[8.0] problem in init script

[michaeljohn32]

I downloaded odoo from here: http://nightly.odoo.com/8.0/nightly/deb/odoo_8.0rc1-latest.deb

When trying to start odoo, the process would immediately be destroyed. So, I ran:
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/openerp-server.pid -c openerp:openerp --make-pidfile --exec /usr/bin/openerp-server -- --config=/etc/openerp/openerp-server.conf --logfile=/var/log/openerp/openerp-server.log

which is very similar to the init command. I got the following traceback:
File "/usr/bin/openerp-server", line 5, in
openerp.cli.main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/cli/init.py", line 71, in main
o.run(args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/cli/server.py", line 174, in run
main(args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/cli/server.py", line 139, in main
openerp.tools.config.parse_config(args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/tools/config.py", line 337, in parse_config
openerp.modules.module.initialize_sys_path()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/modules/module.py", line 92, in initialize_sys_path
dd = tools.config.addons_data_dir
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp/tools/config.py", line 654, in addons_data_dir
os.makedirs(d, 0700)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 150, in makedirs
makedirs(head, mode)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 150, in makedirs
makedirs(head, mode)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 150, in makedirs
makedirs(head, mode)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 150, in makedirs
makedirs(head, mode)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/root/.local'

It looks like the HOME environment variable for user 'openerp' is not being set.

I added "HOME=~openerp" to the beginning of the line in the init script like so:

HOME=~openerp start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/openerp-server.pid --chuid openerp --make-pidfile --exec /usr/bin/openerp-server -- --config=/etc/openerp/opene
rp-server.conf --logfile=/var/log/openerp/openerp-server.log

This allowed the daemon to start without issue. Is there something I missed? Should I add it somewhere else?

[sle-odoo]

Hello,
Thanks for your report. Can you tell me on what system you're running?
I just tried now with debian jessie and everything just worked out of the box.

Did you already have a user named 'openerp' on your system?

[michaeljohn32]

I'm using Debian Wheezy 7.6 x64
a uname -a gives:
Linux [hostname] 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 25 20:08:32 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Why would the makedirs function try to create a directory '/root/.local'? Is there some configuration setting that I missed?

[digitalsatori]

probably the same issue #904 , claim fixed though

[michaeljohn32]

@sle-odoo , I forgot to mention that I ran the following command to create the openerp user:
hostname:/tmp# sudo -u postgres createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --pwprompt openerp
Enter password for new role:
Enter it again:
Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) y

if I run a command, I see that there is a user created on the system:
hostname:~# cat /etc/passwd|grep openerp
openerp:x:107:111::/home/openerp:/bin/false

but you are correct in that there is no directory '/home/openerp':
hostname:~# ls /home|grep openerp

[leio]

The current Odoo code requires $HOME (v7 didn't), but the package doesn't create the odoo user with a home directory. imho the code shouldn't require it, as without custom modules you don't really need a homedir. But if it does, postinst should create the user with a home directory, but this in turn might violate some obscure Debian policy (I'm not a debian user to really now for sure, but sounds like something bad for a package to be doing in general).
It does really run with $HOME set I believe, just on command line doing it manually doesn't have it.
It then fails without a trace to the log due to not being able to create /home/odoo/.local/share/Odoo/addons/8.0 directory or something, or checking its presence before automatically creating it. As such, an additional bug might be that this error doesn't reach the logfile, but maybe logging can't be set up by then as it's rather early in start setup?

[sle-odoo]

Hello,
@leio I'm positive about the fact that the package runs smoothly under a user without a home directory. The code handling this is at https://github.com/odoo/odoo/blob/8.0/openerp/tools/config.py#L63

I did not figure yet the cause of the issue of @michaeljohn32.

[leio]

Nope, it does not work on a fresh Debian 7.6 netinstall.

root@odootest:/home# rm -rf /home/odoo/
root@odootest:/home# /etc/init.d/odoo start
Starting odoo: ok
root@odootest:/home# /etc/init.d/odoo status
Status of odoo: stopped
root@odootest:/home# mkdir /home/odoo
root@odootest:/home# chown odoo:odoo /home/odoo
root@odootest:/home# /etc/init.d/odoo start
Starting odoo: ok
root@odootest:/home# /etc/init.d/odoo status
Status of odoo: running
root@odootest:/home# ls -lR /home/odoo/.local/
/home/odoo/.local/:
total 4
drwx------ 3 odoo odoo 4096 sept 30 12:03 share

/home/odoo/.local/share:
total 4
drwx------ 3 odoo odoo 4096 sept 30 12:03 Odoo

/home/odoo/.local/share/Odoo:
total 4
drwx------ 3 odoo odoo 4096 sept 30 12:03 addons

/home/odoo/.local/share/Odoo/addons:
total 4
drwx------ 2 odoo odoo 4096 sept 30 12:03 8.0

/home/odoo/.local/share/Odoo/addons/8.0:
total 0

Notice how odoo exits immediately without /home/odoo, so
/etc/init.d/odoo status reports not running, because the PID recorded in
/var/run/odoo.pid immediately exits due to the HOMEDIR not existing.

[sle-odoo]

Did you create yourself the Odoo user prior to the Odoo debian package installation?
I'll try now, but every night a package script starts a clean docker image of debian wheezy and install the package without creating any user or config, and it's working.

[leio]

Did you create yourself the Odoo user prior to the Odoo debian package
installation?

Nope. The debian package did that.
It's a fresh Debian netinstall in a KVM, with postgres-9.3 from
http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ and Odoo with
deb http://nightly.odoo.com/8.0/nightly/deb/ ./
in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/odoo.list
And it does not work without manually creating homedir.

[michaeljohn32]

I also just tried the 8.0 version. An 'odoo' user was created as part of the package. I did not need to create an actual directory at /home/odoo, but I still had to add the HOME=~openerp to the start of the init script in order for it to function. I'm a little confused because that directory (/home/openerp) does not exist, but adding that line does seem to work.

[sle-odoo]

Hello,
Sorry to answer two days after i said i'll do it now.
But now it's done: installed debian wheezy 7.6 in net install, added the repo in the source.list, apt-get update, apt-get install odoo and it is running smoothly on 127.0.0.1:8069...