Commit aa822ab6 authored by adeci's avatar adeci Committed by Masum Reza
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nixos-install: add root directory ownership check 

Prevents installation when mount point is not owned by root:root, which can cause systemd warnings and session failures.

Fixes #432261
parent 4320adea

pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-install/nixos-install.sh

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@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ while [[ "$checkPath" != "/" ]]; do 
    checkPath="$(dirname "$checkPath")"

done



# Check if the mount point root directory is owned by root

if [[ "$(stat -c '%u:%g' "$mountPoint")" != "0:0" ]]; then

    echo "$0: $mountPoint is not owned by root:root (owned by $(stat -c '%U:%G' "$mountPoint"))"

    echo "$0: installation root directory must be owned by root to avoid system issues"

    echo "$0: run 'sudo chown root:root $mountPoint' to fix this"

    exit 1

fi



# Verify that user is not trying to use attribute building and flake

# at the same time

if [[ -z $buildingAttribute && -n $flake ]]; then