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relenv attempts to create / extract files into the installation directory (no permission, not run as root) #252
Description
When starting the salt-master I get the following traceback.
Error processing line 1 of /opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv.pth:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site.py", line 195, in addpackage
exec(line)
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv/runtime.py", line 1072, in bootstrap
install_cargo_config()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv/runtime.py", line 851, in install_cargo_config
toolchain = common().get_toolchain()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv/common.py", line 231, in get_toolchain
os.makedirs(DATA_DIR, exist_ok=True)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 215, in makedirs
makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/opt/saltstack/salt/.local'
Remainder of file ignored
Error processing line 1 of /opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv.pth:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site.py", line 195, in addpackage
exec(line)
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv/runtime.py", line 1072, in bootstrap
install_cargo_config()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv/runtime.py", line 851, in install_cargo_config
toolchain = common().get_toolchain()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/relenv/common.py", line 231, in get_toolchain
os.makedirs(DATA_DIR, exist_ok=True)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 215, in makedirs
makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/opt/saltstack/salt/.local'
Remainder of file ignored
The process is run as non-root, so it does not have permissions to create directories. I am observing this behavior with Salt 3007.8 / relenv 20.6.
Salt Version:
Salt: 3007.8
Python Version:
Python: 3.10.18 (main, Sep 5 2025, 22:48:51) [GCC 11.2.0]
Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.16.0
cherrypy: unknown
cryptography: 42.0.5
dateutil: 2.8.2
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.6
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.3.0
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.7
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 24.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.19.1
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.5.2
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 25.1.2
relenv: 0.20.6
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.3.0
Tornado: 6.4.2
ZMQ: 4.3.4
Salt Package Information:
Package Type: onedir
System Versions:
dist: rhel 9.6 Plow
locale: utf-8
machine: x86_64
release: 5.14.0-570.41.1.el9_6.x86_64
system: Linux
version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Plow
Activity
dwoz commentedon Nov 13, 2025
I think this is more of a salt packaging issue. In the salt package we create the salt user with a home directory of
/opt/saltstack/saltbut that user doesn't have write permissions to the directory. I think we'd be better off making the salt user's home directory/var/cache/saltinstead.Sxderp commentedon Dec 1, 2025
Is there a followup issue for this or do I need to create one?
dwoz commentedon Jan 17, 2026
@Sxderp can you create an issue in the salt repo for this please?
dwoz commentedon May 15, 2026
@Sxderp has this been fully resolved?
Sxderp commentedon May 18, 2026
Well, I'm no longer getting permission denied for
/opt/salltstack/salt/.localbut I am getting a different error. I'm not sure if the new error is just masking the old one. This is on Salt 3007.13.Add regression test for install_cargo_config PermissionError path