[Bug 1323648] Re: initctl scripts report "unknown job" on rpcbind and ypbind

[peter at desk.nl]

I've just done a fresh install of 14.04.1, and after installing nfs-
common had the same problem : I couldn't start rpcbind. it's started
correctly on boot, but I cannot control the service.

root at junpei:/home/peter# ps auwx | grep rpcbind | grep -v grep
root       606  0.0  0.0  23420  1116 ?        Ss   11:32   0:00 rpcbind
root at junpei:/home/peter# status rpcbind
status: Unknown job: rpcbind
root at junpei:/home/peter# service rpcbind restart
stop: Unknown job: rpcbind
start: Unknown job: rpcbind

and init-checkconf behaves erratically :

root at junpei:/etc/init# init-checkconf rpcbind.conf 
File rpcbind.conf: syntax ok
root at junpei:/etc/init# init-checkconf rpcbind.conf 
ERROR: File rpcbind.conf: syntax invalid:
root at junpei:/etc/init# init-checkconf rpcbind.conf 
File rpcbind.conf: syntax ok

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Title:
  initctl scripts report "unknown job" on rpcbind and ypbind

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  root at u14:/etc/init# lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04
  root at u14:/etc/init# 

  root at u14:/etc/init# apt-cache policy upstart
  upstart:
    Installed: 1.12.1-0ubuntu4
    Candidate: 1.12.1-0ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 1.12.1-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  root at u14:/etc/init# 

  root at u14:/etc/init# apt-cache policy nis
  nis:
    Installed: 3.17-32ubuntu6
    Candidate: 3.17-32ubuntu6
    Version table:
   *** 3.17-32ubuntu6 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  root at u14:/etc/init# 

  
  3) On some fresh installations of Ubuntu 14.04, nis was post-installed via apt-get install nis.

  On some installations, the installation notes a failure to start
  rpcbind, ypbind, ypserv during the installation process. On other
  installations, these processes start correctly.

  Trying to use initctl scripts for these processes (after reboot)
  fails, e.g.:

  root at u14:/etc/init# status ypbind
  status: Unknown job: ypbind
  root at u14:/etc/init# 

  even though these processes get started correctly on boot normally.

  init-checkconf sometimes reports the conf file as invalid. Never got
  an invalid syntax with -d switch used on init-checkconf though.

  root at u14:/etc/init# init-checkconf /etc/init/ypbind.conf 
  ERROR: File /etc/init/ypbind.conf: syntax invalid:
  root at u14:/etc/init# 

  Sometimes init-checkconf reports invalid syntax on one run and valid
  syntax on next run.

  We did observe similar mis-behaviour after apt-get install ssh, so it
  seems to be a problem with upstart and not nis.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: upstart 1.12.1-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue May 27 15:04:26 2014
  ExecutablePath: /sbin/upstart-udev-bridge
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-27 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   TERM=linux
  ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UpstartBugCategory: System
  UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1)
  UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1)
  modified.conffile..etc.default.cups: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.default.cups: 2014-04-17T03:25:57

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