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fix: avoid recursive chown on host bind-mounted data directories #25

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fix: avoid recursive chown on host bind-mounted data directories
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fix: add safety guards against dangerous path chown in entrypoint
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24 changes: 17 additions & 7 deletions entrypoint.sh
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Expand Up @@ -48,20 +48,30 @@ export OPENCLAW_HOME="${OPENCLAW_HOME:-/home/clawmetry/.openclaw}"

# The container starts as root. We ensure the data directory exists and
# has the correct permissions before dropping privileges.
# We intentionally do NOT recurse into existing content to avoid mutating
# host-side ownership when DATA_DIR is a bind mount where the host user's
# UID differs from the container's 'clawmetry' user (UID 1000).
DATA_DIR="${OPENCLAW_DATA_DIR:-/home/clawmetry/.openclaw}"
echo "Fixing permissions for $DATA_DIR..."
mkdir -p "$DATA_DIR"
chown -R clawmetry:clawmetry "$DATA_DIR"
ls -ld "$DATA_DIR"
ls -la "$DATA_DIR"
# Only fix ownership when the directory is still owned by root (e.g. just
# created above or a brand-new Docker-managed volume). This preserves the
# original ownership on pre-existing bind mounts.
# Safety guard: never chown '/' or an empty path.
if [ -n "$DATA_DIR" ] && [ "$DATA_DIR" != "/" ] && \
[ "$(stat -c '%u' "$DATA_DIR")" = "0" ]; then
chown clawmetry:clawmetry "$DATA_DIR"
fi

# Also ensure the fleet DB directory exists if FLEET_DB_PATH is set.
if [ -n "$FLEET_DB_PATH" ]; then
echo "Fixing permissions for fleet DB at $FLEET_DB_PATH..."
DB_DIR=$(dirname "$FLEET_DB_PATH")
mkdir -p "$DB_DIR"
chown -R clawmetry:clawmetry "$DB_DIR"
ls -ld "$DB_DIR"
# Safety guard: never chown '/' (e.g. FLEET_DB_PATH='/fleet.db'),
# '.' (relative path), or an empty string.
if [ -n "$DB_DIR" ] && [ "$DB_DIR" != "/" ] && [ "$DB_DIR" != "." ] && \
[ "$(stat -c '%u' "$DB_DIR")" = "0" ]; then
chown clawmetry:clawmetry "$DB_DIR"
fi
fi

echo "Starting gunicorn with gosu clawmetry..."
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