Closed itcarroll closed 3 weeks ago
Would you consider writing logs to
~/Library/Logs/
so any user can run the service without permission errors?
No, sorry, this is long-running, expected behaviour for Homebrew at this point.
suggested (maybe supported? unclear) installation with a user dedicated for Homebrew
This is not a supported Homebrew configuration, unfortunately.
If
brew services start ....
could set thelog_path
to~/Library/Logs/jupyterlab.log
then the service ought to work for all users.
Many other services store their data in var
and would need read/write permission in there so the log_path
is just the tip of the iceberg here.
Redirected to request here in Homebrew/homebrew-services#759.
Apologies for the confusion here but: I didn't request an issue here but that you attempt a pull request for your specific request i.e. making this something that might be possible in a formula's service block.
Verification
brew install wget
. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.Provide a detailed description of the proposed feature
Services that use the
log_path
anderror_log_path
variables typically usevar/"log/..."
, so they are writable only by the user that installs homebrew. The services are installed as~/Library/LaunchAgents
and run as per-user agents. Would you consider writing logs to~/Library/Logs/
so any user can run the service without permission errors?What is the motivation for the feature?
The jupyterlab formula defines a service that includes
log_path var/"log/jupyterlab.log"
. I'm unable to get this service to work in a multi-user setup using the suggested (maybe supported? unclear) installation with a user dedicated for Homebrew.User "homebrew" (the only user that can
brew install
anything) installs the package and can use the service. Any other user canbrew services start jupyterlab
but the service has an error. The error arises because permission is denied for logging. Ifbrew services start ....
could set thelog_path
to~/Library/Logs/jupyterlab.log
then the service ought to work for all users.How will the feature be relevant to at least 90% of Homebrew users?
Maybe to 90% of brew services users (this is probably a small percentage of Homebrew users) would benefit, because
~/Library/Logs/
is the typical place to expect logs from per-user agents.What alternatives to the feature have been considered?
I have tried to understand if there is a way to use the
HOME
environment variable in the plist file, but there does not seem to be any support for this at the launchd level. I think the~
would have to be expanded when the service file is created by Homebrew.Redirected to request here in Homebrew/homebrew-services#759.