http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092178 Bug ID: 1092178 Summary: Dracut: noisy "Failed to chown ... Operation not permitted" errors when run as non-root Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.0 Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: daniel.molkentin@suse.com Reporter: ddiss@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de CC: jthumshirn@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- @daniel: apologies for assigning this to you directly - I was unsure of which list to use. Rapido uses Dracut extensively for VM image generation. It does so as a non-root user. Following upgrade from Leap 42.3->15 I notice a significant amount of chown errors: dracut: *** Resolving executable dependencies *** dracut-install: Failed to chown /home/david/rapido-utils/rapido/initrds/dracut.yVEffV/initramfs/lib64/libreadline.so.7.0: Operation not permitted dracut-install: Failed to chown /home/david/rapido-utils/rapido/initrds/dracut.yVEffV/initramfs/lib64/libdl-2.26.so: Operation not permitted ... These appear to have been added upstream via: commit e7ba1392e180eb6f5e19dfd28a340a98cf09a3cd Author: Harald Hoyer Date: Fri Aug 29 13:22:11 2014 +0200 install: add more error handling A follow up commit reduces the log level from error->info: commit 076fcd1652af25f57aae063fda3b8c39ef828ac6 Author: Harald Hoyer Date: Wed Jan 18 10:38:00 2017 +0100 dracut: only copy xattr, if root ... --- a/install/dracut-install.c +++ b/install/dracut-install.c @@ -275,8 +275,13 @@ static int cp(const char *src, const char *dst) if (ret == 0) { struct timeval tv[2]; if (fchown(dest_desc, sb.st_uid, sb.st_gid) != 0) - if(fchown(dest_desc, (uid_t) - 1, sb.st_gid) != 0) - log_error("Failed to chown %s: %m", dst); + if(fchown(dest_desc, (uid_t) - 1, sb.st_gid) != 0) { + if (geteuid() == 0) + log_error("Failed to chown %s: %m", dst); + else + log_info("Failed to chown %s: %m", dst); + } + ... Please consider merging this log_error()->log_info() change into the Leap15 / SLE15 Dracut source. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.