[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #725: We should whine if we're running as root.

tahoe-lafs trac at allmydata.org
Mon Jun 1 00:07:27 PDT 2009


#725: We should whine if we're running as root.
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 Reporter:  zandr           |           Owner:       
     Type:  enhancement     |          Status:  new  
 Priority:  major           |       Milestone:  1.5.0
Component:  code-nodeadmin  |         Version:  1.4.1
 Keywords:                  |   Launchpad_bug:       
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 Just spent some time unravelling a problem at ScanCafe where nodes were
 refusing to start because they couldn't open storage/shares/incoming.

 It turns out that directory was owned by root. I'm guessing that someone
 tried to run the nodes as root, thus hosing things up. Not sure why that
 was the only thing affected, but it seemed to be.

 We should complain if we think we're running as root, possibly with a
 commandline switch or config entry to force it... or possibly not. :)

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Ticket URL: <http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/725>
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