diegosouzapw/OmniRoute · error · Error

Sudo password required to start tailscaled

Error message

Sudo password required to start tailscaled

What it means

Error "Sudo password required to start tailscaled" thrown in diegosouzapw/OmniRoute.

Source

Thrown at src/lib/tailscaleTunnel.ts:596

      // Ignore service start errors and verify below.
    }

    await sleep(2500);
    if (!(await getLiveStatusPayload(resolution.binaryPath))) {
      throw new Error("Failed to start Tailscale service");
    }

    return { started: true };
  }

  const daemonBinary = await resolveDaemonBinary(resolution.binaryPath);
  if (!daemonBinary) {
    throw new Error("tailscaled binary not found");
  }

  const password = toNonEmptyString(sudoPassword) || getCachedPassword() || "";
  if (!password) {
    throw new Error("Sudo password required to start tailscaled");
  }

  setCachedPassword(password);
  await ensureTailscaleDir();

  const command = [
    `mkdir -p ${shellEscape(getTailscaleDir())}`,
    `nohup ${shellEscape(daemonBinary)} --socket=${shellEscape(getTailscaleSocketPath())} --statedir=${shellEscape(getTailscaleDir())} >> ${shellEscape(getLogFilePath())} 2>&1 & echo $! > ${shellEscape(getPidFilePath())}`,
  ].join(" && ");

  await runSudoShell(command, password);
  await sleep(3000);

  // Re-probe socket after starting
  invalidateSocketCache();

  if (!(await getLiveStatusPayload(resolution.binaryPath))) {
    throw new Error("tailscaled did not become ready");

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/lib/tailscaleTunnel.ts:596 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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