Bug ID 764969: ILX no longer supports symlinks in workspaces as of v14.1.0

Last Modified: Apr 12, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3

Opened: Mar 25, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The GUI and TMSH report an error message if a symlink is present, and the workspace does not run. The error appears similar to the following: General database error retrieving information. General error: 01070711:3: boost::filesystem::status: Permission denied: "/var/ilx/workspaces/Common/test_links1/tmp_file" in statement [SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dev_workspace WHERE name LIKE '%'].

Impact

The ILX module is not accessible via the GUI, and the workspace with the symlink cannot be run.

Conditions

-- An ILX workspace is in the configuration. -- The workspace contains a symlink.

Workaround

1. Remove the symlink. 2. Copy the file into the workspace, preserving file ownership Example: .bin # ls -l ldapjs-compare lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 28 Apr 11 08:19 ldapjs-compare -> ../ldapjs/bin/ldapjs-compare .bin # rm ldapjs-compare .bin # cp -p ../ldapjs/bin/ldapjs-compare .

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips