v1.3.1: sudo minikube start requires sudo with vm-driver none #5110
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The none driver currently does require sudo. We are trying to get rid of this requirement in the next versions of minikube |
Yes that is correct, however when running |
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Is your root user called "root" ? There was some error when UID 0 have weird names: #4995 if d == constants.DriverNone && u.Name != "root" {
exit.UsageT(`Please run with sudo. the vm-driver "{{.driver_name}}" requires sudo.`, out.V{"driver_name": constants.DriverNone})On some systems, the superuser doesn't have a real name (only login name). Or a different one. |
Yes, the root user on my system is named "root". I also ran a simple golang script using the "os/user" import to confirm |
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Just thought I would ask, because on Manjaro (I think it was) the root user was called "" package main
import (
"fmt"
"os/user"
)
func main() {
u, _ := user.Current()
fmt.Printf("User Name: %v\n", u.Name)
}$ sudo go run rootuser.go
[sudo] lösenord för anders:
User Name: rootAnyway, the plan for "soon" is to have the none user run without root (i.e. call sudo for you) |
Thank you for following up with this clarifying context, it finally made me realise that there is a difference between I have set the display name for my root user via this command:
And now minikube starts up without complaint 🙂 Thank you for your help on this one! |
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BTW: It is perfectly OK for root (or any user) to not have a display name, this is a bug in minikube. It even said so in the go docs: // Username is the login name.
Username string
// Name is the user's real or display name.
// It might be blank.
// On POSIX systems, this is the first (or only) entry in the GECOS field
// list.
// On Windows, this is the user's display name.
// On Plan 9, this is the contents of /dev/user.
Name string"It might be blank." (i.e. Probably wasn't the best of moves (from go) to rename the |
Is it a bug? Or an undocumented feature? Using display name could be intended as a way to work around scenarios where the administrative username is not "root" 🤔 |
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Basically nobody cares about the GECOS. Anyway we should be checking user id, not user name. i.e. The superuser doesn't actually have to be called But I can't really recall anyone but |
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@afbjorklund may be I can send a pr to fix it? Aaa, we already have #4745 |
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Hi, "sudo minikube start --vm-driver=none" while executing this command I am getting the error as sorry,minikube is crashed I am facing this issue, can anyone give me the suggestion to overcome this problem. |
The exact command to reproduce the issue:
sudo minikube startThe full output of the command that failed:
The output of the
minikube logscommand:The operating system version: 5.2.8-arch1-1-ARCH
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