[Bug]: Restarting phone and probably putting it on an sdcard cause this error

[Minecrafter11231]

Problem description

Transcript

exec("/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/login"): Permission denied

[Process completed (code 1) - press Enter]

Termux App Info

APP_NAME: Termux
PACKAGE_NAME: com.termux
VERSION_CODE: 114
TARGET_SDK: 28
IS_DEBUG_BUILD: false
SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST: 228FB2CFE90831C1499EC3CCAF61E96E8E1CE70766B9474672CE427334D41C42

Device Info

Software

OS_VERSION: 4.14.141-20440625
SDK_INT: 29
RELEASE: 10
ID: QP1A.190711.020
DISPLAY: QP1A.190711.020.A013GXXU4AUG5
INCREMENTAL: A013GXXU4AUG5
SECURITY_PATCH: 2021-07-01
IS_DEBUGGABLE: 0
IS_TREBLE_ENABLED: true
TYPE: user
TAGS: release-keys
APK_RELEASE: F-Droid

Steps to reproduce the behavior.

Restart your device open termux and it if it didn't
pop up you probably need to put termux on an sdcard

What is the expected behavior?

i exepct it to open and run fine

System information

Hardware

MANUFACTURER: samsung
BRAND: samsung
MODEL: SM-A013G
PRODUCT: a01corextc
BOARD: k39tv1_bsp_1g_titan
HARDWARE: mt6739
DEVICE: a01core
SUPPORTED_ABIS: armeabi-v7a, armeabi

VERSION_NAME: 0.114

[agnostic-apollo]

Termux must not be installed on sd card.

[ghost]

Some devices put it on sdcard automatically (not sure, but probably there were reports on this), regardless of AndroidManifest configuration.

[agnostic-apollo]

@Grimler91 said a guy who reported on email confirmed that installing v0.117 on sd card was failing bootstrap installation.

Creating directory file at path "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr-staging/bin" failed.

Android shouldn't allow it to install on sdcard due to installLocation="internalOnly" in AndroidManifest.xml but since it is, likely reason is that termux files dir /data/data/com.termux/files gets changed too or access is lost, although only apk install path should change, not data path. I am not sure of the real reason.

Anyway, 24ea83d (not yet released) should help with finding real reason. If someone wants to test now instead of waiting for next release, uninstall Termux app and ALL plugins installed from F-Droid as per instructions at https://github.com/termux/termux-app#Installation and then install universal debug apk from https://github.com/termux/termux-app/actions/runs/1159500780. Then send the new report generated which will have more info to debug the issue.

[Grimler91]

@Grimler91 said a guy who reported on email confirmed that installing v0.117 on sd card was failing bootstrap installation.

The person wrote:

I has used Termux on the SD Card but i changed to the internal storage and after it works correctly

Not sure if he had manually selected to install to ext sdcard somehow or if android selected it for him

[creepy-pasta101]

Not sure if he had manually selected to install to ext sdcard somehow or if android selected it for him

Well.. some vendors like Samsung allow apps to be moved to sdcard regardless of app's manifest...
This option needs to be enabled in developer's options and then the app needs to be moved to sdcard

[ghost]

Yes, but that's still unclear what is actually the OPs case.

Here is how this option looks like:

If enabled, I can move Termux to external SD card freely:

I have moved it, but it still works because only APK file and .so libraries are being moved. Android moves application by packaging it into a fixed-size encrypted EXT4 image file stored in /storage/XXXX-XXXX/.android_secure. No prefix content is actually being moved.

Besides standard application moving functionality, there are other ways which can move data directory as well, like link2sd. They require root and also can lead to whatever issues (ownership + SELinux) when application was reinstalled or something wrong happened on device reboot.

[agnostic-apollo]

Install v0.118.0+ and post errors if any.