[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#827388: systemd: systemctl restart winbind starts a broken winbind

[Felipe Sateler]

Control: reassign -1 winbind 2:4.1.17+dfsg-2+deb8u2

On 15 June 2016 at 11:52, Joshua Hudson <joshudson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 215-17+deb8u4
> Severity: important
>
> # systemctl restart winbind (to get it to reread its config file) starts a
> broken winbind, apparently because ti doesn't ensure the previous copy
> shut down cleanly first. winbind is a multi-process daemon and it looks
> like systemd only kills the root process; this would cause the new copy
> to have trouble starting up. The old processes are visible in ps for a
> long time.
>
> Repeatedly running systemctl restart winbind eventually works; however
> this is a real pain to figure out when winbind is not functioning for
> some other reason. (In this case the clock had wandered out of range.)

Systemd cannot assume it can kill all processes, unless the service
declares that. Currently winbind does not have a native systemd
service, but an init script. Thus, the init script should ensure
winbind is really exited before returning.

This is a bug in the winbind init script. Thus reassigning to winbind.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler