[VCL-260] Problems occur if root is not the owner of /home/root for Windows images

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.2
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Andrew Kurth
• Reporter: Andrew Kurth
• Created: 30/Oct/09 15:31
• Updated: 13/Jan/10 14:42
• Resolved: 13/Jan/10 14:42

Description

Problems occur if root is not the owner of /home/root and everything under it. This can cause image captures to fail with the following message:

20908	707229:780793	image	---- WARNING ----
20908	707229:780793	image	2009-10-29 15:26:36	20908	707229:780793	image	Windows.pm:create_directory(831)	failed to create directory on blade1b1-10: C:/Cygwin/home/root/VCL, exit status: 1, output:
20908	707229:780793	image	Access is denied.
20908	707229:780793	image	( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
20908	707229:780793	image	(-1) Windows.pm, create_directory (line: 831)
20908	707229:780793	image	(-2) Windows.pm, copy_capture_configuration_files (line: 5908)
20908	707229:780793	image	(-3) Windows.pm, pre_capture (line: 179)
20908	707229:780793	image	(-4) Version_5.pm, pre_capture (line: 85)
20908	707229:780793	image	(-5) xCAT.pm, capture (line: 1092)
20908	707229:780793	image	(-6) image.pm, process (line: 178)

Add a step near the beginning of Windows.pm::pre_capture() to set root as the owner of /home/root.