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Post subject: dkms says I'm not root  PostPosted: 22.01.2017, 00:33



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Modules for new kernels aren't built because there was an error saying I am not root.

      Code:
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64.
(Reading database ... 440868 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64_4.9-8_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (4.9-8) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64_4.9-8_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (4.9-8) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (4.9-8) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
Error! You must be root to use this command.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64.postinst line 11.
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (4.9-8) ...
/etc/kernel-img.conf:6: W: ignoring unknown parameter relative_links
I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-0.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-0.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
Error! You must be root to use this command.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-headers-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
 linux-image-4.9.0-4.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

After digging a bit, /usr/sbin/dkms never initializes the variable UID

      Code:
grep UID /usr/sbin/dkms
    if ((UID != 0)); then
    ((UID == 0)) && return
        if ((UID != 0)) && [[ $force = true ]]; then


Adding the line below somewhere at top the script fixes it:
      Code:
UID=$(id -u)
 
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Post subject: RE: dkms says I  PostPosted: 19.02.2017, 02:56



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Same behavior in dkms 2.3-3
 
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Post subject: RE: dkms says I  PostPosted: 19.02.2017, 07:01



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Without having dug into it deeper (I don't really like the way dkms works), the situation is a bit weird. While $UID is not a variable mandated by POSIX shells, it is defined by bash and - and /usr/sbin/dkms does explicitly use #!/bin/bash as shebang. At least the 'normal' ways dkms appears to be invoked, is via exec, which in turn should use bash to execute the script (thereby defining $UID), but apparently it isn't executed rather than sourced on your system somehow (which would be the only way to end up with your error condition). Unfortunately I don't really see how this would happen (assuming that /bin/bash is indeed provided by bash, check "/bin/bash --version", which it really should be).

In order to debug this further, it would probably make sense to run "debsums -as" on your system, to check for eventual disk corruption and/ or modified conffiles (there typically are several under /etc/, so that isn't a problem per se, but it might hint at potential problems). Furthermore you apparently still have /etc/kernel-img.conf on your system, which isn't supposed to be present anymore (while it shouldn't exactly break havoc, it has the potential to do so - it is safe to remove it).
 
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Post subject: RE: dkms says I  PostPosted: 21.02.2017, 01:10



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Ok, this is the bash command
      Code:
 /bin/bash --version ; apt-cache policy bash
GNU bash, version 4.4.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
bash:
  Installed: 4.4-4
  Candidate: 4.4-4
  Version table:
 *** 4.4-4 500
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


and this is kernel-img.conf
      Code:
cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel Image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = Yes
do_bootloader = no
do_initrd = Yes
relative_links = Yes

I'll run debsums -as, too

Thanks slh,
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Post subject: RE: dkms says I  PostPosted: 21.02.2017, 01:24



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I decided to dist-upgrade before running debsums -as. During that I saw "/usr/sbin/dkms: line 40: UID: readonly variable" which is where I put my work around. Could it be that it got fixed?

      Code:
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Building initial module for 4.9.0-0.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
/usr/sbin/dkms: line 40: UID: readonly variable
Done.
/usr/sbin/dkms: line 40: UID: readonly variable
/usr/sbin/dkms: line 40: UID: readonly variable
..

sed -n '40 p' < /usr/sbin/dkms
UID=$(id -u)
 
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Post subject: RE: dkms says I  PostPosted: 21.02.2017, 01:46



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As mentioned, /etc/kernel-img.conf should be removed and doesn't contain any required/ useful content (anymore).

"UID: readonly variable" does make sense, if the script is executed under bash (given that bash itself sets this variable and overriding it would be problematic under normal circumstances).
 
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Post subject: RE: dkms says I  PostPosted: 18.03.2017, 22:44



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This was fixed already, but today came back again

      Code:
Setting up linux-image-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (4.10-7) ...
I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-1.slh.2-aptosid-amd64
I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-1.slh.2-aptosid-amd64
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
Error! You must be root to use this command.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-headers-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (4.10-7) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
Error! You must be root to use this command.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64.postinst line 11.
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
 linux-headers-4.10.0-3.slh.1-aptosid-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
 
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