stack.sh script failed with Permission error

[sajuptpm]

Hi,

I followed http://devstack.org/guides/single-vm.html
I am using : Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Ran following commands as user "saju"

git clone https://github.com/openstack-dev/devstack.git
cd devstack
echo ADMIN_PASSWORD=password > localrc
echo MYSQL_PASSWORD=password >> localrc
echo RABBIT_PASSWORD=password >> localrc
echo SERVICE_PASSWORD=password >> localrc
echo SERVICE_TOKEN=tokentoken >> localrc

Then i ran following script as user "saju" and it asked for password of saju and I gave it, and failed with Permission error .

./stack.sh

==== Error =====

+ iniuncomment /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf DEFAULT auth_password
+ local file=/etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ local section=DEFAULT
+ local option=auth_password
+ sed -i -e '/^\[DEFAULT\]/,/^\[.*\]/ s|[^ \t]*#[ \t]*\(auth_password[ \t]*=.*$\)|\1|' /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ iniset /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf DEFAULT admin_password password
+ local file=/etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ local section=DEFAULT
+ local option=admin_password
+ local value=password
+ grep -q '^\[DEFAULT\]' /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ ini_has_option /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf DEFAULT admin_password
+ local file=/etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ local section=DEFAULT
+ local option=admin_password
+ local line
++ sed -ne '/^\[DEFAULT\]/,/^\[.*\]/ { /^admin_password[ \t]*=/ p; }' /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ line='admin_password = password'
+ '[' -n 'admin_password = password' ']'
+ sed -i -e '/^\[DEFAULT\]/,/^\[.*\]/ s|^\(admin_password[ \t]*=[ \t]*\).*$|\1password|' /etc/glance/glance-cache.conf
+ cp -p /opt/stack/glance/etc/policy.json /etc/glance/policy.json
cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/glance/policy.json': Permission denied
++ failed
++ local r=1
+++ jobs -p
++ kill
++ set +o xtrace

[Yaguang Tang (heut2008)]

ensure the user has sudo privilege or run stack.sh with root and the script will create a stack account.

[swapk (sk90)]

I am also getting the same error.i checked the file,the user has the sudo privileges.
-------------------------------------------------------------
root@vmfolsom67:/etc/glance# ls -la
total 84
drwx------ 2 stack glance 4096 Feb 8 19:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 108 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:41 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 stack stack 12200 Feb 8 19:08 glance-api.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 glance glance 8493 Aug 24 15:35 glance-api.conf.dpkg-dist
-rw-rw-r-- 1 glance glance 2380 Aug 24 15:35 glance-api-paste.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 glance glance 1956 Feb 7 14:42 glance-api-paste.ini.dpkg-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 stack stack 5380 Feb 8 19:08 glance-cache.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 glance glance 5380 Feb 8 14:20 glance-cache.conf.dpkg-old
-rw-r--r-- 1 glance glance 528 Aug 24 15:35 glance-cache-paste.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 stack stack 2887 Feb 8 19:08 glance-registry.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 glance glance 626 Feb 7 14:42 glance-registry-paste.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 glance glance 1080 Aug 24 15:31 glance-scrubber.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 glance glance 125 Aug 24 15:35 glance-scrubber-paste.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 glance glance 66 Feb 8 18:44 policy.json
-rw-rw-r-- 1 glance glance 62 Feb 7 14:42 policy.json.dpkg-old
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
so i gave glance and stack also sudo privilages.
but it is giving the same error.any suggestions?

[xu hongna (hongnax-xu)]

i encounter the same problem, no business with sudo privileges, neither with the privilege of /opt/stack/glance. i run succeed a few days ago. swapk, how could you solve it?

[RitzCarltn (ritzcarltn)]

I also exactly same issue, is there any solution for this issue?

[Aleksandar Janicijevic (ajanicij)]

Here is a workaround that worked for me:

The problem is in the script lib/glance: even though the user has sudo privileges, the script doesn't use sudo but tries to execute command as you see in the output:

cp -p /opt/stack/glance/etc/policy.json /etc/glance/policy.json

So edit the file lib/glance and find the very last command of function configure_glance(). Change it to

sudo cp -p $GLANCE_DIR/etc/policy.json $GLANCE_POLICY_JSON

[xiaohanyu (xiaohanyu1988)]

same problem here

[-None- (mike-nycmoma)]

i'v got this error when run stack.sh multiple times from different users (or using sudo)
I found that files in /etc/glance/ has wrong permissions, so i simply remove /etc/glance/:
$ sudo rm -rf /etc/glance/
this solves the issue.

[Hailu Ju (linuxcpp-org)]

I have solve this problems, just:
cd /dir-to-devopenstack/..
chown -R stack:stack devopenstack/
now just run
$ devopenstack/stack.sh

no issue will be show now！！
:-) ! enjoy!

[Isaac Beckman (isaacb)]

Same problem here.
I solved it by the workaround suggested by Aleksandar Janicijevic (ajanicij)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[zouyee (zoues)]

because u have install the stack second times, so the file or dir has exist, you should use 'sudo rm -rf /etc/[*your components*]'

[Bharath kumar (bharath-kumar3)]

change cp /opt/stack/nova/etc/nova/policy.json /etc/nova/policy.json
command in function-common file in devstack folder to
sudo cp /opt/stack/nova/etc/nova/policy.json /etc/nova/policy.json
as you are not running this with su , you need to put sudo there..
hope it will work for you also . Thank you

[addishiwot tadesse (addishiwot-tadesse)]

Like Zouyee said, the files exist as you are doing reinstallation. remove that directory and re install it. Give the permissions as well to the stack user

sudo rm -rf /etc/glance
 sudo chown -R stack:stack "pathToYourDevstackFolder"
./stack.sh