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nfs-utils package

RPCSVCGSSDOPT is ignored by boot script

Bug #1614261 reported by Philippe Clérié on 2016-08-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1616123: rpc-svcgssd.service uses incorrrect variable SVCGSSDARGS. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nfs-utils (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

In /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server, any value assigned to RPCSVCGSSOPTS is ignored by the boot scripts.

On cold boot or reboot a value assigned to RPCMOUNTDOPTS is picked up, but on subsequent restarts using *systemctl restart* it is ignored.

It was suggested on IRC to check /run/sysconfig/nfs-utils. The strange thing there is that the file is created on boot and subsequently ignored. To confirm:

- Boot. /run/sysconfig/nfs-utils is present.
- Delete /run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
- Restart nfs-kernel-server. nfs-utils is not recreated.

Or you can change one of those options, then restart nfs-kernel-server. nfs-utils will not have changed.

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nfs-kernel-server 1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 17 15:51:55 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-16 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160224)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: nfs-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Philippe Clérié (pclerie) wrote on 2016-08-17:

Dependencies.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Philippe Clérié (pclerie) wrote on 2016-08-17:

At least a work around:

--- /lib/systemd/system/rpc-svcgssd.service.orig 2016-08-17 16:20:10.983078745 -0500
+++ /lib/systemd/system/rpc-svcgssd.service 2016-08-17 16:20:44.838526911 -0500
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
[Service]
EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
Type=forking
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.svcgssd $SVCGSSDARGS
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.svcgssd $RPCSVCGSSDARGS

Now the -vvv appears in the command with ps -ef.

But it looks like much ado about nothing: where are the logs? I don't see anything in syslog or auth.log and there are no new log files...

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote on 2016-08-23:

Try journalctl -u rpc-svcgssd.service to find logs

Thanks

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Philippe Clérié (pclerie) wrote on 2016-08-24: Re: [Bug 1614261] Re: RPCSVCGSSDOPT is ignored by boot script

On 08/23/2016 12:41 PM, Seth Arnold wrote:
> Try journalctl -u rpc-svcgssd.service to find logs
>
> Thanks
>
Noted. Thanks.

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Philippe

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The trouble with common sense it that it is so uncommon.
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-10-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote on 2016-11-01:

What is "RPCSVCGSSDOPT"?

When answered please set status back to "confirmed". Thank you.

summary:	- RPCSVCGSSDOPT is ignored by boot script + RPCSVCGSSDOPT util is ignored by boot script
summary:	- RPCSVCGSSDOPT util is ignored by boot script + RPCSVCGSSDOPT is ignored by boot script
Changed in nfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Tom H (tomh0665) wrote on 2016-12-14:

There's a mistake in "/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/nfs-utils_env.sh" because it has an extra "RPC" in "RPCSVCGSSDARGS" in

echo RPCSVCGSSDARGS=\"$RPCSVCGSSDOPTS\"

when the corresponding ExecStart line has

/usr/sbin/rpc.svcgssd $SVCGSSDARGS

So setting "RPCSVCGSSDOPTS=something" in "/etc/default/nfs-kernel-server" isn't carried over to the systemd unit.

That's why comment #2 has

-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.svcgssd $SVCGSSDARGS
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.svcgssd $RPCSVCGSSDARGS

but it's the wrong fix because "SVCGSSDARGS" is the upstream default whereas 'RPCSVCGSSDARGS=\"$RPCSVCGSSDOPTS\"' is an Ubuntu script.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-02-13:

[Expired for nfs-utils (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in nfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

Markus Kuhn (markus-kuhn) on 2017-06-08

Changed in nfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	Expired → Confirmed

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Markus Kuhn (markus-kuhn) wrote on 2017-06-08:

patch for /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/nfs-utils_env.sh Edit (481 bytes, text/plain)

I can confirm the diagnosis in #7 and suggest the attached patch as a fix.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2017-06-09:

#10

The attachment "patch for /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/nfs-utils_env.sh" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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added: patch

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote on 2019-03-21:

#11

I also prefer the fix from comment #9.

I'll mark this bug as a duplicate of bug #1616123, but take that patch.