Installed package via -pip only works as superuser (docker) #6873

smelczer · 2023-08-17T06:08:05Z

smelczer
Aug 17, 2023

I'm been using the (fantastic) cocalc docker container recently and ran into a strange bug: when installing an external package it works perfectly under sudo sage but does not work without superuser privileges. My process was the following

(1) Install cocalc docker on Ubuntu server using

apt install docker.io
docker run --name=cocalc -d -v ~/cocalc:/projects -p 443:443 sagemathinc/cocalc-v2

(2) When docker setup is complete install the ore_algebra package with

sudo docker exec -it cocalc bash
sage -pip install git+https://github.com/mkauers/ore_algebra.git

(3) Go into the cocalc server and open a terminal, then call

sage
from ore_algebra import *  # No issues, seems like the package is found
OreAlgebra # One of the functions in the package

This gives NameError: name 'OreAlgebra' is not defined. The same behaviour happens in a Jupyter notebook. However, giving the project sudo access and running

sudo sage
from ore_algebra import *  
OreAlgebra

finds the OreAlgebra function and behaves correctly!

Any ideas about what could be going wrong? I don't know of another non-default sage package that can be installed with pip to see if this is specific to the ore_algebra package, or holds for other external packages installed with pip.

Answered by williamstein

Aug 17, 2023

You need to do umask 022 first or the permissions of the files created by root will be 007 so normal users can't read them.

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williamstein · 2023-08-17T06:44:53Z

williamstein
Aug 17, 2023
Maintainer

You need to do umask 022 first or the permissions of the files created by root will be 007 so normal users can't read them.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 11:08 PM Stephen Melczer ***@***.***> wrote: I'm been using the (fantastic) cocalc docker container recently and ran into a strange bug: when installing an external package it works perfectly under sudo sage but does not work without superuser privileges. My process was the following (1) Install cocalc docker on Ubuntu server using apt install docker.io docker run --name=cocalc -d -v ~/cocalc:/projects -p 443:443 sagemathinc/cocalc-v2 (2) When docker setup is complete install the ore_algebra package with sudo docker exec -it cocalc bash sage -pip install git+https://github.com/mkauers/ore_algebra.git (3) Go into the cocalc server and open a terminal, then call sage from ore_algebra import * # No issues, seems like the package is found OreAlgebra # One of the functions in the package This gives NameError: name 'OreAlgebra' is not defined. The same behaviour happens in a Jupyter notebook. However, giving the project sudo access and running sudo sage from ore_algebra import * OreAlgebra finds the OreAlgebra function and behaves correctly! Any ideas about what could be going wrong? I don't know of another non-default sage package that can be installed with pip to see if this is specific to the ore_algebra package, or holds for other external packages installed with pip. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6873>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAJXS5V4B2AKJKNXA5NBJYLXVWYNFANCNFSM6AAAAAA3TRTLCM> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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