From d92e47a0936477cb068b5f7cff1104419a9591ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:26:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] run: improve log message for unknown user/group Before: $ sudo build/systemd-run --scope --uid=asdf whoami Failed to resolve user asdf: No such process Now: $ sudo build/systemd-run --scope --uid=asdf whoami Failed to resolve user 'asdf': Unknown user --- src/run/run.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c index d1202632ac..510d4c51ab 100644 --- a/src/run/run.c +++ b/src/run/run.c @@ -2748,7 +2748,8 @@ static int start_transient_scope(sd_bus *bus) { r = get_group_creds(&arg_exec_group, &gid, 0); if (r < 0) - return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve group %s: %m", arg_exec_group); + return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve group '%s': %s", + arg_exec_group, STRERROR_GROUP(r)); if (setresgid(gid, gid, gid) < 0) return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to change GID to " GID_FMT ": %m", gid); @@ -2762,7 +2763,8 @@ static int start_transient_scope(sd_bus *bus) { r = get_user_creds(&arg_exec_user, &uid, &gid, &home, &shell, USER_CREDS_CLEAN|USER_CREDS_SUPPRESS_PLACEHOLDER|USER_CREDS_PREFER_NSS); if (r < 0) - return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve user %s: %m", arg_exec_user); + return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve user '%s': %s", + arg_exec_user, STRERROR_USER(r)); if (home) { r = strv_extendf(&user_env, "HOME=%s", home);