From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] t1509: fix failing "root work tree" test due to owner-check
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 12:49:09 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <n7q85691-5p25-464n-12o7-q4s4opsr2p0o@tzk.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0efeec8abdb913786c67775cbd79c8e4285ded10.1668999621.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Hi Eric,
On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
>
> When 8959555cee (setup_git_directory(): add an owner check for the
> top-level directory, 2022-03-02) tightened security surrounding
> directory ownership, it neglected to adjust t1509-root-work-tree.sh to
> take the new restriction into account. As a result, since the root
> directory `/` is typically not owned by the user running the test
> (indeed, t1509 refuses to run as `root`), the ownership check added
> by 8959555cee kicks in and causes the test to fail:
>
> fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/'
> To add an exception for this directory, call:
>
> git config --global --add safe.directory /
>
> This problem went unnoticed for so long because t1509 is rarely run
> since it requires setting up a `chroot` environment or a sacrificial
> virtual machine in which `/` can be made writable and polluted by any
> user.
ACK, this is the right thing to do.
Thanks for working on it,
Johannes
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
> ---
> t/t1509-root-work-tree.sh | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t1509-root-work-tree.sh b/t/t1509-root-work-tree.sh
> index 553a3f601ba..eb57fe7e19f 100755
> --- a/t/t1509-root-work-tree.sh
> +++ b/t/t1509-root-work-tree.sh
> @@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
> rm -rf /.git &&
> echo "Initialized empty Git repository in /.git/" > expected &&
> git init > result &&
> - test_cmp expected result
> + test_cmp expected result &&
> + git config --global --add safe.directory /
> '
>
> test_vars 'auto gitdir, root' ".git" "/" ""
> --
> gitgitgadget
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-08 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-21 3:00 [PATCH 0/3] fix t1509-root-work-tree failure Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget
2022-11-21 3:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] t1509: fix failing "root work tree" test due to owner-check Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget
2022-12-08 11:49 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2022-11-21 3:00 ` [PATCH 2/3] t1509: make "setup" test more robust Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget
2022-12-08 11:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-21 3:00 ` [PATCH 3/3] t1509: facilitate repeated script invocations Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget
2022-12-06 2:42 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-06 3:23 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-12-08 12:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-12-08 13:14 ` "test_atexit" v.s. "test_when_finished" (was: [PATCH 3/3] t1509: facilitate repeated script invocations) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-09 4:46 ` "test_atexit" v.s. "test_when_finished" Junio C Hamano
2022-12-05 18:21 ` [PATCH 0/3] fix t1509-root-work-tree failure Eric Sunshine
2022-12-08 12:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-12-09 4:59 ` Eric Sunshine
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