Public bug reported:
In Ubuntu 20.04, python scripts executed by other users or users that
cannot log in (/usr/sbin/nologin as their shell) do NOT work when
importing modules that have been installed via python packages via apt
or pip due to sys.path returning different values.
For example, I have a PAM python script that is used for authentication,
and when it is run, it fails because it cannot find some of the modules
it needs.
Further investigation shows that my current logged in user (running the
script via the terminal) has a sys.path value of:
/current/directory/user/is/in
/usr/lib/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
When I run the same script with another user:
/usr/lib/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
Two critical paths are missing for this user! They are:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Why are these two paths not included for this particular user?
I don't have this problem in older versions of Ubuntu. The same python
script works in 18.04, but fails in 20.04.
** Affects: python2.7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: path python sys
** Summary changed:
- python sys.path different per user account - no module named
+ python sys.path different per user account - ImportError no module named
** Summary changed:
- python sys.path different per user account - ImportError no module named
+ python sys.path different per user account - ImportError no module named
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