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[JENKINS-46055] "dir" fails to use existing directory owned by root

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Now that -JENKINS-40925">JENKINS-40925- is resolved, and the dir command works with the kubernetes-plugin, I found the dir and ws commands fail to use existing directories if they're owned by root while using the kubernetes-plugin.

 

Example:

podTemplate(label: "test", containers: [

containerTemplate(name: 'golang', image: "golang:1.8", ttyEnabled: true, command: 'cat'
)
]) {
node("test") {
stage("mk build path") {
container(name: "golang") {
sh "ls -al /go/src"
sh "mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/"
}
}
stage("use build path") {
container(name: "golang") {
sh "ls -al /go/src/github.com/"

//fails
dir("/go/src/github.com/") {
sh "pwd"
}
}
}
}
}


Maybe the actual same problem reported here: JENKINS-45549">JENKINS-45549 just with specific k8s steps to reproduce

 

+ ls -al /go/src

total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul 26 05:14 .
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Aug 2 16:05 ..
+ mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/
+ ls -al /go/src/github.com/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 8 08:24 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Aug 8 08:24 ..
[Pipeline] dir
Running in /go/src/github.com
....
java.io.IOException: Failed to mkdirs: /go/src/github.com
at hudson.FilePath.mkdirs(FilePath.java:1170)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.FileMonitoringTask$FileMonitoringController.(FileMonitoringTask.java:113)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript$ShellController.(BourneShellScript.java:167)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript$ShellController.(BourneShellScript.java:161)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.launchWithCookie(BourneShellScript.java:90)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.FileMonitoringTask.launch(FileMonitoringTask.java:64)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.durable_task.DurableTaskStep$Execution.start(DurableTaskStep.java:167)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:224)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:150)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:108)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1117.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1218)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1027)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:42)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:151)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:21)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:115)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:146)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:16)
at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:17)
at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:57)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor356.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ConstantBlock.eval(ConstantBlock.java:21)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:83)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:173)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:162)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:122)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:261)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:162)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:19)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:35)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:32)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.GroovySandbox.runInSandbox(GroovySandbox.java:108)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:32)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:174)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:330)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$100(CpsThreadGroup.java:82)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:242)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:230)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:64)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Finished: FAILURE
 

 

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Originally reported by jknurek, imported from: "dir" fails to use existing directory owned by root


  • status: Open
  • priority: Minor
  • component(s): durable-task-plugin
  • resolution: Unresolved
  • votes: 0
  • watchers: 6
  • imported: 2025-12-09

Raw content of original issue

Now that -JENKINS-40925- is resolved, and the dir command works with the kubernetes-plugin, I found the dir and ws commands fail to use existing directories if they're owned by root while using the kubernetes-plugin.

 

Example:



podTemplate(label: "test", containers: [

containerTemplate(name: 'golang', image: "golang:1.8", ttyEnabled: true, command: 'cat'
)
]) {
node("test") {
stage("mk build path") {
container(name: "golang") {
sh "ls -al /go/src"
sh "mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/"
}
}
stage("use build path") {
container(name: "golang") {
sh "ls -al /go/src/github.com/"

//fails
dir("/go/src/github.com/") {
sh "pwd"
}
}
}
}
}


Maybe the actual same problem reported here: JENKINS-45549 just with specific k8s steps to reproduce

 



+ ls -al /go/src

total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul 26 05:14 .
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Aug 2 16:05 ..
+ mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/
+ ls -al /go/src/github.com/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 8 08:24 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Aug 8 08:24 ..
[Pipeline] dir
Running in /go/src/github.com
....
java.io.IOException: Failed to mkdirs: /go/src/github.com
at hudson.FilePath.mkdirs(FilePath.java:1170)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.FileMonitoringTask$FileMonitoringController.<init>(FileMonitoringTask.java:113)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript$ShellController.<init>(BourneShellScript.java:167)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript$ShellController.<init>(BourneShellScript.java:161)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.launchWithCookie(BourneShellScript.java:90)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.FileMonitoringTask.launch(FileMonitoringTask.java:64)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.durable_task.DurableTaskStep$Execution.start(DurableTaskStep.java:167)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:224)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:150)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:108)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1117.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1218)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1027)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:42)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:151)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:21)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:115)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:146)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:16)
at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:17)
at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:57)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor356.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ConstantBlock.eval(ConstantBlock.java:21)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:83)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:173)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:162)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:122)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:261)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:162)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:19)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:35)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:32)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.GroovySandbox.runInSandbox(GroovySandbox.java:108)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:32)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:174)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:330)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$100(CpsThreadGroup.java:82)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:242)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:230)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:64)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Finished: FAILURE
 


 

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