[cups.general] trouble with 'make test'

[Michael Sweet]

Michael,

Make sure the source directory is owned by this user, otherwise make won't be able to do what it needs to do...


On May 23, 2012, at 11:47 AM, michael at onkel-karl-lernt-surfen.de wrote:

> Hello,
> for a non root test I created the user "ghost". So I logged in as
> "ghost" and tried 'make test' but I got the message:
> [code]
> chmod: changing permissions of `cups-config': Operation not permitted
> make: *** [all] Error 1
> [/code]
> 
> Integration of 'umask 022' into top of the run-stp-test.sh failed too.
> 
> Zitat von Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com>:
> 
>> Michael,
>> 
>> It didn't register the first time, but are you trying to run "make  
>> test" as root? That's not a configuration we've ever supported for a  
>> variety of reasons.
>> 
>> The umask trick *should* have been enough, but if you (or the system  
>> profile) set the umask in a .bash_rc or .profile file it could be  
>> getting overridden.  Try adding the command near the top of the  
>> test/run-stp-test.sh script to see if that helps.
>> 
>> 
>> On May 20, 2012, at 12:46 PM, michael at onkel-karl-lernt-surfen.de wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> The order "umask 022" did not change the rights to access
>>> 
>>> [code]
>>> Directory "/tmp/cups-root/bin/notifier" has insecure permissions
>>> (040775/uid=501/gid=0).
>>> [/code]
>>> 
>>> but I observe the report of error_log "775" does not fit to rights of
>>> the filesystem
>>> 
>>> [code]
>>> drwxr-xr-x 10 root lp 4096 20. Mai 14:24 cups-root
>>> [/code]
>>> 
>>> That is I think "755"
>>> 
>>> A look into the debug_log
>>> 
>>> [code]
>>> Will not use User root (UID=0) as specified on line 5 for security
>>> reasons.  You must use a non-privileged account instead.
>>> [/code]
>>> 
>>> Zitat von Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com>:
>>> 
>>>> Run:
>>>> 
>>>>  umask 022
>>>> 
>>>> before running "make test".
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On May 17, 2012, at 9:40 AM, michael at onkel-karl-lernt-surfen.de wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> error_log is a huge file. I splitted it into smaller parts, an editor
>>>>> can read it.
>>>>> The following excerpt repeats several times:
>>>>> [code]
>>>>> E [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518788 +0000] Directory
>>>>> "/tmp/cups-root/bin/notifier" has insecure permissions
>>>>> (040775/uid=501/gid=0).
>>>>> D [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518798 +0000] Notifier testnotify started  
>>>>> - PID = 0
>>>>> d [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518808 +0000] sub->pipe=14
>>>>> W [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518820 +0000] Notifier for subscription 1
>>>>> (testnotify://) went away, retrying!
>>>>> d [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518830 +0000] cupsdEndProcess(pid=0, force=0)
>>>>> E [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518854 +0000] Directory
>>>>> "/tmp/cups-root/bin/notifier" has insecure permissions
>>>>> (040775/uid=501/gid=0).
>>>>> D [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518865 +0000] Notifier testnotify started  
>>>>> - PID = 0
>>>>> d [17/May/2012:13:24:07.518875 +0000] sub->pipe=14
>>>>> [/code]
>>>>> What should I do?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Zitat von Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com>:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Michael,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 14, 2012, at 12:22 PM, michael at onkel-karl-lernt-surfen.de wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Linux gcc-4.3 kernel-2.6.38 libc-2.7
>>>>>>> cups-1.5.2
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I did:
>>>>>>> ./configure --prefix=/opt/printer --enable-static
>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>> make test
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The 'make test' occupied the last free space (31GB) of the hard
>>>>>>> disk. I canceled his process by hand. What was going wrong?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is possible that one of the tests was failing and retrying
>>>>>> endlessly; you should be able to look in /tmp/cups-<username>/log
>>>>>> for details.
>>>>>> 
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