[GH-ISSUE #2350] AWS credentials file searched is always the one in /root, not ${HOME} #1160

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opened 2026-03-04 01:51:49 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @poppem on GitHub (Oct 16, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/2350

Additional Information

Version of s3fs being used (`s3fs --version`)

V1.90 (commit:unknown)

Version of fuse being used (`pkg-config --modversion fuse`, `rpm -qi fuse` or `dpkg -s fuse`)

Version: 2.9.9-5ubuntu3

Kernel information (`uname -r`)

5.15.0-79-generic

GNU/Linux Distribution, if applicable (`cat /etc/os-release`)

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

How to run s3fs, if applicable

n/a

s3fs syslog messages (`grep s3fs /var/log/syslog`, `journalctl | grep s3fs`, or `s3fs outputs`)

Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: s3fs version 1.90(unknown) : s3fs -o createbucket -o instance_name=s3fs-bucket-test -o bucket=s3fs-bucket-test -o profile=badprofilename -o url=https://172.25.61.9:8111 -o use_path_request_style -o allow_other -o dbglevel=dbg -o curldbg /mnt/s3fs-bucket-test
Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]s3fs_logger.cpp:LowSetLogLevel(240): change debug level from [CRT] to [DBG]
Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]    PROC(uid=0, gid=0) - MountPoint(uid=0, gid=0, mode=40755)
Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]curl.cpp:InitMimeType(410): Try to load mime types from /etc/mime.types file.
Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]curl.cpp:InitMimeType(415): The old mime types are cleared to load new mime types.
Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]Loaded mime information from /etc/mime.types
Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]s3fs: Could not find profile: badprofilename in file: /root/.aws/credentials

Details about issue

As stated in the s3fs documentation, s3fs is supposed to look in ${HOME}/.aws/credentials for the profile, however, when a user mounts using sudo the credentials file searched is /root/.aws/credentials

mpoppe@mpoppe-head:/mnt$ sudo s3fs /mnt/s3fs-bucket-test -o createbucket -o instance_name=s3fs-bucket-test -o bucket=s3fs-bucket-test -o profile=badprofilename -o url=https://172.25.61.9:8111 -o use_path_request_style -o allow_other -o dbglevel=dbg -o curldbg
s3fs: Could not find profile: badprofilename in file: /root/.aws/credentials
mpoppe@mpoppe-head:/mnt$ echo $HOME
/nfs_home/mpoppe

Originally created by @poppem on GitHub (Oct 16, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/2350  ### Additional Information #### Version of s3fs being used (`s3fs --version`) V1.90 (commit:unknown) #### Version of fuse being used (`pkg-config --modversion fuse`, `rpm -qi fuse` or `dpkg -s fuse`) Version: 2.9.9-5ubuntu3 #### Kernel information (`uname -r`) 5.15.0-79-generic #### GNU/Linux Distribution, if applicable (`cat /etc/os-release`) Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS #### How to run s3fs, if applicable n/a #### s3fs syslog messages (`grep s3fs /var/log/syslog`, `journalctl | grep s3fs`, or `s3fs outputs`)  ``` Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: s3fs version 1.90(unknown) : s3fs -o createbucket -o instance_name=s3fs-bucket-test -o bucket=s3fs-bucket-test -o profile=badprofilename -o url=https://172.25.61.9:8111 -o use_path_request_style -o allow_other -o dbglevel=dbg -o curldbg /mnt/s3fs-bucket-test Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]s3fs_logger.cpp:LowSetLogLevel(240): change debug level from [CRT] to [DBG] Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test] PROC(uid=0, gid=0) - MountPoint(uid=0, gid=0, mode=40755) Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]curl.cpp:InitMimeType(410): Try to load mime types from /etc/mime.types file. Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]curl.cpp:InitMimeType(415): The old mime types are cleared to load new mime types. Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]Loaded mime information from /etc/mime.types Oct 16 19:15:15 mpoppe-head s3fs[3573919]: [s3fs-bucket-test]s3fs: Could not find profile: badprofilename in file: /root/.aws/credentials ``` ### Details about issue As stated in the s3fs documentation, s3fs is supposed to look in ${HOME}/.aws/credentials for the profile, however, when a user mounts using sudo the credentials file searched is /root/.aws/credentials ``` mpoppe@mpoppe-head:/mnt$ sudo s3fs /mnt/s3fs-bucket-test -o createbucket -o instance_name=s3fs-bucket-test -o bucket=s3fs-bucket-test -o profile=badprofilename -o url=https://172.25.61.9:8111 -o use_path_request_style -o allow_other -o dbglevel=dbg -o curldbg s3fs: Could not find profile: badprofilename in file: /root/.aws/credentials mpoppe@mpoppe-head:/mnt$ echo $HOME /nfs_home/mpoppe ```