v2 fail inside container - Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir

[retzero]

Hello.

Latest v2 tag failed with below reason when using the container w/ different user as host's.
Could you please guide me how to resolve this?

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir

• v2 : Fail

• v2.4.0: Success

• options: --user root : Success

• Workflows

    build
      container:
        image: cimg/go:1.16
        #options: --user root
      runs-on: "self-hosted"
      steps:
        - name: Prepare Permissions
          run: |
            sudo chown circleci:circleci -R $PWD
            sudo chown circleci:circleci -R /github/home
        - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        #- uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0

• Full debug prints

##[debug]Evaluating condition for step: 'Run actions/checkout@v2'
##[debug]Evaluating: success()
##[debug]Evaluating success:
##[debug]=> true
##[debug]Result: true
##[debug]Starting: Run actions/checkout@v2
##[debug]Register post job cleanup for action: actions/checkout@v2
##[debug]Loading inputs
##[debug]Evaluating: github.repository
##[debug]Evaluating Index:
##[debug]..Evaluating github:
##[debug]..=> Object
##[debug]..Evaluating String:
##[debug]..=> 'repository'
##[debug]=> 'TestUser/actions-playground'
##[debug]Result: 'TestUser/actions-playground'
##[debug]Evaluating: github.token
##[debug]Evaluating Index:
##[debug]..Evaluating github:
##[debug]..=> Object
##[debug]..Evaluating String:
##[debug]..=> 'token'
##[debug]=> '***'
##[debug]Result: '***'
##[debug]Loading env
Run actions/checkout@v2
/usr/bin/docker exec  46f2eb79330a929feab7784f34738fa069469621037d9dff7b29c819e2e7ed11 sh -c "cat /etc/*release | grep ^ID"
##[debug]ID=ubuntu
##[debug]ID_LIKE=debian
##[debug]Running JavaScript Action with default external tool: node12
::save-state name=isPost::true
##[debug]Save intra-action state isPost = true
##[debug]GITHUB_WORKSPACE = '/__w/actions-playground/actions-playground'
##[debug]qualified repository = 'TestUser/actions-playground'
##[debug]ref = 'refs/heads/master'
##[debug]commit = '36251678f2fb04ca2cd3c316c7650c63665272f8'
##[debug]clean = true
##[debug]fetch depth = 1
##[debug]lfs = false
##[debug]submodules = false
##[debug]recursive submodules = false
::add-matcher::/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v2/dist/problem-matcher.json
##[debug]Added matchers: 'checkout-git'. Problem matchers scan action output for known warning or error strings and report these inline.
Syncing repository: TestUser/actions-playground
::group::Getting Git version info
Getting Git version info
::add-mask::***
##[debug]Unsetting HOME override
::remove-matcher owner=checkout-git::
##[debug]Removed matchers: 'checkout-git'
##[debug]Enhanced Annotations not enabled on the server. The 'title', 'end_line', and 'end_column' fields are unsupported.
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir
##[debug]Node Action run completed with exit code 1
##[debug]Finishing: Run actions/checkout@v2

[TingluoHuang]

the checkout actions v2.4.1 is trying to create a temp global gitconfig at $RUNNER_TEMP, but looks like the container image you are using has some folder ownership mismatch which causes the checkout actions can't write the the $RUNNER_TEMP directory.

drwxr-xr-x 3 1001 121 4096 Apr 20 03:12 _actions
drwxr-xr-x 3 1001 121 4096 Apr 20 03:12 _PipelineMapping
drwxr-xr-x 5 1001 121 4096 Apr 20 03:13 _temp

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/__w/_temp/b021b966-392f-42d4-8fd9-f85e29b91dc0'

[retzero]

the checkout actions v2.4.1 is trying to create a temp global gitconfig at $RUNNER_TEMP, but looks like the container image you are using has some folder ownership mismatch which causes the checkout actions can't write the the $RUNNER_TEMP directory.

Thank you for the feedback. So what to do next on my side?

[TingluoHuang]

@retzero we are working on adding a new input to allow you to turn off the behavior in #770

You can try it out by

- use: actions/checkout@users/tihuang/setsafedirinput
  with:
    set-safe-directory: false 

[retzero]

Thanks. Latest v2 works with set-safe-directory: false option.