DietPi-Software | Node-RED: missing directory

[Orfait]

Information

• DietPi version :
  G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=6
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=25
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=3
G_GITBRANCH='master'
G_GITOWNER='MichaIng'
• Distro version : stretch
• Kernel version : Linux DietPi 4.19.42-v7+ #1219 SMP Tue May 14 21:20:58 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
• SBC device : RPi 3 Model B (armv7l)

Additional Information

• Software title : Node-RED
• DietPi freshly installed, so also fresh install of Node-RED

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Node-RED
2. Start service : systemctl start node-red.service

Expected behaviour

Service should be running

Actual behaviour

Service ends with error related to directory

Extra details

If we take a look at /etc/systemd/system/node-red.service :

Description=Node-RED (DietPi)

[Service]
User=nodered
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node-red -u /mnt/dietpi_userdata/node-red

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

1. The folder /mnt/dietpi_userdata/node-red is missing, create it :
   mkdir /mnt/dietpi_userdata/node-red
2. Give nodered user permission to this directory :

chown node-red:node-red -R  /mnt/dietpi_userdata/node-red

[MichaIng]

@Orfait
Many thanks for your report.

Confirmed. Bug introduced with v6.25 in relation with some user creation alignments.

Fixed with: 2924d0e
Permissions are done here: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/dietpi/func/dietpi-set_software#L473
Changelog: 91d76d4

• I will also add a patch to the v6.25 patch file to prevent future updaters from running into this: a3e1da4

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To fix now code-wise:

grep -q 'mkdir -p $G_FP_DIETPI_USERDATA/node-red' /DietPi/dietpi/dietpi-software || sed -i '\|cat << _EOF_ > /etc/systemd/system/node-red.service|i\mkdir -p $G_FP_DIETPI_USERDATA/node-red' /DietPi/dietpi/dietpi-software

[marcobrianza]

hello, stating from a fresh install the user nodered was also missing, created manually and with the above code it fixes.
edit: no it exits again maybe the user nodered needs to be created in different way

[MichaIng]

@marcobrianza
Thanks for reporting. Found the issue:

• If the group "gpio" does not exist, the whole useradd/usermod command fails. This seems to be the case on non SBCs.
• Can you verify that you tried it on some x86_64 machine?

[marcobrianza]

yes, it was on virtualbox

[MichaIng]

@marcobrianza
Fixed with: cc65890

• Along with some other failsafe coding where we create or modify run users.

Changelog: d7604ea

[marcobrianza]

Great quick fix! thank you
I have switched to dev branch (6.26.0) and can confirm that it works.

On the virtual machine I had to modify the file /DietPi/dietpi.txt so I think that instructions at https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/BRANCH_SYSTEM.md should be updated since modifying /boot/dietpi.txt did not work for me.

[MichaIng]

@marcobrianza
Great, many thanks for testing.

should be updated since modifying /boot/dietpi.txt did not work for me.

Note: "Beta on Fresh image:", so before booting the first time, it's dietpi.txt from the boot partition or dir.
For "Beta on an existing installation:" it states

G_CONFIG_INJECT 'DEV_GITBRANCH=' 'DEV_GITBRANCH=beta' /DietPi/dietpi.txt

for beta, respectively "dev" for dev branch 😉. Manually editing the RAMdisk location /DietPi/dietpi.txt has the same result.

But we could make it a bid more clear:

1. When editing the image from an external system, e.g. before booting the first time:
2. On a running DietPi system:

[Phil1988]

Sorry for the late feedback.
I just wanted to report, that this fixes this issue :)