I was in the process of installing CrackMapExec (CME) on Ubuntu this afternoon, and the CME docs suggested that I install pipx and manage the installation of CME through pipx to avoid dependency issues. I attempted to install pipx as a low priv user which failed. I subsequently installed pipx with sudo and this seems to have clobbered permissions such that I can no longer run pip3 as a low priv user:
user@box:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip$ pip3 --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip3", line 5, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main import main
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 10, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 9, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 7, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py", line 24, in <module>
from pip._internal.exceptions import CommandError
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/exceptions.py", line 10, in <module>
from pip._vendor.six import iteritems
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 79, in <module>
vendored("pkg_resources")
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 36, in vendored
__import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), level=0)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 618, in _load_backward_compatible
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3252, in <module>
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3235, in _call_aside
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3264, in _initialize_master_working_set
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 574, in _build_master
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 567, in __init__
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 623, in add_entry
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2065, in find_on_path
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2127, in distributions_from_metadata
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yarl-1.7.0.dist-info'
However, if I use a previously created virtualenv or if I create a new virtualenv, I do not have an issue:
user@box:/opt/Tools$ cd spiderfoot/
user@box:/opt/Tools/spiderfoot$ virtualenv .spiderfoot
created virtual environment CPython3.8.10.final.0-64 in 264ms
creator CPython3Posix(dest=/opt/Tools/spiderfoot/.spiderfoot, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/bleiden/.local/share/virtualenv)
added seed packages: pip==21.2.4, setuptools==58.1.0, wheel==0.37.0
activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,NushellActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator
user@box:/opt/Tools/spiderfoot$ source .spiderfoot/bin/activate
(.spiderfoot) user@box:/opt/Tools/spiderfoot$ pip3 --version
pip 21.2.4 from /opt/Tools/spiderfoot/.spiderfoot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)
(.spiderfoot) user@box:/opt/Tools/spiderfoot$ deactivate
user@box:/opt/Tools/spiderfoot$ pip3 --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip3", line 5, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main import main
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 10, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 9, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 7, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py", line 24, in <module>
from pip._internal.exceptions import CommandError
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/exceptions.py", line 10, in <module>
from pip._vendor.six import iteritems
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 79, in <module>
vendored("pkg_resources")
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 36, in vendored
__import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), level=0)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 618, in _load_backward_compatible
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3252, in <module>
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3235, in _call_aside
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3264, in _initialize_master_working_set
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 574, in _build_master
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 567, in __init__
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 623, in add_entry
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2065, in find_on_path
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2127, in distributions_from_metadata
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yarl-1.7.0.dist-info'
I attempted to uninstall and reinstall python3-pip via apt but this did not solve the problem. chown-ing the dist-packages folder to my user ID is likely not an option as I am not the only user on this box who needs python. Any help you could provide is greatly appreciated.
