product: Akonadi Version: 5.10.3 Platform: unspecified OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: critical Priority: NOR Component: general Assignee: kdepim-b...@kde.org Reporter: d...@robertson.net.nz Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY When logging into Kubuntu 18.xx and 19.04 with a domain login, Akonadi won't start. It will start if logging in as a local user. I am running Nethserver - a CentOS based server - with Samba 4 set to act as a Active Directory and DOmain Controller. Nethserver sets the home directory to /var/lib/nethserver/home/USERNAME STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install and configure domain controller, get Kubuntu to use DC to authenticate and log in. I used the instructions on this (https://bitsofwater.com/2018/05/08/join-ubuntu-18-04-to-active-directory/) page to join the Kubuntu client to the domain. 2. Attempt to start Akonadi OBSERVED RESULT When starting Akonadi: usern...@domain.name@machinename:~$ akonadictl start Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) usern...@domain.name@machinename:~$ org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server... mysqld: [ERROR] Could not open required defaults file: /var/lib/nethserver/home/username/ mysqld: [ERROR] Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted! org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: database server stopped unexpectedly org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection! org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi" org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: arguments: ("--defaults-file=/var/lib/nethserver/home/username/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/var/lib/nethserver/home/username/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-...@rnet.duckdns.org.46qsbJ/mysql.socket", "--pid-file=/tmp/akonadi-...@rnet.duckdns.org.46qsbJ/mysql.pid") org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stdout: "" org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stderr: "mysqld: [ERROR] Could not open required defaults file: /var/lib/nethserver/home/username/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf\nmysqld: [ERROR] Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted!\n" org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: exit code: 1 org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: process error: "Unknown error" org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Failed to remove runtime connection config file org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Shutting down AkonadiServer... org.kde.pim.akonadicontrol: Application 'akonadiserver' exited normally... usern...@domain.name@machinename:~$ Permissions on /var/lib/nethserver/home/username/ seem to be okay - it is the users home directory, and the users have no other (software related) problems. The user can also read the ~/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf file and access the ~./local/share/akonadi/db_data/ directory. Listing the ~/.local/share/akonadi/ directory gives: usern...@domain.name@machinename:~$ ll ~/.local/share/akonadi/ total 28 drwxr-xr-x 2 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 4096 Apr 11 10:36 ./ drwxr-xr-x 34 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 4096 Apr 11 09:53 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 150 Apr 11 10:36 akonadi_control.error -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 150 Apr 11 10:36 akonadi_control.error.old -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 0 Apr 11 10:36 akonadictl.error -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 0 Apr 11 10:36 akonadictl.error.old -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 734 Apr 11 10:36 akonadiserver.error -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 734 Apr 11 10:36 akonadiserver.error.old -rw-r--r-- 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 3660 Apr 3 09:30 mysql.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 40 Apr 11 10:02 socket-machinename -> '/tmp/akonadi-usern...@domain.name.KhWSEz'/ If I have a look in /tmp, I see: usern...@domain.name@machinename:~$ ll /tmp/ total 88 drwxrwxrwt 16 root root 4096 Apr 11 10:53 ./ drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Apr 3 12:22 ../ drwx------ 2 usern...@domain.name domain us...@domain.name 4096 Apr 11 10:02 'akonadi-usern...@domain.name.KhWSEz'/ For local users, Akonadi/ Kontact works, and listing ~.local/share/akonadi/ gives usern...@domain.name@machinename:~$ ll ~/.local/share/akonadi/ total 28 drwxrwxr-x 4 username usergroup 4096 Apr 3 09:29 ./ drwxr-xr-x 21 username usergroup 4096 Apr 3 09:29 ../ -rw-rw-r-- 1 username usergroup 827 Apr 3 09:30 akonadi_control.error -rw-rw-r-- 1 username usergroup 0 Apr 3 09:29 akonadictl.error -rw-rw-r-- 1 username usergroup 0 Apr 3 09:29 akonadictl.error.old -rw-rw-r-- 1 username usergroup 230 Apr 3 09:29 akonadiserver.error drwxr-x--- 6 username usergroup 4096 Apr 3 09:30 db_data/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 username usergroup 3660 Apr 3 09:28 mysql.conf drwxrwxr-x 8 username usergroup 4096 Apr 3 09:29 search_db/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 username usergroup 23 Apr 3 09:28 socket-Aspire-S3-391 -> /tmp/akonadi-username.RoDq2s EXPECTED RESULT Akonadi starts, KDE PIM runs. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.56.0 Qt Version: 5.12.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION While googling for a solution, I found a lot of posts suggesting a directory '/var/lib/mysql-files' needs to be created. I did this and gave permissions for the MySQL user to rwx to it, but this did not help. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.