[Bug 1246245] Re: proftpd service fails to restart (including via logrotate)

[Brian Murray]

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #594449
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594449

** Also affects: proftpd-dfsg (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594449
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: proftpd-dfsg (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  proftpd service fails to restart (including via logrotate)

Status in proftpd-dfsg package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in proftpd-dfsg source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in proftpd-dfsg package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  SRU request for Trusty

  [Impact]

   * ProFTPd exits with signal 15 when restarted via init script.
     Worse yet, init script returns success.

   * Since logrotate runs via cron and performs a restart, this causes
     FTP service to stop and results in unexpected service downtime.

   * Final version of upstream patch at https://anonscm.debian.org/git
  /pkg-proftpd/proftpd-
  dfsg.git/commit/?id=23c5e44b3c30a082a0e15279961c3c4c3d7393fd

   * Only trusty and prior are affected

  [Test Case]

   * bmorton at maui:~$ sudo service proftpd restart
     * Stopping ftp server proftpd                                           [ OK ]
     * Starting ftp server proftpd                                           [ OK ]
     bmorton at maui:~$ sudo service proftpd status
     ProFTPD is started in standalone mode, currently not running.

   * After a restart, status should say "currently running"

  [Regression Potential]

   * Failure to start/stop/restart proftpd service

   * Patched package currently running on production host without issues

  [Other Info]

   * This is a very old bug affecting a substantial number of users

   * Early AM nagios notifications about FTP service are undesirable

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  proftpd-basic 1.3.5~rc3-2 from Ubuntu 13.10
  proftpd-basic 1.3.5~rc3-2.1ubuntu2 from Ubuntu 14.04

  Init script from proftpd-basic package contains the BUG: when you run
  /etc/init.d/proftpd restart it fails because of there is the race
  between pidfile removal and start() which checks pidfile existency:

  ---
  ProFTPD is started in standalone mode, currently running.
  root at aa:~# /etc/init.d/proftpd restart
   * Stopping ftp server proftpd                                                                                                                                                                             [ OK ]
   * Starting ftp server proftpd                                                                                                                                                                             [ OK ]
  root at aa:~# /etc/init.d/proftpd status
  ProFTPD is started in standalone mode, currently not running.
  ---

  the next workaround helps:

  ---
  --- /etc/init.d/proftpd.orig    2013-10-30 13:52:46.791265726 +0400
  +++ /etc/init.d/proftpd 2013-10-30 13:52:57.456265698 +0400
  @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
       fi
       if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
          start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE"
  +       sleep 1
           if [ $? = 0 ]; then
                  log_end_msg 0
          else
  ---

  Please, fix.

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