[Bug 1448657] Re: isc-dhcp-server: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid: Permission denied

[Nicorac]

After a few investigation I found that my previous fix does not fix the
bug at boot, at least on my Ubuntu 18.04 server.

There's no need to manually create the /run/dhcp-server folder since
dhcpd automatically creates the needed PID file parent folders by
itself.

It only happens at boot so the bug shoud be somewhere else, maybe something in startup sequence/dependencies.
With the original .service file, PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcp.pid is not created (but server is running); manually restarting the service after boot will create the PID file correctly.

I've workarounded the bug by hardcoding PID file names WITHOUT folder:
/lib/systemd/system/isc-dhcp-server.service ==> "-pf /run/dhcp.pid"
/lib/systemd/system/isc-dhcp-server6.service ==> "-pf /run/dhcp6.pid"

and it works correctly after boot.

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Title:
  isc-dhcp-server: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid:
  Permission denied

Status in isc-dhcp package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Just upgraded from 14-10 to 15-04, and now see the following in
  syslog:

  Apr 26 10:50:08 server kernel: [70470.960718] audit: type=1400 audit(1430045408.725:8): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" profile="/usr/sbin/dhcpd" pid=8619 comm="dhcpd" capability=1  capname="dac_ove
  rride"
  Apr 26 10:50:08 server sh[8619]: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid: Permission denied.

  Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:        15.04

  isc-dhcp-server:
    Installed: 4.3.1-5ubuntu2

  ----------- 8x -----------------

  # cat /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server

  # Defaults for isc-dhcp-server initscript
  # sourced by /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server
  # installed at /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server by the maintainer scripts

  #
  # This is a POSIX shell fragment
  #

  # Path to dhcpd's config file (default: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf).
  #DHCPD_CONF=/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

  # Path to dhcpd's PID file (default: /var/run/dhcpd.pid).
  #DHCPD_PID=/var/run/dhcpd.pid

  # Additional options to start dhcpd with.
  #       Don't use options -cf or -pf here; use DHCPD_CONF/ DHCPD_PID instead
  #OPTIONS=""

  # On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests?
  #       Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. "eth0 eth1".
  INTERFACES=""

  ----------- 8x -----------------

  # ls -la /var/run
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 24  2013 /var/run -> /run

  # ls -la /run/dhcp-server/
  total 0
  drwxr-xr-x  2 dhcpd dhcpd   40 Apr 26 10:59 .
  drwxr-xr-x 34 root  root  1060 Apr 26 11:33 ..

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