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[jira] [Assigned] (COUCHDB-603) init script needlessly 'su's, and
non-superuser use fails
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-603?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Jan Lehnardt reassigned COUCHDB-603:
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Assignee: Noah Slater
> init script needlessly 'su's, and non-superuser use fails
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: COUCHDB-603
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-603
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Infrastructure
> Environment: Unix
> Reporter: Chad MILLER
> Assignee: Noah Slater
> Priority: Trivial
> Attachments: 0001-Adding-a-UID-check-before-su-ing-to-see-if-we-are-al.patch
>
>
> The init script runs 'su' if the COUCHDB_USER variable is set, but it doesn't need to if the script is already running as that user. Add an additional condition on that test, so that normal role users can start and stop the server.
> --- couchdb/etc/init/couchdb.tpl.in 2009-10-02 07:10:18.475913699 -0400
> +++ couchdb/etc/init/couchdb.tpl.in 2009-10-02 07:22:22.711911041 -0400
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
> command="$command $COUCHDB_OPTIONS"
> fi
> mkdir -p "$RUN_DIR"
> - if test -n "$COUCHDB_USER"; then
> + if test -n "$COUCHDB_USER" -a "`id -u \"$COUCHDB_USER\" 2>&1`" != "`id -u`"; then
> chown $COUCHDB_USER "$RUN_DIR"
> if su $COUCHDB_USER -c "$command" > /dev/null; then
> return $SCRIPT_OK
> (Reported as bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/couchdb/+bug/435484 )
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