[systemd-devel] 'Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning' when using ReadOnlyDirectories in multi-instance service file

[nusenu]

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Lennart Poettering:
> On Mon, 18.05.15 18:31, nusenu (nusenu at openmailbox.org) wrote:
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>>>>>>> I'm running into a problem with systemd's hardening
>>>>>>> features ReadOnlyDirectories and ReadWriteDirectories
>>>>>>> *when* using them in multi-instance service files -
>>>>>>> temp. workaround was to disable them [1].
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - - that the service works fine *with* these hardening
>>>>>>> features enabled in a single instance service file - -
>>>>>>> I'm not using the %i placeholder in the
>>>>>>> ReadWriteDirectories paths
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Error message:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/bin/tor: No such
>>>>>>> file or directory service: main process exited,
>>>>>>> code=exited, status=226/NAMESPACE
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any chance you can retry to reproduce this with "strace -p1
>>>>> -o /tmp/log -f -s500" so that we can see what precisely is
>>>>> failing there?
>>> 
>>> looks like it works out of the box now! :)
>>> 
>>> Since then systemd got updated, but I didn't see anything
>>> related in debians changelog: 
>>> http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/s/systemd/systemd_215-17_changelog
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>>> 
If it works now I would let it rest. Feel free to raise this here
> again should it reappear.


Looks like this happens on Debian 8 systems that have been upgraded
from Debian 7, but it doesn't happen on fresh Debian 8 installations.

Will file this bug in Debian's BTS.
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