phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

You are trying to run a daemon as a nonstandard user, and `%

Error message

You are trying to run a daemon as a nonstandard user, and `%s` was not able to `%s` to the correct user. 
The daemons are configured to run as "%s", but the current user is "%s". 
Use `%s` to run as a different user, pass `%s` to ignore this warning, or edit `%s` to change the configuration.

What it means

Error "You are trying to run a daemon as a nonstandard user, and `%s` was not able to `%s` to the correct user. The daemons are configured to run as "%s", but the current user is "%s". Use `%s` to run as a different user, pass `%s` to ignore this warning, or edit `%s` to change the configuration." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:92

    $run_as_current_user = false) {

    // Convert any shorthand classnames like "taskmaster" into proper class
    // names.
    foreach ($daemons as $key => $daemon) {
      $class = $this->findDaemonClass($daemon['class']);
      $daemons[$key]['class'] = $class;
    }

    $console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();

    if (!$run_as_current_user) {
      // Check if the script is started as the correct user
      $phd_user = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phd.user');
      $current_user = posix_getpwuid(posix_geteuid());
      $current_user = $current_user['name'];
      if ($phd_user && $phd_user != $current_user) {
        if ($debug) {
          throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
            pht(
              "You are trying to run a daemon as a nonstandard user, ".
              "and `%s` was not able to `%s` to the correct user. \n".
              'The daemons are configured to run as "%s", '.
              'but the current user is "%s". '."\n".
              'Use `%s` to run as a different user, pass `%s` to ignore this '.
              'warning, or edit `%s` to change the configuration.',
              'phd',
              'sudo',
              $phd_user,
              $current_user,
              'sudo',
              '--as-current-user',
              'phd.user'));
        } else {
          $this->runDaemonsAsUser = $phd_user;
          $console->writeOut(pht('Starting daemons as %s', $phd_user)."\n");
        }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:92 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/dd760deea09283d9. Report an issue: GitHub.