** Description changed: This bug applies to both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04, the two distros I've checked. This is likely a packaging error. The syslog user appears in /etc/passwd as: - syslog:x:102:106::/home/syslog:/usr/sbin/nologin + syslog:x:102:106::/home/syslog:/usr/sbin/nologin Of course there is no directory /home/syslog. This appears innocuous, but can cause problems for users that have, say autofs mounted home - directories. To cite one example, the python virtual envionment - anaconda trolls through /etc/passw looking for environments in + directories. To cite one example, the python virtual environment + anaconda trolls through /etc/passwd looking for environments in /home/USER. This triggers autofs to try and mount /home/syslog, which - doesn't existing, causing the automounter to hang under certain + doesn't exist, causing the automounter to hang under certain circumstances. In, for example, Arch linux, this entry would appear as the considerably more sensible - syslog:x:102:106::/:/usr/sbin/nologin + syslog:x:102:106::/:/usr/sbin/nologin While an edge case in the current compute environment, this is also a very easy fix. Don't reference non-existent directories. Many Ubuntu packages make this packaging error when creating local users with non- existent home directories; e.g. cups-pk-helper, which I'm filing a bug report for next.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898753 Title: Non-existent home directory entry in /etc/passwd Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This bug applies to both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04, the two distros I've checked. This is likely a packaging error. The syslog user appears in /etc/passwd as: syslog:x:102:106::/home/syslog:/usr/sbin/nologin Of course there is no directory /home/syslog. This appears innocuous, but can cause problems for users that have, say autofs mounted home directories. To cite one example, the python virtual environment anaconda trolls through /etc/passwd looking for environments in /home/USER. This triggers autofs to try and mount /home/syslog, which doesn't exist, causing the automounter to hang under certain circumstances. In, for example, Arch linux, this entry would appear as the considerably more sensible syslog:x:102:106::/:/usr/sbin/nologin While an edge case in the current compute environment, this is also a very easy fix. Don't reference non-existent directories. Many Ubuntu packages make this packaging error when creating local users with non- existent home directories; e.g. cups-pk-helper, which I'm filing a bug report for next. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1898753/+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
