@sonde/agent 0.2.10 → 0.2.12

package/src/runtime/privilege.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
-/** Exit with error if running as root (uid 0) */
+/** Exit with error if running as root (uid 0). */
 export function checkNotRoot(): void {
   if (process.getuid?.() === 0) {
     console.error('Error: sonde agent must not run as root.');
-    console.error('Run as the dedicated "sonde" user or a non-root account.');
-    console.error('See: packages/agent/scripts/install.sh');
+    console.error('');
+    if (sondeUserExists()) {
+      console.error('A "sonde" user exists. Install the systemd service:');
+      console.error('  sonde service install');
+      console.error('');
+      console.error('Or start interactively as the sonde user:');
+      console.error('  su -s /bin/sh sonde -c "sonde start"');
+    } else {
+      console.error('Create a dedicated user and re-run the installer:');
+      console.error('  useradd --system --home-dir /var/lib/sonde --create-home \\');
+      console.error('    --shell /usr/sbin/nologin sonde');
+      console.error('  sonde service install');
+    }
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }

package/src/tui/installer/StepHub.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import { Box, Text, useInput } from 'ink';
 import TextInput from 'ink-text-input';
@@ -17,11 +18,13 @@ const FIELD_LABELS: Record<Field, string> = {
   agentName: 'Agent Name',
 };
 
+const DEFAULT_AGENT_NAME = `${os.hostname()}-${crypto.randomBytes(3).toString('hex')}`;
+
 export function StepHub({ onNext, initialHubUrl }: StepHubProps): JSX.Element {
   const [activeField, setActiveField] = useState<Field>(initialHubUrl ? 'apiKey' : 'hubUrl');
   const [hubUrl, setHubUrl] = useState(initialHubUrl ?? '');
   const [apiKey, setApiKey] = useState('');
-  const [agentName, setAgentName] = useState(os.hostname());
+  const [agentName, setAgentName] = useState(DEFAULT_AGENT_NAME);
   const [error, setError] = useState('');
 
   const values: Record<Field, string> = { hubUrl, apiKey, agentName };
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ export function StepHub({ onNext, initialHubUrl }: StepHubProps): JSX.Element {
       onNext({
         hubUrl: hubUrl.trim(),
         apiKey: apiKey.trim(),
-        agentName: agentName.trim() || os.hostname(),
+        agentName: agentName.trim() || DEFAULT_AGENT_NAME,
       });
     }
   });