Fix /var/run directory creation in init.d scripts

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    • Type: Incident report
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Trivial
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    • Affects Version/s: 2.4.7
    • Component/s: Installation (I)
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      On a systemd host like Debian Jessie, if you install the proxy and the agent, the agent can fail to start :

      Dec 17 10:40:45 zabbix-proxy zabbix-agent[487]: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/run/zabbix’: File exists
Dec 17 10:40:45 zabbix-proxy systemd[1]: zabbix-agent.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Dec 17 10:40:45 zabbix-proxy systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start zabbix-agent daemon.
Dec 17 10:40:45 zabbix-proxy systemd[1]: Unit zabbix-agent.service entered failed state.

      The directory /var/run/zabbix is probably created by the proxy after the test check in the agent init script and the mkdir fails :

      if test ! -d "$DIR"; then
  mkdir "$DIR"
  chown -R zabbix:zabbix "$DIR"
fi

      To fix it add the option -p to mkdir command.

        1. patch-zabbix_server_initd.gz
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        2. patch-zabbix_proxy_initd.gz
          0.2 kB
        3. patch-zabbix_agent_initd.gz
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            Reporter:
            Boris HUISGEN
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