Jira (FACT-2450) no facts are shown on Ubuntu when running as non-root user

[Ciprian Badescu (Jira)]

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Ciprian Badescu created an issue   Facter / FACT-2450 no facts are shown on Ubuntu when running as non-root user Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2020/03/10 5:38 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Ciprian Badescu When running facter as non-root user error occurs and no fact is visible: cbadescu@ciprian:~/puppetlabs/facter-ng$ bundle exec ./bin/facter #<Thread:0x000055c19198dfc0@/home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/framework/core/fact/internal/internal_fact_manager.rb:23 run> terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true): Traceback (most recent call last): 10: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/framework/core/fact/internal/internal_fact_manager.rb:25:in `block (2 levels) in start_threads' 9: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/framework/core/fact/internal/core_fact.rb:12:in `create' 8: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/facts/debian/dmi/board/serial_number.rb:11:in `call_the_resolver' 7: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/base_resolver.rb:19:in `resolve' 6: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/base_resolver.rb:19:in `synchronize' 5: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/base_resolver.rb:21:in `block in resolve' 4: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:28:in `post_resolve' 3: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:28:in `fetch' 2: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:28:in `block in post_resolve' 1: from /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:39:in `read_facts' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:39:in `read': Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - /sys/class/dmi/id/board_serial (Errno::EACCES) bundler: failed to load command: ./bin/facter (./bin/facter) Errno::EACCES: Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - /sys/class/dmi/id/board_serial /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:39:in `read' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:39:in `read_facts' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:28:in `block in post_resolve' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:28:in `fetch' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/dmi_resolver.rb:28:in `post_resolve' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/base_resolver.rb:21:in `block in resolve' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/base_resolver.rb:19:in `synchronize' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/resolvers/base_resolver.rb:19:in `resolve' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/facts/debian/dmi/board/serial_number.rb:11:in `call_the_resolver' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/framework/core/fact/internal/core_fact.rb:12:in `create' /home/cbadescu/puppetlabs/facter-ng/lib/framework/core/fact/internal/internal_fact_manager.rb:25:in `block (2 levels) in start_threads' cbadescu@ciprian:~/puppetlabs/facter-ng$ No LSB modules are available. Exception ignored in: <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='UTF-8'> BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe When asking for specific fact not requesting DMI/etc. it works ok: cbadescu@ciprian:~/puppetlabs/facter-ng$ bundle exec ./bin/facter os No LSB modules are available. { architecture => "amd64", distro => { codename => "disco", description => "Ubuntu 19.04", id => "Ubuntu", release => { full => "19.04", major => "19", minor => "04" } }, family => "Debian", hardware => "x86_64", name => "Ubuntu", release => { full => "19.04", major => "19", minor => "04" }, selinux => { enabled => false } } Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.5.2#805002-sha1:a66f935) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.349141.1583843911000.8139.1583843940049%40Atlassian.JIRA.