pkg: Unable to drop privileges: No error: 0

[elephant]

I get the above error message for pkg audit and pkg upgrade.

Searched /usr/src for the code that produces this error message and came up empty.

 

[T-Daemon]

Searched /usr/src for the code that produces this error message and came up empty.

You won't find it in /usr/src but in the source code of port ports-mgmt/pkg, pkg being a third party application:

pkg/src/utils.c

pkg/src/utils.c at 7b940ccda225a46dc6516cdd6a8067eb8f1f599c · freebsd/pkg

Package management tool for FreeBSD. Help at #pkg on Libera Chat or pkg@FreeBSD.org - freebsd/pkg

github.com

 

[T-Daemon]

I don't know if the problem described in the following thread has a similar background to your situation, nevertheless maybe it's of some use where to look:

Solved - pkg-static: Unable to drop privileges

Hi, after upgrading from FreeBSD 12.2 to 12.2-p2 from source, I messed up the mergemaster -Ui part, removing my user and all users created by ports installation like avahi, dbus, hal, polkit, etc. Since those are needed for a lot of stuff like running a window manager I'm stuck with the tty for...

forums.freebsd.org

 

[elephant]

Thanks T-Daemon. I'll look under /usr/ports instead.