test: resolve process.setgid error for group 'nobody' on ubuntu #19755
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This problem is only triggered on Ubuntu if the tests are run as root, which is probably why we almost never see it. But I definitely have gotten more than one report of it from people following https://www.nodetodo.org/getting-started/ |
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Hi @dsinecos, and welcome! Thanks for the pull request! |
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Nit: You don't need the else here because of the throw in the preceding block. I don't mind it, though.
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Took me a while to figure out why we won't need the else block, got it now :) Will keep it in mind for the future
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Linter re-run: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-linter/17646/ |
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test-node-commit-arm needs to be re-run too but using |
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@Trott Thanks Rich, for all the guidance :) |
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@dsinecos would you be so kind and rebase this? :-) And while being on it: do you mind addressing the nit? But that is not required. |
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@BridgeAR Sure :) Give me until tomorrow though, I'm tied up with a few things. I hope that's fine |
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@dsinecos sure :-) |
When the tests are run as root in Ubuntu, process.setgid is called with 'nobody' as an argument. This throws an error in Ubuntu. This is because in Ubuntu the equivalent of 'nobody' group is named as 'nogroup' This commit sets gid to 'nobody' first and if it throws a `group id does not exist` error, it attempts to set gid to 'nogroup'. If it still causes an error, the error is thrown. Refs: nodejs#19594
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@BridgeAR I've made the changes. I just realized, the commit message is not as per the guidelines, I'll amend that and push again, sorry about this |
Else block removed as the `throw` in the preceding block makes it redundant Refs: nodejs#19594
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@BridgeAR I hope I haven't made any errors around the commits, I did a
Let me know if something is amiss or if this needs more changes :) |
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Re-running SmartOS: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-smartos/16964/ |
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Re-running Linux: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linux/18062/ |
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One last CI before landing: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/14416/ |
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Landed in cc8a33e. |
When the tests are run as root in Ubuntu, process.setgid() is called with 'nobody' as an argument. This throws an error in Ubuntu and is because, in Ubuntu, the equivalent of 'nobody' group is named as 'nogroup'. This commit sets gid to 'nobody' first and if it throws a "group id does not exist" error, it attempts to set gid to 'nogroup'. If it still causes an error, the error is thrown. PR-URL: #19755 Refs: #19594 Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
When the tests are run as root in Ubuntu, process.setgid() is called with 'nobody' as an argument. This throws an error in Ubuntu and is because, in Ubuntu, the equivalent of 'nobody' group is named as 'nogroup'. This commit sets gid to 'nobody' first and if it throws a "group id does not exist" error, it attempts to set gid to 'nogroup'. If it still causes an error, the error is thrown. PR-URL: #19755 Refs: #19594 Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
When the tests are run as root in Ubuntu, process.setgid is called with
'nobody' as an argument. This throws an error in Ubuntu. This is because
in Ubuntu the equivalent of 'nobody' group is named as 'nogroup'
This commit sets gid to 'nobody' first and if it throws a
group id does not existerror, it attempts to set gid to 'nogroup'. If it stillcauses an error, the error is thrown.
Refs: #19594
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make -j4 test(UNIX), orvcbuild test(Windows) passes