fix: install plugin/base requirements as root so ledmatrix.service can see them

ledmatrix-web.service runs as a non-root user, so "Reinstall plugin
requirements" installed packages into that user's ~/.local site-packages.
ledmatrix.service (the actual display, which loads and runs plugin code)
runs as root and can't see another user's user-site packages, so plugins
with dependencies not already present system-wide would silently fail at
runtime with ModuleNotFoundError even after a "successful" reinstall.
Reproduced and fixed live against a real device (weather plugin's astral
dependency, used for moon-phase data): confirmed the exact failure
("No module named 'astral'" on every almanac cycle) and confirmed it's
gone after this fix.

Adds scripts/fix_perms/safe_pip_install.sh, a root-owned wrapper (mirroring
the existing safe_plugin_rm.sh pattern) that validates the target is
requirements.txt at the project root or under plugin-repos/ or plugins/
before running pip install as root. configure_web_sudo.sh provisions a
narrowly-scoped sudoers rule for it. api_v3.py's install_base_requirements
and install_plugin_requirements actions now use it via `sudo -n`, falling
back to today's current-user-only install (with an explanatory note) if
the wrapper isn't set up yet, so existing installs don't regress.

Also uses --ignore-installed in the wrapper: root's site-packages often has
apt/dpkg-managed copies of common libraries (requests, etc.) with no pip
RECORD file, which pip refuses to upgrade in place and aborts the *entire*
requirements.txt install over — discovered this while testing the fix live,
since a plugin's other already-satisfied-for-the-web-user dependencies had
never actually been attempted as root before.

Also fixes a pre-existing bug in configure_web_sudo.sh where the
display_controller.py/start_display.sh/stop_display.sh sudoers entries used
PROJECT_DIR (scripts/install/, where this script lives) instead of
PROJECT_ROOT (where those files actually live) — visible as the script's
own "File access test" self-check failing. Verified fixed live.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KEZK1P1Q1fu5pcuVrkrCFZ
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2026-07-04 09:46:47 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
parent c6ce332d49
commit 8de706323a
3 changed files with 140 additions and 13 deletions
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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ POWEROFF_PATH=$(command -v poweroff) || true
BASH_PATH=$(command -v bash) || true
JOURNALCTL_PATH=$(command -v journalctl) || true
SAFE_RM_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/fix_perms/safe_plugin_rm.sh"
SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/fix_perms/safe_pip_install.sh"
# Validate required commands (systemctl, bash, python3 are essential)
for CMD_NAME in SYSTEMCTL_PATH BASH_PATH PYTHON_PATH; do
@@ -48,11 +49,15 @@ if [ ${#MISSING_CMDS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
exit 1
fi
# Validate helper script exists
# Validate helper scripts exist
if [ ! -f "$SAFE_RM_PATH" ]; then
echo "Error: Safe plugin removal helper not found: $SAFE_RM_PATH" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -f "$SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH" ]; then
echo "Error: Safe pip install helper not found: $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH" >&2
exit 1
fi
echo "Command paths:"
echo " Python: $PYTHON_PATH"
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ echo " Poweroff: ${POWEROFF_PATH:-(not found, skipping)}"
echo " Bash: $BASH_PATH"
echo " Journalctl: ${JOURNALCTL_PATH:-(not found, skipping)}"
echo " Safe plugin rm: $SAFE_RM_PATH"
echo " Safe pip install: $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"
# Create a temporary sudoers file
TEMP_SUDOERS="/tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers_$$"
@@ -101,13 +107,22 @@ TEMP_SUDOERS="/tmp/ledmatrix_web_sudoers_$$"
fi
# Required: python3, bash
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $PYTHON_PATH $PROJECT_DIR/display_controller.py"
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_DIR/start_display.sh"
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_DIR/stop_display.sh"
# NOTE: display_controller.py/start_display.sh/stop_display.sh live at the
# project root, not under scripts/install/ (where this script lives) —
# must use PROJECT_ROOT here, not PROJECT_DIR.
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $PYTHON_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT/display_controller.py"
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT/start_display.sh"
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $PROJECT_ROOT/stop_display.sh"
echo ""
echo "# Allow web user to remove plugin directories via vetted helper script"
echo "# The helper validates that the target path resolves inside plugin-repos/ or plugins/"
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $SAFE_RM_PATH *"
echo ""
echo "# Allow web user to install a plugin's requirements.txt as root via vetted"
echo "# helper script, so packages are visible to root-run ledmatrix.service"
echo "# (not just the web interface's own user). The helper validates the target"
echo "# is requirements.txt at the project root or under plugin-repos/ or plugins/."
echo "$WEB_USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: $BASH_PATH $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH *"
} > "$TEMP_SUDOERS"
echo ""
@@ -126,6 +141,7 @@ echo "- Run display_controller.py directly"
echo "- Execute start_display.sh and stop_display.sh"
echo "- Reboot and shutdown the system"
echo "- Remove plugin directories (for update/uninstall when root-owned files block deletion)"
echo "- Install plugin/base requirements.txt as root (so ledmatrix.service can see them)"
echo ""
# Ask for confirmation
@@ -147,6 +163,13 @@ fi
if ! sudo chmod 755 "$SAFE_RM_PATH"; then
echo "Warning: Could not set permissions on $SAFE_RM_PATH"
fi
echo "Hardening safe_pip_install.sh ownership..."
if ! sudo chown root:root "$SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"; then
echo "Warning: Could not set ownership on $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"
fi
if ! sudo chmod 755 "$SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"; then
echo "Warning: Could not set permissions on $SAFE_PIP_INSTALL_PATH"
fi
if sudo cp "$TEMP_SUDOERS" /etc/sudoers.d/ledmatrix_web; then
echo "Configuration applied successfully!"
@@ -160,7 +183,7 @@ if sudo cp "$TEMP_SUDOERS" /etc/sudoers.d/ledmatrix_web; then
echo "✗ systemctl status ledmatrix.service - Failed"
fi
if sudo -n test -f "$PROJECT_DIR/start_display.sh"; then
if sudo -n test -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/start_display.sh"; then
echo "✓ File access test - OK"
else
echo "✗ File access test - Failed"