[Samba] CTDB DBDIR Options? Errors

[Robert Buck]

This turns out to be an SELinux issue. Does anyone know the proper commands
to restorecon or otherwise to set the SELinux policy for
persistent/volatile database files moved to a different directory?

Martin or Amitay?

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 9:02 AM Robert Buck <robert.buck at som.com> wrote:

> Running into problems configuring different locations for the volatile and
> other database directories. Can someone provide a quick sanity check on
> what I'm doing below? Thank you.
>
> Given
>
> [database]
>
>    volatile database directory = /var/cache/dbdir/volatile
>
>    persistent database directory = /var/cache/dbdir/persistent
>
>    state database directory = /var/cache/dbdir/state
>
> And given,
>
> [root at use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ec2-user]# ls -al /var/cache/dbdir/
>
> total 32
>
> drwxr-xr-x.  6 root root  4096 Nov  4 13:30 .
>
> drwxr-xr-x. 12 root root   145 Nov  4 13:16 ..
>
> drwx------.  2 root root 16384 Nov  4 13:16 lost+found
>
> drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root  4096 Nov  4 13:30 persistent
>
> drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root  4096 Nov  4 13:30 state
>
> drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root  4096 Nov  4 13:30 volatile
>
> Why would we get,
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]:
> volatile database directory "/var/cache/dbdir/volatile" does not exist
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]: conf:
> validation for option "volatile database directory" failed
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]:
> persistent database directory "/var/cache/dbdir/persistent" does not exist
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]: conf:
> validation for option "persistent database directory" failed
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]: state
> database directory "/var/cache/dbdir/state" does not exist
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]: conf:
> validation for option "state database directory" failed
>
> Nov 04 13:58:49 use1-samba-server-c25-use1-01 ctdbd_wrapper[6558]: Failed
> to load configuration file /etc/ctdb/ctdb.conf
>
> --
>
> BOB BUCK
> SENIOR PLATFORM SOFTWARE ENGINEER
>
> SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
> 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
> 250 GREENWICH STREET
> NEW YORK, NY 10007
> T  (212) 298-9624
> ROBERT.BUCK at SOM.COM
>


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BOB BUCK
SENIOR PLATFORM SOFTWARE ENGINEER

SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
250 GREENWICH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007
T  (212) 298-9624
ROBERT.BUCK at SOM.COM