sks init script bug in ubuntu 12.04

[Thomas Ward]

I'm... confused by why they're having you create a directory...

The tutorial you linked has this:

>Edit /etc/init.d/sks to automatically create the/var/run/sks directory on startup.
>At (approx) line 71 (after the check for /etc/default/sks & before 'echo -n "sksdb.."') add
>mkdir -p `dirname "$SKSDBPID"`
>chown debian-sks `dirname "$SKSDBPID"`

I'm a little confused by why they have you do this.  The init script
that already exists already does this in Precise.
(http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/precise/sks/precise-updates/view/head:/debian/sks.init#L71)

So, because I'm completely unsure of whether what they're doing works
or not, give me a minute to spin up a new server instance and test
this with the tutorial you linked... I think they did something wonky
somewhere...

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Thomas

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:46 PM, rohan dighe <rohandighe18 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Thanks for sending me the link for setup of the sks,and yes i did run the
> sks build command on the server while configuring sks server.But still
> getting the error.
>
> I followed the below link on how to setup the sks server.
>
> http://www.rainydayz.org/content/installing-opensks-keyserver
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>
>> Rohan,
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:04 AM, rohan dighe <rohandighe18 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Team,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the immediate response I really appreciate your efforts on
>> > providing me the solution for sks server.
>> >
>> > Here are the steps I am following to setup the sks server on ubuntu
>> > 12.04
>> >
>> > # aptitude install sks
>> >
>> > Set database permissions on the database used by sks to store keys
>> >
>> > # chown -Rc debian-sks:debian-sks /var/lib/sks/DB
>> >
>> > To start the server automatically, set initstart=yes in /etc/default/sks
>> >
>> > # Here I start the sks service
>> >
>> > # /etc/init.d/sks start
>> > Stopping sks daemons: sksrecon..start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to
>> > kill 31643: No such process
>> > sksdb..start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 31640: No such process
>> > done.
>> >
>> > Starting sks daemons: sksdb.. sksrecon.. done.
>> >
>> > Then I configure webinterface for sks
>> >
>> > I install the sks winzip from internet
>> >
>> > Then I created a www directory in /var/lib/sks
>> >
>> > unzip the sks in /var/lib/sks/www folder
>> >
>> > After that 2 files gets downloaded in /var/lib/sks/www folder.
>> >
>> > 1) index.html
>> >
>> > 2) keys.jpg
>> >
>> > I Edit index.html and change the three references to your.site.name
>> > (currently at lines 20, 36 & 62) to the url of your keyserver) ( In my case
>> > its my server ip )
>> >
>> > Then I change the permission on the files
>> >
>> > # chown -R debian-sks:debian-sks /var/lib/sks/www
>> >
>> > After that when I tried to browse http://myserverip:11371 its not
>> > working.
>> >
>> > I also tried to get the pid of the sks but the pid is not running on the
>> > server below is the given output.
>> >
>> > # ps -aufx | grep sks
>> > Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See
>> > http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
>> > root 31950 0.0 0.0 9384 900 pts/1 S+ 19:26 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto sks
>> >
>> > Here I cant see the 2 process running for sks one for the DB, one for
>> > recon.
>> >
>> > The ps output shows here that sks pid is not running ,It will be helpful
>> > if you let me know where exact the problem lies in sks.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Rohan
>> >
>> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Rohan,
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I took a look at that bug, the bug went inactive because it had no
>> >>> activity or updates when the bug was marked "Incomplete".  Since the
>> >>> original poster and nobody else provided any additional information the bug
>> >>> auto expired.
>> >>>
>> >>> I can try confirming this bug, however if I remember when I was
>> >>> configuring sks back in the days of 11.04 and 11.10, you had to configure it
>> >>> before you could actually start or restart the sks process.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll take a look and see if I can reproduce, but there's probably logs
>> >>> somewhere for sks explaining why it didn't start or such.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll check back with this in a little bit after I've done some
>> >>> testing.
>> >>>
>> >>> ------
>> >>> Thomas
>> >>> Ubuntu Member
>> >>> Bug Squad Member
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:56 AM, rohan dighe <rohandighe18 at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi Team,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I am working on setting up a gpg key server on ubuntu server,but
>> >>>> facing some issue as the init script of sks has some bug.when I set up the
>> >>>> gpg key server and starts sks service
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I get the below output on command prompt its shows service running
>> >>>> but its actually not running and also I cant get the pid process of sks
>> >>>> service showing running.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> root at tripwiretest: sks]# /etc/init.d/sks start
>> >>>> Starting sks daemons: sksdb.. sksrecon.. done.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The ubuntu showing the bug on this link.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sks/+bug/820354
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I also followed the solution given on the link but with no success.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> As the sks comes from the ubuntu 12.04 repository do we have any
>> >>>> permanent fix for the init script of sks.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Please help me regarding the init script of sks.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks,
>> >>>> Rohan
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Ubuntu-bugsquad mailing list
>> >>>> Ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugsquad
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Using a properly configured 'sks' instance, I am unable to reproduce
>> >> this bug, and using the init.d script correctly launches the two sks
>> >> processes, one for the DB, one for recon.
>> >>
>> >> Also, the package 'sks' does not by default set up the key database or
>> >> other items just by installing.  Did you actually configure 'sks' first
>> >> before attempting to run it with the init script?
>> >>
>> >> ------
>> >> Thomas
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> Typically, when I configured sks on several systems, I always had to
>> do this step to get the key db built after installing, then afterwards
>> I chown'd /var/lib/sks/DB:  sudo sks build
>>
>> Did you run the build command for sks before attempting to launch sks?
>>  If you did that and are still getting this error, then perhaps we
>> should purge sks from your system and start anew?  This link here [1]
>> was able to help me get a brand new sks instance set up correctly
>> without incident, though, and it correctly runs the sks process and
>> builds the key database so it works.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://kura.io/2011/12/17/running-your-own-pgp-keyserver-with-sks-on-debian-6ubuntu-10-04/
>>
>> ------
>> Thomas
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