I can reproduce this bug in a small (autopkgtest) Xenial VM with dpkg -P lxd; rm /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket; apt-get install -y lxd; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket
But I cannot reproduce this as long as the lxd package is already installed, all these work fine: systemctl stop lxd.{service,socket} lxd-containers; rm /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket; systemctl reset-failed lxd.{service,socket} lxd-containers; DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure lxd; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket systemctl stop lxd.{service,socket} lxd-containers; rm /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket; systemctl reset-failed lxd.{service,socket} lxd-containers; DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --reinstall lxd; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket systemctl stop lxd.{service,socket} lxd-containers; rm /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket; systemctl reset-failed lxd.{service,socket} lxd-containers; export DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE=lxd; deb-systemd-helper enable lxd.service; deb-systemd-helper enable lxd.socket; deb-systemd- helper enable lxd-containers.service; deb-systemd-invoke start lxd- containers.service; deb-systemd-invoke start lxd.socket; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket (The reset-failed is to avoid the "unit restarted too often" rate limit when running these too often) More interestingly, I also cannot reproduce the bug with the first command if I stop the socket unit before or after purging: systemctl stop lxd.socket; dpkg -P lxd; rm /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket; apt-get install -y lxd; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket dpkg -P lxd; systemctl stop lxd.socket; rm /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket; apt-get install -y lxd; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket This exhibits a bug in lxd's maintainer scripts: Purging lxd still leaves lxd.socket running. Re-adding an lxd task about this, it needs the counterpart of starting lxd.socket in the postinst. > Adding logging to the package's postinst shows that, if > /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket did not already exist, it is created by the line > deb-systemd-helper enable lxd.service Most of "deb-systemd-helper enable" shouldn't affect the permissions of unix.socket at all, as this is just creating symlinks in /etc/systemd/system/ (without even calling systemctl for that). So I figure the "systemctl daemon-reload" at the very end triggers this. And indeed: mv /lib/systemd/system/lxd.socket{,.disabled}; systemctl daemon-reload; sleep 0.5; mv /lib/systemd/system/lxd.socket{.disabled,}; systemctl daemon-reload; sleep 0.5; ls -l /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket srw-rw---- 1 root root 0 May 1 18:22 /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket This is inconsistent -- either unix.socket should not be created at all (as the unit is still running) or with correct permissions. @Dan: Is this reproducible for you on a 16.04 install that has lxd purged, no /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket, and lxd.socket *not* running? (Note that 16.04 comes with lxd preinstalled on server and cloud images) I. e. do you only see this on reinstall or on a clean install of lxd? If so, we have another bug, but if "systemctl status lxd.socket" is running before the reinstall it's the issue I described above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577001 Title: Installing lxd leaves /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket with wrong group ownership Status in lxd package in Ubuntu: New Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On ubuntu 16.04, doing sudo apt-get install lxd sometimes leaves the file /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket with group root, but it should have group lxd. Doing sudo systemctl restart lxd.socket rescues the file and gives it the right group ownership. Adding logging to the package's postinst shows that, if /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket did not already exist, it is created by the line deb-systemd-helper enable lxd.service and with the wrong group permissions. If the socket already existed with the correct group ownership that command breaks the permissions and sets it to be group root. It's about 90% repeatable on one machine here (with an SSD main disk). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: lxd 2.0.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Apr 30 08:24:53 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-26 (35 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323) SourcePackage: lxd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1577001/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp