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| -rw-r--r-- | cloudinit/net/dhcp.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/net/dhcp.py b/cloudinit/net/dhcp.py index d1d1255e..9230cf7a 100644 --- a/cloudinit/net/dhcp.py +++ b/cloudinit/net/dhcp.py @@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ def dhcp_discovery(dhclient_cmd_path, interface, cleandir, dhcp_log_func=None): pid_file = os.path.join(cleandir, 'dhclient.pid') lease_file = os.path.join(cleandir, 'dhcp.leases') + # In some cases files in /var/tmp may not be executable, launching dhclient + # from there will certainly raise 'Permission denied' error. Try launching + # the original dhclient instead. + if not os.access(sandbox_dhclient_cmd, os.X_OK): + sandbox_dhclient_cmd = dhclient_cmd_path + # ISC dhclient needs the interface up to send initial discovery packets. # Generally dhclient relies on dhclient-script PREINIT action to bring the # link up before attempting discovery. Since we are using -sf /bin/true, |