pkg installer: Fix ownership of files installed into $HOME

constructor/osx/run_installation.sh

@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ if ! "$PREFIX/bin/python" -V; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# This is unneeded for the default install to ~, but if the user changes the
+# This is not needed for the default install to ~, but if the user changes the
 # install location, the permissions will default to root unless this is done.
 chown -R "$USER" "$PREFIX"
+chown -R "$USER" "${HOME}/.conda"
+test -f "${HOME}/.condarc" && chown "${USER}" "${HOME}/.condarc"
 
 notify "Done! Installation is available in $PREFIX."
 

constructor/osx/update_path.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Anaconda, Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
 
@@ -8,4 +8,34 @@ set -eux
 
 PREFIX="$2/__NAME_LOWER__"
 PREFIX=$(cd "$PREFIX"; pwd)
-"$PREFIX/bin/python" -m conda init --all
+INIT_FILES=$("$PREFIX/bin/python" -m conda init --all | tee)
+
+# Just like in run_install.sh, the files generated by the installer
+# are owned by root when installed outside of $HOME. So, ownership of
+# files modified by conda init must be changed to belong to $USER.
+# For shells like fish or powershell, conda init creates subdirectories
+# inside $HOME and/or $PREFIX, so ensure that parent directories also
+# have the correct owner.
+if [[ "${USER}" != "root" ]]; then
+    echo "Fixing permissions..."
+    read -r -a MODIFIED_FILES <<< "$(\
+      echo "${INIT_FILES}" |\
+      awk '/modified/{print $2}' |\
+      # Only grab files inside $HOME or $PREFIX.
+      # All init files should be there, but that may change, and it
+      # is better to miss files than to have an infinite loop below.
+      grep -E "^(${HOME}|${PREFIX})"\
+    )"
+    for file in "${MODIFIED_FILES[@]}"; do
+        while [[ "${file}" != "${HOME}" ]] && [[ "${file}" != "${PREFIX}" ]]; do
+            # Check just in case the file wasn't created due to flaky conda init
+            if [[ -f "${file}" ]] || [[ -d "${file}" ]]; then
+                OWNER=$(stat -f "%u" "${file}" | id -un)
+                if [[ "${OWNER}" == "root" ]]; then
+                    chown "${USER}" "${file}"
+                fi
+            fi
+            file="${file%/*}"
+        done
+    done
+fi

news/784-pkg-installation-file-ownership

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Fix ownership of files created by the PKG installer outside of `$PREFIX`. (#784)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>

tests/test_examples.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import getpass
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
@@ -414,8 +415,33 @@ def test_example_noconda(tmp_path, request):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform != "darwin", reason="macOS only")
 def test_example_osxpkg(tmp_path, request):
     input_path = _example_path("osxpkg")
+    ownership_test_files_home = [
+        ".bash_profile",
+        ".conda",
+        ".condarc",
+        ".config",
+        ".config/fish",
+        ".config/fish/fish.config",
+        ".config/powershell",
+        ".config/powershell/profile.ps1",
+        ".tcshrc",
+        ".xonshrc",
+        ".zshrc",
+    ]
+    ownership_test_files_home = [Path.home() / file for file in ownership_test_files_home]
+    # getpass.getuser is more reliable than os.getlogin:
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.getlogin
+    expected_owner = getpass.getuser()
     for installer, install_dir in create_installer(input_path, tmp_path):
         _run_installer(input_path, installer, install_dir, request=request)
+        expected = {}
+        found = {}
+        for file in ownership_test_files_home:
+            if not file.exists():
+                continue
+            expected[file] = expected_owner
+            found[file] = file.owner()
+        assert expected == found
 
 
 def test_example_scripts(tmp_path, request):