The gen-image script must not be run as root when generating a tar
file. This is because it uses fakechroot and fakeroot, and if run as
root, the debootstrap script will end up damaging a large number of
devices in the /dev directory.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
---
kvm-xfstests/test-appliance/gen-image | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kvm-xfstests/test-appliance/gen-image b/kvm-xfstests/test-appliance/gen-image
index dbd9b84..e7bdb35 100755
--- a/kvm-xfstests/test-appliance/gen-image
+++ b/kvm-xfstests/test-appliance/gen-image
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ fi
if test -n "$OUT_TAR" ; then
if test "$FAKECHROOT" != "true" ; then
+ if test "$EUID" -eq 0 ; then
+ echo "This script MUST NOT be run as root with --out_tar"
+ exit 1;
+ fi
set -- "${SAVE_ARGS[@]}"
exec fakechroot $0 "$@"
fi
--
2.11.0.rc0.7.gbe5a750
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