Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/env: No such process

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Hi,

I've been using node-red for a while now, and today I realized that I can't execute it from my laptop, and I can't find the reason.

I tried to uninstall it with these recommendations:

I installed it again with the command I usually do it:
https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi

But this is what I get:

nodered.service: Failed to determine group credentials: No such process
nodered.service: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/env: No such process
nodered.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=216/GROUP
nodered.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
nodered.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 37.
Stopped Node-RED graphical event wiring tool.
Started Node-RED graphical event wiring tool.
nodered.service: Failed to determine group credentials: No such process
nodered.service: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/env: No such process
nodered.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=216/GROUP
nodered.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
nodered.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 38.

This is my output from lsb_release -a:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

And if I run: sudo systemctl status nodered.service, this is the output. As you can see, it is constantly activating but it is never active.

â—Ź nodered.service - Node-RED graphical event wiring tool
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nodered.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-02-14 12:05:47 CET; 18s ago
Docs: Redirecting…
Process: 21874 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env node $NODE_OPTIONS red.js $NODE_RED_OPTIONS (code=exited, status=216/GROUP)
Main PID: 21874 (code=exited, status=216/GROUP)

Could you please help me?

Thank you!

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Can you paste the file /lib/systemd/system/nodered.service here please?

Can you logon as the user you used to install node red and run the command
groups

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The /lib/systemd/system/nodered.service content:

#systemd service file to start Node-RED

[Unit]
Description=Node-RED graphical event wiring tool
Wants=network.target
Documentation=Redirecting…

[Service]
Type=simple
#Run as normal pi user - change to the user name you wish to run Node-RED as
User=qmf
Group=qmf
WorkingDirectory=/home/qmf

Environment="NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=2048"
#uncomment and edit next line if you need an http proxy
#Environment="HTTP_PROXY=my.httpproxy.server.address"
#uncomment the next line for a more verbose log output
#Environment="NODE_RED_OPTIONS=-v"
#uncomment next line if you need to wait for time sync before starting
#ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c '/bin/journalctl -b -u systemd-timesyncd | /bin/grep -q "systemd-timesyncd.* Synchronized to time server"'

#ExecStart=/usr/bin/env node-red-pi $NODE_OPTIONS $NODE_RED_OPTIONS
ExecStart=/usr/bin/env node $NODE_OPTIONS red.js $NODE_RED_OPTIONS
#Use SIGINT to stop
KillSignal=SIGINT
#Auto restart on crash
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=20
#Tag things in the log
SyslogIdentifier=Node-RED
#StandardOutput=syslog

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

And the groups command shows:

openmote adm dialout cdrom sudo dip video plugdev lpadmin lxd sambashare docker

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Were you logged in as user qmf then? There should generally be a group with the same name as the user. Either create the group qmf and add the user to it, or if the service file is wrong then change the user/group/working directory there as appropriate. The error you got means that the group is invalid.

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Thank you! It works now!

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