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/tmp/pip-build can't be shared by several linux users

See original GitHub issue

A second bug related to the fixed temporary directory /tmp/pip-build.

This does not work if several linux-users use pip.

First user was modwork_egs_d and now the second user modwork_vums_dt tries to use pip:

modwork_vums_dt@workepdevel113:~$ pip install --user pep8
Downloading/unpacking pep8
  Downloading pep8-1.3.3.tar.gz
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 107, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 263, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/req.py", line 1032, in prepare_files
    self.unpack_url(url, location, self.is_download)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/req.py", line 1159, in unpack_url
    retval = unpack_http_url(link, location, self.download_cache, self.download_dir)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/download.py", line 481, in unpack_http_url
    unpack_file(temp_location, location, content_type, link)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/util.py", line 558, in unpack_file
    untar_file(filename, location)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg/pip/util.py", line 472, in untar_file
    os.makedirs(location)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/pip-build/pep8'

Storing complete log in /home/modwork_vums_dt/.config/pip/pip.log

modwork_vums_dt@workepdevel113:~$ ls -l /tmp/pip-build/
-rw-r--r-- 1 modwork_egs_d modwork_egs_d 185 20. Nov 12:27 pip-delete-this-directory.txt

modwork_vums_dt@workepdevel113:~$ pip --version
pip 1.2.1.post1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-1.2.1.post1-py2.6.egg (python 2.6)

Related: #725

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Created 11 years ago
Comments:10 (2 by maintainers)

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4reactions

guettlicommented, Nov 20, 2012

I found a workaround:

export TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp
mkdir -p $TMPDIR
pip install --user ...

1reaction

guettlicommented, Jan 23, 2013

If you can inject code from one user to the next it is a big security problem. But somehow nobody seems to care.

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