Warning: user mockbuild does not exist: using root

The ‘mock’ module is responsible to build the source RPMs (SRPMs) under a chroot environment and uses the ‘mockbuild’ user.

If the mockbuild user does not exist while installing the source RPM, you will receive the ‘Warning: user mockbuild does not exist. using root‘ error message.

In order to fix the warning message, install the ‘mock’ module:

# yum install mock

and create the ‘mockbuild’ user

# useradd -s /sbin/nologin mockbuild

Once done, you should be able to install the required tool under the mockbuild user.

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3 Responses to “Warning: user mockbuild does not exist: using root”

  1. newbie in linux
    November 24th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    Thanks so much ^^

  2. Dave
    June 10th, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    to the point, perfect. thx.

  3. Beta Group
    November 10th, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    Thanks buddy, works!