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title="NEW - Error message when working directory does not exist can be misleading"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89864">89864</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Error message when working directory does not exist can be misleading
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<th>Product</th>
<td>systemd
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>general
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>rbarlow@redhat.com
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<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<pre>If the WorkingDirectory directive in a unit is configured for a directory that
does not exist, the error message that is printed is a little confusing to
read.
For example, we have a systemd service template[0] that sets the working
directory to /var/run/pulp/. If that folder does not exist when the unit is
started, this is the error message that is printed:
Failed at step CHDIR spawning /usr/bin/celery: No such file or directory
I say "can be" misleading, because I see that technically it is saying that
CHDIR failed *when* spawning /usr/bin/celery (which is correct). Unfortunately,
it might read to some people[1] that /usr/bin/celery didn't exist, which can be
confusing. I think it might be helpful if it instead told me that it could not
find /var/run/pulp. Maybe something like this would be nice:
While spawning /usr/bin/celery, failed to chdir /var/run/pulp: No such file or
directory
Thanks, and let me know if I can provide any more information!
[0]
<a href="https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/e6ea3131796df60de3f7e3b98acc2ef108f517f7/server/pulp/server/async/manage_workers.py#L27-L38">https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/e6ea3131796df60de3f7e3b98acc2ef108f517f7/server/pulp/server/async/manage_workers.py#L27-L38</a>
[1] Like me ☺</pre>
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