improve error message for missing /etc/subuid entry (closes: #9)

coverage.sh

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if [ ! -e shared/hooks/eatmydata/customize.sh ] || [ hooks/eatmydata/customize.s
 	fi
 fi
 starttime=
-total=196
+total=198
 skipped=0
 runtests=0
 i=1
@@ -526,6 +526,63 @@ else
 	runtests=$((runtests+1))
 fi
 
+print_header "mode=unshare,variant=apt: fail without /etc/subuid"
+cat << END > shared/test.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+if [ ! -e /mmdebstrap-testenv ]; then
+	echo "this test modifies the system and should only be run inside a container" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+adduser --gecos user --disabled-password user
+sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1
+rm /etc/subuid
+ret=0
+runuser -u user -- $CMD --mode=unshare --variant=apt $DEFAULT_DIST /tmp/debian-chroot $mirror || ret=\$?
+if [ "\$ret" = 0 ]; then
+	echo expected failure but got exit \$ret >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+rm -r /tmp/debian-chroot
+END
+if [ "$HAVE_QEMU" = "yes" ]; then
+	./run_qemu.sh
+	runtests=$((runtests+1))
+else
+	echo "HAVE_QEMU != yes -- Skipping test..." >&2
+	skipped=$((skipped+1))
+fi
+
+print_header "mode=unshare,variant=apt: fail without username in /etc/subuid"
+cat << END > shared/test.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+if [ ! -e /mmdebstrap-testenv ]; then
+	echo "this test modifies the system and should only be run inside a container" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+adduser --gecos user --disabled-password user
+sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1
+awk -F: '\$1!="user"' /etc/subuid > /etc/subuid.tmp
+mv /etc/subuid.tmp /etc/subuid
+ret=0
+runuser -u user -- $CMD --mode=unshare --variant=apt $DEFAULT_DIST /tmp/debian-chroot $mirror || ret=\$?
+if [ "\$ret" = 0 ]; then
+	echo expected failure but got exit \$ret >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+rm -r /tmp/debian-chroot
+END
+if [ "$HAVE_QEMU" = "yes" ]; then
+	./run_qemu.sh
+	runtests=$((runtests+1))
+else
+	echo "HAVE_QEMU != yes -- Skipping test..." >&2
+	skipped=$((skipped+1))
+fi
+
 # Before running unshare mode as root, we run "unshare --mount" but that fails
 # if mmdebstrap itself is executed from within a chroot:
 # unshare: cannot change root filesystem propagation: Invalid argument

mmdebstrap

@@ -345,6 +345,14 @@ sub read_subuid_subgid() {
         last if ($n eq $username);
     }
     close $fh;
+    if (!length $subid) {
+        warning "/etc/subuid is empty";
+        return;
+    }
+    if ($n ne $username) {
+        warning "no entry in /etc/subuid for $username";
+        return;
+    }
     push @result, ["u", 0, $subid, $num_subid];
 
     if (scalar(@result) < 1) {
@@ -363,6 +371,14 @@ sub read_subuid_subgid() {
         last if ($n eq $username);
     }
     close $fh;
+    if (!length $subid) {
+        warning "/etc/subgid is empty";
+        return;
+    }
+    if ($n ne $username) {
+        warning "no entry in /etc/subgid for $username";
+        return;
+    }
     push @result, ["g", 0, $subid, $num_subid];
 
     if (scalar(@result) < 2) {
@@ -4250,8 +4266,11 @@ sub main() {
         if ($EFFECTIVE_USER_ID != 0 && !test_unshare_userns(1)) {
             exit 1;
         }
-        my @idmap = read_subuid_subgid;
-        my $pid   = get_unshare_cmd(
+        my @idmap = ();
+        if ($EFFECTIVE_USER_ID != 0) {
+            @idmap = read_subuid_subgid;
+        }
+        my $pid = get_unshare_cmd(
             sub {
                 0 == system @ARGV[1 .. $#ARGV] or error "system failed: $?";
             },
@@ -5372,12 +5391,14 @@ sub main() {
     my @idmap;
     # for unshare mode the rootfs directory has to have appropriate
     # permissions
-    if ($options->{mode} eq 'unshare') {
+    if ($EFFECTIVE_USER_ID != 0 and $options->{mode} eq 'unshare') {
         @idmap = read_subuid_subgid;
         # sanity check
         if (   scalar(@idmap) != 2
             || $idmap[0][0] ne 'u'
-            || $idmap[1][0] ne 'g') {
+            || $idmap[1][0] ne 'g'
+            || !length $idmap[0][2]
+            || !length $idmap[1][2]) {
             error "invalid idmap";
         }