EndeavourOS mirrorlist updater fails since my root account is disabled (v2 since I deleted the last one by accident)

asterisk · May 13, 2025, 8:19pm

This applies to any other endeavourOS scripts that need root access.

These scripts should look for sudo or doas and fall back to the root account if those aren’t found.

cscs · May 13, 2025, 8:27pm

eos-update is just some extras on top of the regular pacman & yay.

There is no requirement to use it.

That said .. its not intended to be run as/with root. If you are having trouble for some reason then there is also the --help which would show you can do

eos-update --run-mode plain

Which should ensure it is run with ‘current privileges’.
(Though if one is signed in as root then this will automatically switch to --run-mode login)

asterisk · May 13, 2025, 8:39pm

This is not for eos-update, this is for the endeavourOS mirrorlist updater/ranker (eos-rankmirrors), the thing that runs when endeavouros-mirrorlist is updated.

That program tries to su root to replace the old mirrorlist with the new one.

cscs · May 13, 2025, 8:58pm

I guess my eyes must owe ‘mirrorlist’ some money cuz they apparently avoided that bit masterfully.

Anyhoo..

So that required a bit of traversing.

From here

github.com/endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS

eos-rankmirrors/eos-rankmirrors

master

#!/bin/bash

#
# Simple ranking of mirrors for the EndeavourOS mirrorlist.
#
# TODO:
#   - option to test timeouts from small to larger

echo2()   { echo -e  "$@" >&2 ; }
printf2() { printf "$@" >&2 ; }

notif_echo2()   { printf2 "==> " ; echo2   "$@" ; }
notif_printf2() { printf2 "==> " ; printf2 "$@" ; }

Red()     { echo2 "$RED""$@""$RESET" ; }
Blue()    { echo2 "$BLUE""$@""$RESET" ; }
Magenta() { echo2 "$MAGENTA""$@""$RESET" ; }
Green()   { echo2 "$GREEN""$@""$RESET" ; }

WARN() {

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Not here

github.com/endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS

eos-rankmirrors/eos-rankmirrors.conf

master

###############################################
# eos-rankmirrors.conf
# A configuration file for the apps of the eos-rankmirrors package.
#
# Using bash syntax.
###############################################

# EOS_OVERWRITE_MIRRORLIST determines whether the
# new EndeavourOS mirror list will automatically overwrite
# the existing list or simply be stored as a .pacnew file.
# Supported values:
#   "yes"     Overwrite the existing /etc/endeavouros-mirrorlist.
#   "no"      Save new mirror list as a .pacnew file (default).
#
EOS_OVERWRITE_MIRRORLIST=no

# EOS_AUTO_MIRROR_RANKING is an alias to EOS_OVERWRITE_MIRRORLIST
# for backwards compatibility.
#
EOS_AUTO_MIRROR_RANKING=$EOS_OVERWRITE_MIRRORLIST    # Don't change this line!

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To here

github.com/endeavouros-team/eos-bash-shared

eos-script-lib-yad

main

#!/bin/bash
#
# EndeavourOS bash scripts "library". Functions using 'yad'.
#
# - ALL FUNCTIONS HERE START WITH "eos_yad_" AND ARE EXPORTED.
# - NO GLOBAL VARIABLES ARE USED NOR PROVIDED.
#
# User MUST declare the following exports in the *using* bash code:
#
# export -f eos_yad
# export -f eos_yad_terminal
# export -f eos_yad_check_internet_connection
# export -f eos_yad_GetArgVal
# export -f eos_yad_RunCmdTermBash
# export -f eos_yad_problem
# export -f eos_yad_DIE
# export -f eos_yad_WARN
#
# export -f eos_yad__detectDE
# export -f eos_yad_GetDesktopName

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To here

github.com/endeavouros-team/eos-bash-shared

eos-script-lib-yad.conf

main

### Configuration file for eos-script-lib-yad.
###
### To enable any setting below, simply remove the starting '#' character
### on the appropriate line.

## Terminal program to be used by certain EndeavourOS packages
## like 'welcome' and 'eos-update-notifier'.
## Many popular terminals are supported. See a list of terminals known to be compatible
## in file /usr/share/endeavouros/scripts/eos-script-lib-yad, function eos_yad_terminal().
## If you have any of the listed terminals installed, EOS_YAD_TERMINAL need not be enabled.
## Then the programs will use the first available program in the list.
## Note: other than the listed terminals may or may not be compatible.
#
# EOS_YAD_TERMINAL="terminator"

## EOS_ROOTER configures the command for acquiring elevated privileges
## when running commands in terminal.
## Supported values:
##   "su"
##   "sudo"

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## EOS_ROOTER configures the command for acquiring elevated privileges
## when running commands in terminal.
## Supported values:
##   "su"
##   "sudo"
##   "pkexec"
##   "su-c_wrapper"
## Still supported values, but deprecated and will be removed in the future:
##   "su -c"
##   "pkexec bash -c"
##   "sudo bash -c"
##   "/usr/bin/su -c"
##   "/usr/bin/pkexec bash -c"
##   "/usr/bin/sudo bash -c"
#
export EOS_ROOTER="su"

I dont know why su is the choice here either.
But it does seem configurable.
If you want you can go to /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf and set it to whatever you might prefer.

asterisk · May 13, 2025, 9:10pm

Thanks, I just wish what I said in the OP was the default.