[Answered] 'Operation not permitted' message on login

Troubleshooting
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Just noticed a message which appears briefly right before the login banner:

chmod: changing permissions of '/DietPi/dietpi/.network': Operation not permitted

Here is the file mentioned:

$ ll /DietPi/dietpi/.network
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 51 Oct 28 13:00 /DietPi/dietpi/.network

I’m logging in over ssh as dietpi user.

Is this something to fix?

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Ah jep makes sense: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/blob/master/dietpi/func/obtain_network_details#L115

  • The script is called on login by the login user.
  • We chmod /DietPi/dietpi/.network actually allow all users run the script and update+check network info.
  • Since /DietPi/dietpi/.network is owned by root, chmod is only permitted for root.
  • As the script is first called on early boot state by root user, afterwards the chmod permissions are already set properly and we can do a simply (( $UID )) (root user) check before calling chnod.

NB: This is an only visual issue, no can be just ignored, but you can try/apply the above fix on your system by:

sudo sed -i 's/chmod 666 $FP_NETFILE/(( $UID )) || chmod 666 $FP_NETFILE/' /DietPi/dietpi/func/obtain_network_details

PR is up to resolve with v6.18: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/2191

3

thank you, the error is gone

4

Great, thanks for feedback! :slight_smile: