Ubuntu
rpcbind package

Consider splitting check_rpc into a separate package

Bug #1873166 reported by Barry Price
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rpcbind (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

There are situations in which the check_rpc utility is required, but in which the user does not wish to also gain an rpc daemon running as root, particularly given LP:1687930 (and perhaps LP:1430181).

Separating out the check_rpc utility into its own package seems the simplest way to address this.

Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)
tags: added: server-triage-discuss
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in rpcbind (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Robie Basak (racb) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

This does sound like a good idea. It does seem like a fair bit of work though, as we'd have to implement, ask Debian to take the patch or maintain a delta in Ubuntu indefinitely, etc. For the gain - particularly because check_rpc is in monitoring-plugins which is in universe - I'm not prioritising this for the Canonical Server Team to look at for now.

If someone would like to address this, the most effectively way would probably be to coordinate directly with the Debian maintainers of rpcbind and send them patches as appropriate.

tags: removed: server-triage-discuss
Changed in rpcbind (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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