Bug 10029 - testimage requires sudo password to execute runqemu-ifup and runqemu-ifdown
Summary: testimage requires sudo password to execute runqemu-ifup and runqemu-ifdown
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Runtime Testing
Classification: QA/Testing
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 2.2 M4
Assignee: Stephano Cetola
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Reported: 2016-07-26 17:18 UTC by Stephano Cetola
Modified: 2016-09-26 14:03 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

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warnings and errors from "-c testimage" (1.94 KB, text/plain)
2016-07-26 17:18 UTC, Stephano Cetola 		no flags Details
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Description Stephano Cetola 2016-07-26 17:18:10 UTC 
Created attachment 3323 [details]
warnings and errors from "-c testimage"

If the user has not added runqemu-ifup and runqemu-ifdown to their sudoers file as "ALL=NOPASSWD", running "-c testimage" on any image will produce an error that is vague.

Current Error:


sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified


Error should say something like:


Failed to run runqemu-ifup or runqemu-ifdown. Timed out waiting for sudo password.
sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified


To be fair, it is very easy to google the fix for this error, assuming one knows which script is being called with 'sudo'.
Comment 1 Saul Wold 2016-07-28 15:01:49 UTC 
runqemu should provide better error message directing users to use the runqemu-gen-tapdevs