Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: uml-utilities

Hello!
On my dapper is impossible to start uml_switch via /etc/init.d/uml-utilities, 
because the directory /var/run/uml-utilities doesn't exist.
I solve this temporary (creating it by hands and changing the ownership and 
groupship to uml-net) but, because on my system the directory /var/run is a 
tmpfs filesystem, every time I reboot I lost this changes.

So I inserted the lines marked with "+" in /etc/init.d/uml-utilities:

OPTIONS="$UML_SWITCH_OPTIONS -unix $UML_SWITCH_CTL"

+if [ ! -d /var/run/uml-utilities ]; then
+        mkdir -p /var/run/uml-utilities
+        chown $UML_SWITCH_USER:$UML_SWITCH_USER \
+            /var/run/uml-utilities
+fi

case "$1" in

This solves definitely, for me.

** Affects: uml-utilities (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: uml-utilities
  
  Hello!
- On my dapper is impossible to start uml_switch vi /etc/init.d/uml-utilities, 
because the directory /var/run/uml-utilities doesn't exist.
+ On my dapper is impossible to start uml_switch via /etc/init.d/uml-utilities, 
because the directory /var/run/uml-utilities doesn't exist.
  I solve this temporary (creating it by hands and changing the ownership and 
groupship to uml-net) but, because on my system the directory /var/run is a 
tmpfs filesystem, every time I reboot I lost this changes.
  
  So I inserted the lines marked with "+" in /etc/init.d/uml-utilities:
  
  OPTIONS="$UML_SWITCH_OPTIONS -unix $UML_SWITCH_CTL"
  
  +if [ ! -d /var/run/uml-utilities ]; then
  +        mkdir -p /var/run/uml-utilities
  +        chown $UML_SWITCH_USER:$UML_SWITCH_USER \
  +            /var/run/uml-utilities
  +fi
  
  case "$1" in
  
  This solves definitely, for me.

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uml_switch doesn't start via /etc/init.d/uml-utilities
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53609

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