[systemd-devel] Permissions problems with systemd-networkd and others.

Wed Feb 7 21:31:25 UTC 2024

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 20:41:40 +0000
"Murrell, Robert A." <Robert.Murrell at sbdinc.com> wrote:
> I finally got everything working.  Here is what I did to fix the
> problem:
> 
> adduser systemd-network root
> adduser systemd-resolve root
> adduser bind root
> find /etc -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +
> 
> I don’t know who does this on a full linux image.  I’m posting it
> here for the next person who has this problem. I would suggest that
> release testing include a minimal Linux image to support embedded and
> IoT devices.

I would have thought this is a question for your distro rather than for
systemd?

> Robert Murrell
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> From: Murrell, Robert A. <Robert.Murrell at sbdinc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 11:43 AM
> To: systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: RE: Permissions problems with systemd-networkd and others.
> 
> I should have added that I am building a very stripped down image.
> These are the Debian packages that are being installed:
> 
> linux-image-6.2.0 - locally built
> firmware-imx-epdc - locally built
> firmware-imx-sdma - locally built
> firmware-imx-vpu - locally built
> firmware-realtek - locally built
> busybox
> locales
> u-boot-image-mspmb-2017.11 - locally built
> u-boot-tools-mspmb-2017.11 - locally built
> dosfstools
> openssl
> libmbedtls12
> gnutls-bin
> gdbserver
> socat
> fdisk
> nano
> ssh
> openvpn
> iwd
> iproute2
> nftables
> net-tools
> usbutils
> iputils-ping
> dnsutils
> isc-dhcp-server
> hostapd
> bind9
> wireless-tools
> wpasupplicant
> policykit-1
> weston
> kbd
> xwayland
> mesa-utils
> libdrm-etnaviv1
> chromium
> fonts-arphic-uming
> fonts-ipafont-mincho
> fonts-ipafont-gothic
> gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
> gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
> gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
> v4l-utils
> kmod
> mono-runtime
> rng-tools
> cron
> 
> I installed policykit-1 after my first request, but it didn’t help.
> Also, here is an excerpt from the journal:
> 
> Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[1]: systemd-networkd.service:
> Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4. Jun 18 14:56:02
> mspmbsat systemd[1]: Stopped Network Service. Jun 18 14:56:02
> mspmbsat systemd[1]: Starting Network Service... Jun 18 14:56:02
> mspmbsat systemd[241]: systemd-networkd.service: Failed to
> execute /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd: Permission denied Jun 18
> 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[241]: systemd-networkd.service: Failed at
> step EXEC spawning /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd: Permission denied
> Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[1]: systemd-networkd.service: Main
> process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat
> systemd[1]: systemd-networkd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> 
> Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[1]: Failed to start Network Service.
> 
> Is there some other package I need to install to get this to work?
> 
> Robert Murrell
> Embedded Software Engineer
> STANLEY Assembly Technologies
> 
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> From: Murrell, Robert A.
> <Robert.Murrell at sbdinc.com<mailto:Robert.Murrell at sbdinc.com>> Sent:
> Tuesday, February 6, 2024 4:44 PM To:
> systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org<mailto:systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Subject: Permissions problems with systemd-networkd and others.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I’m attempting to update one of our products from Debian Stretch with
> Linux kernel 4.14 to Debian Bullseye with Linux kernel 6.2.0.  The
> target system is an ARM iMX6QP.  I’ve managed to build the kernel
> from the old .config file.  The image is built using ELBE builder and
> reprepro for local packages (not my choice).  This has been a very
> steep learning experience and I’m sure I have more tweaking to do.
> 
> I’m having a problem with systemd on startup.  System-networkd fails
> to run with the following error:
> 
> ● systemd-networkd.service - Network Service
>      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service;
> enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code)
> since Sun 2023-06-18 14:56:02 UTC; 2h 42min ago TriggeredBy: ●
> systemd-networkd.socket Docs: man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
>     Process: 233 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
> (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Main PID: 233 (code=exited,
> status=203/EXEC) CPU: 109ms
> 
> Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[1]: systemd-networkd.service:
> Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Jun 18 14:56:02
> mspmbsat systemd[1]: Stopped Network Service. Jun 18 14:56:02
> mspmbsat systemd[1]: systemd-networkd.service: Start request repeated
> too quickly. Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[1]:
> systemd-networkd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> 
> Jun 18 14:56:02 mspmbsat systemd[1]: Failed to start Network Service.
> 
> Systemd-resolvd and named have similar problems.  Running the program
> manually (from root) gives me this error:
> 
> ~# /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
> Failed to open configuration file '/etc/systemd/networkd.conf':
> Permission denied Failed to parse configuration file: Permission
> denied Enumeration completed
> 
> Networkd.conf has 644 permissions.  I have noticed that
> systemd-networkd now has its own group systemd-network.  I’ve tried
> doing several things like adding systemd-network to root group and
> vise-versa, setting permissions on all affected files and paths to
> 777 (undesirable), but I still can’t get it to run.  I get a little
> farther, but ultimately end up wit a Permission denied error
> somewhere.
> 
> 
>   1.  What do I need to do to get this working?
>   2.  Why didn’t apt install properly configure it?
> 
> I can supply the elbe build log if that might help.  It is 2MB long.
> 
> Robert Murrell
> Embedded Software Engineer
> STANLEY Assembly Technologies
> 
> 2500 Meijer Dr., Troy, MI 48084
> T 248-677-9740
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