Bug Report: Installation fails on chown due to missing group during initial setup #163

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2026-10-27T09:35:56+01:00

adam commented

2026-10-27 09:35:56 +01:00

Describe the bug:
When running the openHop Repeater installation wizard (sudo ./manage.sh install), the setup environment crashes and errors out with chown: invalid group: 'repeater:repeater'.
Details & Context:

Cause: The script fails to create or verify the repeater group before changing permissions, or fails on re-runs where the user exists without the correct primary group mapping.
Error: chown: invalid group: 'repeater:repeater' on a Raspberry Pi Zero W via sudo ./manage.sh install.
Workaround: Manually create the group and assign the user before rerunning the script:

sudo groupadd repeater
sudo usermod -g repeater repeater
sudo ./manage.sh install

Suggested Fix: Explicitly check/create the group prior to user creation or use useradd -r -U repeater in the installer logic.

Describe the bug: When running the openHop Repeater installation wizard (sudo ./manage.sh install), the setup environment crashes and errors out with chown: invalid group: 'repeater:repeater'. Details & Context: * * Cause: The script fails to create or verify the repeater group before changing permissions, or fails on re-runs where the user exists without the correct primary group mapping. * Error: chown: invalid group: 'repeater:repeater' on a Raspberry Pi Zero W via sudo ./manage.sh install. * Workaround: Manually create the group and assign the user before rerunning the script: sudo groupadd repeater sudo usermod -g repeater repeater sudo ./manage.sh install * Suggested Fix: Explicitly check/create the group prior to user creation or use useradd -r -U repeater in the installer logic. * ------------------------------

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Reference: adam/pyMC_Repeater#163