/* Explicitly warn the user when /dev is already populated. */
if (errno == EEXIST)
log_notice("%s/dev/ is pre-mounted and pre-populated. If a pre-mounted /dev/ is provided it needs to be an unpopulated file system.", dest);
- if (errno != EPERM)
+ if (!ERRNO_IS_PRIVILEGE(errno) || arg_uid_shift != 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "mknod(%s) failed: %m", to);
/* Some systems abusively restrict mknod but allow bind mounts. */
r = mount_nofollow_verbose(LOG_DEBUG, from, to, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Both mknod and bind mount (%s) failed: %m", to);
+ } else {
+ r = userns_lchown(to, 0, 0);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "chown() of device node %s failed: %m", to);
}
- r = userns_lchown(to, 0, 0);
- if (r < 0)
- return log_error_errno(r, "chown() of device node %s failed: %m", to);
-
dn = path_join("/dev", S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) ? "char" : "block");
if (!dn)
return log_oom();