This directory should be created when the network driver is first started up, not just when a dhcp daemon is run. This hasn't posed a problem in the past, because the directory has always been pre-existing. --- Change from V1: mistakenly went to "cleanup" on error rather than "error" :-P src/network/bridge_driver.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c index eb276cd..4ca3de5 100644 --- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c +++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c @@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ networkStateInitialize(bool privileged, } } + if (virFileMakePath(driverState->stateDir) < 0) { + virReportSystemError(errno, + _("cannot create directory %s"), + driverState->stateDir); + goto error; + } + /* if this fails now, it will be retried later with dnsmasqCapsRefresh() */ driverState->dnsmasqCaps = dnsmasqCapsNewFromBinary(DNSMASQ); @@ -1171,12 +1178,6 @@ networkStartDhcpDaemon(virNetworkDriverStatePtr driver, driverState->pidDir); goto cleanup; } - if (virFileMakePath(driverState->stateDir) < 0) { - virReportSystemError(errno, - _("cannot create directory %s"), - driverState->stateDir); - goto cleanup; - } if (!(pidfile = virPidFileBuildPath(driverState->pidDir, network->def->name))) -- 1.9.0 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list