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Failed to access '/root', Permission denied #613

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atraest opened this issue Jun 8, 2020 · 8 comments
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Failed to access '/root', Permission denied #613

atraest opened this issue Jun 8, 2020 · 8 comments

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@atraest
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atraest commented Jun 8, 2020

I'm unable to either update or install any packages. I always get this type of error no matter the package.

I did nothing unusual, followed the same instructions as always. It just simply stopped working.

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Full error, trying to install the cheat app for example:

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This is a problem with Aura, since Yay works normally:

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VannTen commented Jun 9, 2020

Hi, I have the exact same problems.
It think this is caused by commit 38471fb
Using sudo -E -u <builduser> as the command for build has the following effect :

$ sudo sudo -E -u max env # One would normally run aura for installing as `sudo aura ... etc`
LOGNAME=max
USER=max
HOME=/root # That is the problem I think
SHELL=/bin/bash
SUDO_COMMAND=/usr/bin/env
SUDO_USER=root
SUDO_UID=0
SUDO_GID=0
BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox
EDITOR=vim

The problem seems to be that the second sudo preserves root environment, and so it gets the wrong home.
Maybe a better fix for #606 would be to use --preserve-env=list (see man sudo) for whitelisting env variables that sould be preserverd ? And maybe add a options or flags to aura for that list ?

-- Or maybe with a more general solution, allows the user to customize the sudo commandline that aura uses ?

EDIT: I saw another possibilites in the sudo man : using the --set-home (-H) option explicitely. This would have the advantage of playing nice with the -E option

$ sudo sudo -E -u max --set-home env 
COLORTERM=truecolor
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
TERM=xterm-termite
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
MAIL=/var/mail/root
LOGNAME=max
USER=max
HOME=/home/max # Good to go o/
SHELL=/bin/bash
SUDO_COMMAND=/usr/bin/env
SUDO_USER=root
SUDO_UID=0
SUDO_GID=0
BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox
EDITOR=vim

@VannTen
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VannTen commented Jun 9, 2020

A temporay workaround for making aura work is to use it with sudo -E, by the way ; you got the correct HOME that way

@atraest
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atraest commented Jun 9, 2020

A temporay workaround for making aura work is to use it with sudo -E, by the way ; you got the correct HOME that way

I got the same errors still. But thanks for trying to help.

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fosskers commented Jun 9, 2020

I think this is due to the most recent release where I pass -E through with sudo when switching to the underlying user to run makepkg. It seems this had unintended effects, sorry folks. I'm going to plan a fix tomorrow morning.

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Hi folks, apologies for the breakage. I just released 3.1.2 that revokes the previous -E change. Can you test it?

@atraest
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atraest commented Jun 10, 2020

@fosskers Working flawlessly for me now, thank you!

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fosskers commented Jun 10, 2020

Oh wonderful! Sorry about that again. Note to self: don't release software and then immediately go camping 😅

Can we close the issue?

@atraest
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atraest commented Jun 10, 2020

Oh wonderful! Sorry about that again. Note to self: don't release software and then immediately go camping

Can we close the issue?

There is no need to apologize dude, thank you very much for worrying that much as to fix it so quickly!

You can close it, it's working flawlessly, I tested it thoroughly.

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