cjsimmons
March 7, 2019, 5:55am
22
I am as well. When I try to use setcap it doesn’t work as /usr/bin/python3.5 doesn’t exist on my setup.
I have HA setup in a Virtual Environment on Raspbian. I’ve tried /srv/homeassistant/bin/python3.5 but I get the following error:
Failed to set capabilities on file `/srv/homeassistant/bin/python3.5' (Invalid argument)
The value of the capability argument is not permitted for a file. Or the file is not a regular (non-symlink) file
Does anyone have a clue as to what the path is to Python on for a Virtual Environment?
Ash_Wells
March 7, 2019, 9:34am
23
Same here running HA on a mac which has no setcap command!
Help needed please
onemico
March 7, 2019, 11:20am
24
hi mate, you can figure out what python you need to run the setcap command on by doing:
cd /usr/bin
you’ll see what file it is pointing to:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 20 2017 python3 -> python3.5
and then you run:
sudo setcap ‘cap_net_bind_service=+ep’ /usr/bin/python3.5
Then restart you homeassistant service and you should be good to go.
Unfortunately this fails to work for me using /usr/bin/python3.7
cjsimmons
March 7, 2019, 12:06pm
26
didn’t work.
the setcap command worked with no issues, but rebooting HA still has the same issue of being unable to bind with port 987.
running ls -al | grep python3 results in the following, and includes that line you posted about half way through.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Sep 28 03:25 arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5-config -> arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5m-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3252 Sep 28 03:25 arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5m-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 20 2017 arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3-config -> arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Jan 20 2017 arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3m-config -> arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5m-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jan 26 2017 dh_python3 -> ../share/dh-python/dh_python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Sep 28 03:25 pdb3.5 -> ../lib/python3.5/pdb.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jan 20 2017 py3versions -> ../share/python3/py3versions.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 20 2017 python3 -> python3.5
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3976256 Sep 28 03:25 python3.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Sep 28 03:25 python3.5-config -> arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5-config
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3976256 Sep 28 03:25 python3.5m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Sep 28 03:25 python3.5m-config -> arm-linux-gnueabihf-python3.5m-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 20 2017 python3-config -> python3.5-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 20 2017 python3m -> python3.5m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 20 2017 python3m-config -> python3.5m-config
RayBe
March 7, 2019, 12:10pm
27
@onemico , @Ktnrg45 ,
Hi, good afternoon,
I also have homeassistant setup in a virtual environment.
I did use your suggested command:
ls -al | grep python3
to find where it is pointing to, then i issued the command:
sudo setcap ‘cap_net_bind_service=+ep’ /srv/homeassistant/bin/python3.6
Which gave me the error:
Failed to set capabilities on file `/srv/homeassistant/bin/python3.6’ (Invalid argument)
Question remains: how can i (and others) give access to the ports needed in a virtual environment?
Thanks in advance,
br,
Your setcap command should be:
sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/bin/python3.6
RayBe
March 7, 2019, 12:49pm
29
Also in a virtual environment?
when is do:
ls -al | grep python3
Unless you installed python3.6 to your virtual environment, and I can’t image how or why that’d happen, your python install should be in /usr/bin/python3.6
Then use python3.4 as you seem to have that installed instead of 3.6
RayBe
March 7, 2019, 12:56pm
33
Did that, and the command seemed to work, but i still get a:
Aborted
Thanks for your help.
Br,
That gets you to the same situation the rest of us are in which means you’re not alone and the problem is not isolated to something one of us is doing wrong. Hang tight, I’m sure we’ll get a response from the dev soon.
Ash_Wells
March 7, 2019, 12:58pm
35
I’m still stuck in Mac as no setcap command works. Trying authbind but haven’t figured out yet…
RayBe
March 7, 2019, 12:59pm
36
Thank you very much.
No, we’re trying to tell our system that Python (system-wide) can bind the ports it needs. Python is the thing that’s running the virtual environment. The virtual environment is just a neat way to keep things isolated.
cjsimmons
March 7, 2019, 1:04pm
38
SUCCESS!!! This worked for me. I’m now up to the next step. I’m going to head to bed now, but I’ll continue over the weekend.
sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /srv/homeassistant/bin/python3
onemico
March 7, 2019, 1:07pm
39
Sorry guys, I am on VENV too and that is what worked for me.
You might also want to do a netstat and check if anything else is using port 987 also?
RayBe
March 7, 2019, 1:07pm
40
Sadly not for me, i still get:
Failed to set capabilities on file `/srv/homeassistant/bin/python3’ (Invalid argument)
Nothing is bound to 987 for me:
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 10.0.0.201:8300 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5482/python3
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:32400 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 556/Plex Media Serv
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 623/nginx: master p
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:40561 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 662/Plex Plug-in [c
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:32401 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 556/Plex Media Serv
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:32402 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 623/nginx: master p
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 552/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:32600 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 752/Plex Tuner Serv
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8088 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 543/influxd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8123 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5482/python3
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 623/nginx: master p
tcp6 0 0 :::8086 :::* LISTEN 543/influxd
tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 552/sshd
tcp6 0 0 :::3000 :::* LISTEN 6333/grafana-server
Same result here.
root@Up2:/usr/bin# ls -al | grep python
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Sep 27 21:40 dh_pypy -> ../share/dh-python/dh_pypy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1056 Jan 18 10:56 dh_python2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Sep 27 21:40 dh_python3 -> ../share/dh-python/dh_python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 69 Jan 1 14:19 lirc-setup -> ../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/python3.7/site- packages/lirc-setup/lirc-setup
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Feb 18 11:05 pdb2.7 -> ../lib/python2.7/pdb.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Feb 2 14:31 pdb3.7 -> ../lib/python3.7/pdb.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jan 18 07:54 py3versions -> ../share/python3/py3versions.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Sep 27 21:40 pybuild -> ../share/dh-python/pybuild
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 18 10:56 python -> python2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 10:56 python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3689320 Feb 18 11:05 python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 18 07:54 python3 -> python3.7
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4873728 Feb 2 14:31 python3.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Feb 2 14:31 python3.7-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7-config
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4873728 Feb 2 14:31 python3.7m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 2 14:31 python3.7m-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 18 07:54 python3-config -> python3.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 07:54 python3m -> python3.7m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 18 07:54 python3m-config -> python3.7m-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jan 18 10:56 pyversions -> ../share/python/pyversions.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 2 14:31 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3291 Feb 2 14:31 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jan 18 07:54 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu- python3.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Jan 18 07:54 x86_64-linux-gnu-python3m-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config
