[Bug 2025084] [NEW] quoting bug misplaces /var/lib/hibinit-agent

[Tired Sysadmin]

Public bug reported:

Package version 1.0.0-0ubuntu11.22.04.2

The latest default /etc/hibinit-config.cfg contains the lines

    # Location where to create any state files
    state-dir = "/var/lib/hibinit-agent"

However, the executable reading this file doesn't understand about
quoting, thus creating a directory named <<">> in the root directory,
with subdirectories <<var>>, <<lib>>, and <<hibinit-agent">> underneath:

$ /bin/ls -lFR /\"
'/"':
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 23 17:45 var/

'/"/var':
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 23 17:45 lib/

'/"/var/lib':
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 17:45 'hibinit-agent"'/

'/"/var/lib/hibinit-agent"':
total 0

And of course, there is no /var/lib/hibinit-agent directory.  The actual
agent process still behaves as normal, it's merely an eye-rolling
chuckle to *nix veterans, and probably confusing as all hell to *nix
newbies.

Editing the .cfg file to remove the quotes and issuing a "systemctl
restart hibinit-agent.service" will re-create the directory in the
proper place in the filesystem.  Cleaning up the misplaced directory
tree was a simple matter of some carefully spelled rmdir commands.

** Affects: ec2-hibinit-agent (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  quoting bug misplaces /var/lib/hibinit-agent

Status in ec2-hibinit-agent package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Package version 1.0.0-0ubuntu11.22.04.2

  The latest default /etc/hibinit-config.cfg contains the lines

      # Location where to create any state files
      state-dir = "/var/lib/hibinit-agent"

  However, the executable reading this file doesn't understand about
  quoting, thus creating a directory named <<">> in the root directory,
  with subdirectories <<var>>, <<lib>>, and <<hibinit-agent">>
  underneath:

  $ /bin/ls -lFR /\"
  '/"':
  total 4
  drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 23 17:45 var/

  '/"/var':
  total 4
  drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 23 17:45 lib/

  '/"/var/lib':
  total 4
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 17:45 'hibinit-agent"'/

  '/"/var/lib/hibinit-agent"':
  total 0

  And of course, there is no /var/lib/hibinit-agent directory.  The
  actual agent process still behaves as normal, it's merely an eye-
  rolling chuckle to *nix veterans, and probably confusing as all hell
  to *nix newbies.

  Editing the .cfg file to remove the quotes and issuing a "systemctl
  restart hibinit-agent.service" will re-create the directory in the
  proper place in the filesystem.  Cleaning up the misplaced directory
  tree was a simple matter of some carefully spelled rmdir commands.

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