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Diffstat (limited to 'cloudinit/util.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | cloudinit/util.py | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py index deac8c8d..cd1cc1a4 100644 --- a/cloudinit/util.py +++ b/cloudinit/util.py @@ -360,11 +360,21 @@ def multi_log(text, console=True, stderr=True, if stderr: sys.stderr.write(text) if console: - # Don't use the write_file since - # this might be 'sensitive' info (not debug worthy?) - with open('/dev/console', 'wb') as wfh: - wfh.write(text) - wfh.flush() + conpath = "/dev/console" + if os.path.exists(conpath): + with open(conpath, 'wb') as wfh: + wfh.write(text) + wfh.flush() + else: + # A container may lack /dev/console (arguably a container bug). If + # it does not exist, then write output to stdout. this will result + # in duplicate stderr and stdout messages if stderr was True. + # + # even though upstart or systemd might have set up output to go to + # /dev/console, the user may have configured elsewhere via + # cloud-config 'output'. If there is /dev/console, messages will + # still get there. + sys.stdout.write(text) if log: if text[-1] == "\n": log.log(log_level, text[:-1]) |