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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0010588 | Taler | merchant backend | public | 2025-11-12 19:16 | 2025-11-13 15:41 |
| Reporter | vecirex | Assigned To | vecirex | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | git (master) | ||||
| Target Version | git (master) | ||||
| Summary | 0010588: After installing taler-merchant (Deb/trixie-testing): /var/lib/taler-merchant missing, instead /var/lib/taler-exchange is there | ||||
| Description | Acc. to the /etc/passwd file for the taler-merchant-httpd user, /var/lib/taler-merchant/ shall exist, but does not; instead, taler-exchange/ shows up there: root@bcead3ae4f5e:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled# cat /etc/passwd | grep taler taler-merchant-httpd:x:103:33::/var/lib/taler-merchant:/usr/sbin/nologin root@bcead3ae4f5e:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled# ls -l /var/lib/ | grep taler drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Oct 31 11:23 taler-exchange root@bcead3ae4f5e:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled# | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Just install taler-merchant on a fresh, e.g., containerized system: apt-get install taler-merchant # from trixie-testing root@bcead3ae4f5e:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled# dpkg --list | grep taler ii libtalerexchange 1.1.4~trixie amd64 Libraries to talk to a GNU Taler exchange. ii libtalermerchant 1.1.6~trixie amd64 libraries to talk to a GNU Taler merchant. ii taler-merchant 1.1.6~trixie amd64 GNU's payment system merchant backend. ii taler-terms-generator 1.1.4~trixie amd64 Tool to generate the terms of service The described situation is before starting taler-merchant-httpd. | ||||
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Add info: pkg from repo label trixie-testing |
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/var/lib/taler-exchange might exist because of this installed package, as a lib dependency: ii libtalerexchange 1.1.4~trixie amd64 Libraries to talk to a GNU Taler exchange However, if we are to just run a taler-merchant and not a taler-exchange service on a system, I guess that folder shall not exist. |
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The "taler-exchange.postinst" creates /var/lib/taler-exchange for the secmod users, they need it. That said, if you installed ONLY taler-merchant, you should not get taler-exchange as a dependency and thus also not that directory. So first question: is taler-exchange installed, or just libtalerexchange? |
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Oh, and /etc/passwd listing /var/lib/taler-merchant does NOT mean that it should exist, you can totally create a user without a $HOME, and as the merchant processes do not need a home, it's fine that the passwd points to a non-existent home directory. |
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taler-exchange was never installed, no: see section of steps to reproduce with dpkg --list | grep taler. And that with the $HOME folder which is not strictly needed to operate with the user is clear, but I assume there's an intention on listing that exact path there. :) In any case, the folder is documented to exist: taler-merchant-httpd@bcead3ae4f5e:/etc/taler-merchant$ cat taler-merchant.conf | grep TALER_DATA_HOME -B 7 # Paths for the system-wide installation of the Taler merchant. Do not remove # or change these unless you are very sure of what you are doing. TALER_HOME = /var/lib/taler-merchant/ TALER_RUNTIME_DIR = /run/taler-merchant/ TALER_CACHE_HOME = /var/cache/taler-merchant/ TALER_CONFIG_HOME = /etc/taler-merchant/ TALER_DATA_HOME = /var/lib/taler-merchant/ taler-merchant-httpd@bcead3ae4f5e:/etc/taler-merchant$ |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2025-11-12 19:16 | vecirex | New Issue | |
| 2025-11-12 19:17 | vecirex | Description Updated | |
| 2025-11-12 19:17 | vecirex | Steps to Reproduce Updated | |
| 2025-11-12 19:19 | vecirex | Steps to Reproduce Updated | |
| 2025-11-12 19:19 | vecirex | Note Added: 0026404 | |
| 2025-11-12 19:25 | vecirex | Note Added: 0026405 | |
| 2025-11-12 19:28 | vecirex | Summary | After installing taler-merchant (trixie-test): /var/lib/taler-merchant missing, instead /var/lib/taler-exchange is there => After installing taler-merchant (Deb/trixie-testing): /var/lib/taler-merchant missing, instead /var/lib/taler-exchange is there |
| 2025-11-12 19:28 | vecirex | Note Added: 0026406 | |
| 2025-11-12 22:50 | Christian Grothoff | Note Added: 0026409 | |
| 2025-11-12 22:51 | Christian Grothoff | Note Added: 0026410 | |
| 2025-11-12 22:51 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | => vecirex |
| 2025-11-12 22:51 | Christian Grothoff | Status | new => feedback |
| 2025-11-13 15:38 | vecirex | Note Added: 0026426 | |
| 2025-11-13 15:41 | vecirex | Note Edited: 0026426 |
