[Bug 1005062] Re: dhcpd cannot READ /var/run/dhcpd.pid because of bad apparmor config

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** Tags added: natty precise

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Title:
  dhcpd cannot READ /var/run/dhcpd.pid because of bad apparmor config

Status in “isc-dhcp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This bug is present in the latest versions of isc-dhcp-server
  available in precise and in natty.

  This bugs prevents dhcpd from detecting the presence of an already
  running dhcpd, the result is multiple copies of dhcpd running when
  there should only ever be one ( or none ).

  
  apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=31445 profile="/usr/sbin/dhcpd" name="/run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid" pid=31446 comm="dhcpd" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=121 ouid=121

  Apparmor config for dhcpd
  /{,var/}run/{,dhcp-server/}dhcpd{,6}.pid w,

  dhcpd needs access to read the pid file in server/dhcpd.c

                  /*Read previous pid file. */
                  if ((i = open (path_dhcpd_pid, O_RDONLY)) >= 0) {
                          status = read(i, pbuf, (sizeof pbuf) - 1);
                          close (i);
                          if (status > 0) {
                                  pbuf[status] = 0;
                                  pid = atoi(pbuf);

                                  /*
                                   * If there was a previous server process and
                                   * it is still running, abort
                                   */
                                  if (!pid ||
                                      (pid != getpid() && kill(pid, 0) == 0))
                                          log_fatal("There's already a "
                                                    "DHCP server running.");
                          }
                  }

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