cloud-init

cloudinit tests fail when running as root

Bug #1825027 reported by Anh Vo (MSFT)
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Bug Description

The tests under cloudinit/cmd/tests/test_query.py will fail if run as root.

sudo nosetests3 test_query.py --debug=query

query: WARNING: Missing root-readable /tmp/ci-TestQuery.0ztjrur1/run_dir/instance-data-sensitive.json. Using redacted /tmp/ci-TestQuery.0ztjrur1/run_dir/instance-data.json instead.
query: ERROR: Missing instance-data file: /tmp/ci-TestQuery.0ztjrur1/run_dir/instance-data.json
.Equery: ERROR: Missing instance-data file: /tmp/ci-TestQuery.2_qzzunv/absent
.query: ERROR: Expected one of the options: --all, --format, --list-keys or varname
.query: ERROR: No read permission on '/tmp/ci-TestQuery.faxmaofy/unreadable'. Try sudo
.EEEEEEquery: WARNING: Missing root-readable /tmp/ci-TestQuery.rhy7l_rq/run_dir/instance-data-sensitive.json. Using redacted /tmp/ci-TestQuery.rhy7l_rq/run_dir/instance-data.json instead.
query: ERROR: Missing instance-data file: /tmp/ci-TestQuery.rhy7l_rq/run_dir/instance-data.json
..
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ERROR: cloudinit.cmd.tests.test_query.TestQuery.test_handle_args_dumps_all_instance_data
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/anhvo/repos/cloud-init/cloudinit/cmd/tests/test_query.py", line 153, in test_handle_args_dumps_all_instance_data
    self.assertEqual(0, query.handle_args('anyname', args))
  File "/home/anhvo/repos/cloud-init/cloudinit/cmd/query.py", line 124, in handle_args
    instance_data['userdata'] = util.load_file(user_data_fn)
  File "/home/anhvo/repos/cloud-init/cloudinit/util.py", line 1359, in load_file
    with open(fname, 'rb') as ifh:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ud'

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ERROR: cloudinit.cmd.tests.test_query.TestQuery.test_handle_args_list_keys_errors_when_varname_is_not_a_dict
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/anhvo/repos/cloud-init/cloudinit/cmd/tests/test_query.py", line 255, in test_handle_args_list_keys_errors_when_varname_is_not_a_dict
    self.assertEqual(1, query.handle_args('anyname', args))
  File "/home/anhvo/repos/cloud-init/cloudinit/cmd/query.py", line 124, in handle_args
    instance_data['userdata'] = util.load_file(user_data_fn)
  File "/home/anhvo/repos/cloud-init/cloudinit/util.py", line 1359, in load_file
    with open(fname, 'rb') as ifh:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ud'

Revision history for this message
Ryan Harper (raharper) wrote :

Hi, thanks for the bug. We generally want to avoid running any tests as root so as not to modify anything sensitive on the host.

Changed in cloud-init:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Brett Holman (holmanb) wrote : Fixed in cloud-init version 22.1.

This bug is believed to be fixed in cloud-init in version 22.1. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New

Thank you.

Changed in cloud-init:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
James Falcon (falcojr) wrote :

Tracked in Github Issues as https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/3368

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