cmd/tailscale/cli: recommend sudo for 'tailscale up' on failure

Fixes #1220
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Brad Fitzpatrick 2021-02-01 13:52:01 -08:00
parent 2889fabaef
commit c7d4bf2333
2 changed files with 15 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -228,7 +228,16 @@ func runUp(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
AuthKey: upArgs.authKey,
Notify: func(n ipn.Notify) {
if n.ErrMessage != nil {
fatalf("backend error: %v\n", *n.ErrMessage)
msg := *n.ErrMessage
if msg == ipn.ErrMsgPermissionDenied {
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "windows":
msg += " (Tailscale service in use by other user?)"
default:
msg += " (try 'sudo tailscale up [...]')"
}
}
fatalf("backend error: %v\n", msg)
}
if s := n.State; s != nil {
switch *s {

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@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ func (bs *BackendServer) GotFakeCommand(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command) error
return bs.GotCommand(ctx, cmd)
}
// ErrMsgPermissionDenied is the Notify.ErrMessage value used an
// operation was done from a user/context that didn't have permission.
const ErrMsgPermissionDenied = "permission denied"
func (bs *BackendServer) GotCommand(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command) error {
if cmd.Version != version.Long && !cmd.AllowVersionSkew {
vs := fmt.Sprintf("GotCommand: Version mismatch! frontend=%#v backend=%#v",
@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ func (bs *BackendServer) GotCommand(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command) error {
}
if IsReadonlyContext(ctx) {
msg := "permission denied"
msg := ErrMsgPermissionDenied
bs.send(Notify{ErrMessage: &msg})
return nil
}