Ah sorry, now done. ** Description changed:
- If LC_ALL is not set (which seems to be the default on a few server - installations I've done now), mid way through installing, you get this - backtrace and then the installation just hangs. You can ctrl-c out of - it but the package is left half configured. + [impact] + The setup: + + 1) The user has LC_ALL set to a locale on their machine (or some other LC_* variable but it's usually LC_ALL). + 2) This locale does not exist on an Ubuntu server. + 3) The user sshes into the server. + + ssh (at least with the settings that are default on Debian and Ubuntu + and Fedora) send the value of LC_ALL to the remote server, where the + default settings on Ubuntu allow this to be set in the environment of + the process it launches. + + Because we are now in a situation where LC_ALL is set to a value that is + not valid for the system, various undesirable things happen, including + ugly messages from cloud-init and perl complaining every time a perl + process starts and the bug that the original description below + describes. + + [test case] + Configure the setup as described above. Ssh into the server and run "perl < /dev/null" and check for warnings. + + [regression potential] + This adds a step to the startup of every login shell, which obviously is not entirely trivial. However, the new executable being invoked is very simple and even if it fails, the startup of the shell should not be inhibited. + + + [original description] + + + If LC_ALL is not set (which seems to be the default on a few server installations I've done now), mid way through installing, you get this backtrace and then the installation just hangs. You can ctrl-c out of it but the package is left half configured. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/django-admin", line 5, in <module> management.execute_from_command_line() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle return self.handle_noargs(**options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/south/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 90, in handle_noargs syncdb.Command().execute(**options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle return self.handle_noargs(**options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 57, in handle_noargs cursor = connection.cursor() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 308, in cursor cursor = util.CursorWrapper(self._cursor(), self) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py", line 177, in _cursor self.connection = Database.connect(**conn_params) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 179, in connect connection_factory=connection_factory, async=async) psycopg2.OperationalError: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "maas" FATAL: password authentication failed for user "maas" - Related bugs: - * bug 969462: [postgres] fails to start after install if invalid locale is set + * bug 969462: [postgres] fails to start after install if invalid locale is set -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1134036 Title: Failure when using ssh with a locale that is not configured on the server Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in maas package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in base-files source package in Bionic: New Status in maas source package in Bionic: New Bug description: [impact] The setup: 1) The user has LC_ALL set to a locale on their machine (or some other LC_* variable but it's usually LC_ALL). 2) This locale does not exist on an Ubuntu server. 3) The user sshes into the server. ssh (at least with the settings that are default on Debian and Ubuntu and Fedora) send the value of LC_ALL to the remote server, where the default settings on Ubuntu allow this to be set in the environment of the process it launches. Because we are now in a situation where LC_ALL is set to a value that is not valid for the system, various undesirable things happen, including ugly messages from cloud-init and perl complaining every time a perl process starts and the bug that the original description below describes. [test case] Configure the setup as described above. Ssh into the server and run "perl < /dev/null" and check for warnings. [regression potential] This adds a step to the startup of every login shell, which obviously is not entirely trivial. However, the new executable being invoked is very simple and even if it fails, the startup of the shell should not be inhibited. [original description] If LC_ALL is not set (which seems to be the default on a few server installations I've done now), mid way through installing, you get this backtrace and then the installation just hangs. You can ctrl-c out of it but the package is left half configured. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/django-admin", line 5, in <module> management.execute_from_command_line() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle return self.handle_noargs(**options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/south/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 90, in handle_noargs syncdb.Command().execute(**options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle return self.handle_noargs(**options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 57, in handle_noargs cursor = connection.cursor() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 308, in cursor cursor = util.CursorWrapper(self._cursor(), self) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py", line 177, in _cursor self.connection = Database.connect(**conn_params) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 179, in connect connection_factory=connection_factory, async=async) psycopg2.OperationalError: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "maas" FATAL: password authentication failed for user "maas" Related bugs: * bug 969462: [postgres] fails to start after install if invalid locale is set To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1134036/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
