Fix install.sh invoking sudo for user-writable directories - #19
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Only request sudo privileges when installing to, updating in, or removing from paths that require elevated permissions. Avoid writing to /etc/HPR when installing to user-owned paths. Fixes plexescor#18
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The installer now limits elevated operations to protected paths while preserving user ownership for user-writable installations. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Installer
participant needs_sudo
participant Filesystem
participant Metadata
Installer->>needs_sudo: Check target and parent writability
needs_sudo->>Filesystem: Inspect target paths
Filesystem-->>needs_sudo: Return privilege requirement
needs_sudo-->>Installer: Return conditional prefix
Installer->>Filesystem: Install, update, or remove files
Installer->>Metadata: Validate or remove matching metadata
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In `@install.sh`:
- Line 193: Update needs_sudo so installation and update checks validate write
access to the resolved installation directory without also requiring its parent
directory to be writable; retain a separate parent-directory permission check
only for removing the custom installation directory itself, and ensure the
callers setting SUDO for installation and update use the operation-specific
checks.
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hey, tested the edge case mentioned by Coderabbit - bug is confirmed. installing to /opt/alice-tools/HPR (where the dir is user-owned but parent /opt isn't) still prompts for sudo. the fix is to split needs_sudo into two functions- one for install/update that only checks if the target dir is writable, and one for removal that also checks the parent. coderabbit's comment at line 193 has the details |
Update needs_sudo to check directory write access without requiring the parent directory to be writable. Add needs_sudo_for_removal for custom install directory wiping where parent write access is required.
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Good catch, thanks! Just pushed a fix splitting the check into needs_sudo (verifying target dir write access for install/update) and needs_sudo_for_removal (which also checks the parent dir when wiping custom install folders). Tested with user-owned directories under non-writable parents and it works as expected now. |
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Thanks for fixing! |
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Only request sudo privileges when installing to, updating in, or removing from paths that require elevated permissions. Avoid writing to /etc/HPR when installing to user-owned paths.
Fixes #18
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