Bug#544942: /etc/init.d/nscd should set PATH to /sbin:...
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 10:49:31AM +0200, Lubomir Host wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 09:28:29AM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote:
> > Lubomir Host wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 02:25:30PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 10:21:01PM +0200, Lubomir Host wrote:
> > >>> 22:19 root@Apollo [~] ##: crontab -l | grep nscd
> > >>> * * * * * if [ -z "`pidof nscd`" ]; then /etc/init.d/nscd restart; fi
> > >> How and why have you removed /sbin from root's PATH?
> > >
> > > It is fresh Debian installation, not heavy used or customized yet. Other
> > > scripts does not have problem, only this one.
> >
> > What you propose seems to be a workaround about an other bug (missing /sbin
> > in root PATH). Before Debian decides to keep or not the workaround you
> > suggest, we need to understand the underlining bug (missing /sbin in root PATH).
> > Can you tell us exactly how to reproduce this bug ? On my systems, I've
> > no problem to restart nscd (because I have /sbin in my root PATH)
Any other hints? PATH in running cron process seems to be OK:
$ cat /proc/`pidof cron`/environ
SELINUX_INIT=YESCONSOLE=/dev/consoleTERM=linuxrootmnt=/rootLC_ALL=INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86init=/sbin/initPATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/binvga=791RUNLEVEL=2runlevel=2PWD=/VERBOSE=noLANG=en_US.UTF-8PREVLEVEL=Nprevious=NHOME=/SHLVL=2LC_CTYPE=_=/sbin/start-stop-daemon
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