Ubuntu
vzdump package

vzdump /dev/null: Permission denied

Bug #376934 reported by Stas Sușcov
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
vzdump (Ubuntu)
Fix Committed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: vzdump

The problem is the following.
Using OpenVZ Ubuntu kernel with lvm and vzdump tool, after creating the backups with
vzdump --compress --snapshot --all
and then redeploying those on a different machine or system, the special node file /dev/null is being created with the wrong permissions. And the VM users are getting error:
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied

The both systems, and containers are on Ubuntu 8.04.2, with vzdump v1.1-1 installed.
Assuming that this problem wasn't reported before, I believe it's a Ubuntu related problem (kernel/udev).

None of the solutions described here helps:
http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=25669

Revision history for this message
Stas Sușcov (sushkov) wrote :

The problem seems to disappear once removing udev
apt-get autoremove --purge udev

Mark as fixed!

Revision history for this message
Stas Sușcov (sushkov) wrote :

No need for udev and initramfs-tools in Ubuntu OpenVZ templates.

Changed in vzdump (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
JC Hulce (soaringsky) wrote :

This bug has been marked as Fix Committed for over a year. If the fix has made it into Ubuntu, please mark this bug as Fix Released. If the fix has been released upstream, but not Ubuntu, create a new bug asking for the new version and tag it with upgrade-software-version. If this bug stays inactive for a long period, it may be expired.

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