I grepped the sources for 'azurecredentialcache':
user@HOST:~/opt/pgadmin4$ grep -R azurecredentialcache .
./lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgadmin4/config.py:AZURE_CREDENTIAL_CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'azurecredentialcache')
I do re-define DATA_DIR in my configuration file (see below) so it is unclear why it is trying to create something in "/var/lib/pgadmin":
user@HOST:~/opt/pgadmin4$ cat ./lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgadmin4/config_local.py
import os
DATA_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(u'~/.config/pgadmin-v4/'))
LOG_FILE = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'pgadmin4.log')
SQLITE_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'pgadmin4.db')
SESSION_DB_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'sessions')
STORAGE_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'storage')
PGADMIN_INT_PORT=xxxx
DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT=xxxx
SERVER_MODE = False
MASTER_PASSWORD_REQUIRED = False
I skipped version 6.11 and upgraded from 6.10 so I can't say whether this broke in 6.11 or 6.12.
This was just a regular upgrade (I went through dozens of these).
The new 6.12 version fails to start with the following error message:
File "lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py", line 93, in <module>
app = create_app()
File "/path-to/opt/pgadmin4/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/__init__.py", line 270, in create_app
create_app_data_directory(config)
File "/path-to/opt/pgadmin4/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py", line 117, in create_app_data_directory
_create_directory_if_not_exists(config.AZURE_CREDENTIAL_CACHE_DIR)
File "/path-to/opt/pgadmin4/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py", line 20, in _create_directory_if_not_exists
os.mkdir(_path)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/pgadmin/azurecredentialcache'
My setup has absolutely nothing to do with Azure. I use python wheel having PgAdmin installed in an unprivileged environment, so I am puzzled why it is all of sudden trying to look for something in "/var/lib/pgadmin" or create things there?