Public bug reported: After installing inspircd (2.0.20-5build2) and anope (2.0.3-1build2) on Ubuntu 16.04 (server installation) from standard repository packages, found that anope either crashes after five minutes or service does not start (whether using 'service anope start' or 'systemctl start anope').
Log entries pointed to missing directory /var/lib/anope/db/backups anope/services.log.20170210:[Feb 10 08:46:07 2017] Anope 2.0.3 starting up anope/services.log.20170210:[Feb 10 08:51:10 2017] DB_FLATFILE: Unable to back up database anope.db (No such file or directory)! anope/services.log.20170210:[Feb 10 08:51:10 2017] Unable to back up database anope.db (No such file or directory) anope/services.log.20170210:[Feb 10 08:56:06 2017] Anope 2.0.3 starting up anope/services.log.20170210:[Feb 10 09:01:10 2017] DB_FLATFILE: Unable to back up database anope.db (No such file or directory)! anope/services.log.20170210:[Feb 10 09:01:10 2017] Unable to back up database anope.db (No such file or directory) Creating the target directory fixes this: mkdir -p /var/lib/anope/db/backups chown irc:irc /var/lib/anope/db/backups chmod 700 /var/lib/anope/db/backups Issue has been replicated three times on three different systems. Related bug in Debian repo: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822371 ** Affects: anope (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1664049 Title: Missing directory in anope package triggers crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anope/+bug/1664049/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
