cannot be launched as root

[Berti]

If I try to launch easy-ubuntu as root, it crashes :

root@neptune:/tmp/easyubuntu # python easyubuntu.in
System sanity check: PASSED!
amd64 detected
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "easyubuntu.in", line 51, in ?
    main()
  File "easyubuntu.in", line 42, in main
    detect.replace(confdir)
  File "/tmp/easyubuntu/EasyUbuntu/detect.py", line 184, in replace
    cmd = "chown -R " + user + ":" + user + " " + confdir
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects

If I log as usual user & launch it via sudo, it's OK.

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

Berti wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> If I try to launch easy-ubuntu as root, it crashes :

rg/kb
can we have an `if (uid=0); echo "Please do not run EasyUbuntu inside a
root shell"; fail` arangement?
kk

>
> root@neptune:/tmp/easyubuntu # python easyubuntu.in
> System sanity check: PASSED!
> amd64 detected
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "easyubuntu.in", line 51, in ?
> main()
> File "easyubuntu.in", line 42, in main
> detect.replace(confdir)
> File "/tmp/easyubuntu/EasyUbuntu/detect.py", line 184, in replace
> cmd = "chown -R " + user + ":" + user + " " + confdir
> TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects
>
> If I log as usual user & launch it via sudo, it's OK.
>
> ** Affects: easyubuntu (upstream)
> Importance: Untriaged
> Status: Unconfirmed
>

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

No. That isn't the SVN version. That is running 3.02.1 inside a root shell. THAT fails

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

Fixed (in SVN though)

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

NOTE: you cannot run as root directly or indirectly because the "run as user" functionality makes this redundant. The run as user functionality was introduced due to concerns about security and user-friendliness. So please run EasyUbuntu as a normal user, and you will be prompted for YOUR passsword at the normal time.