grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted.

Bug #1901438 reported by Kamran K Faruqi
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

grub install failed during installation of Ubuntu-20.10 with error message:
"Executing 'grub-install/dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: ubiquity 20.10.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CasperVersion: 1.455
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 26 01:01:38 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
RebootRequiredPkgs:
 linux-image-5.8.0-25-generic
 linux-base
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Kamran K Faruqi (kam-far) wrote :
affects: ubuntu → ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Oct 25 20:00:25 ubuntu grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Oct 25 20:00:34 ubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: warning: Internal error.
Oct 25 20:00:34 ubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted.
Oct 25 20:00:34 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force --target x86_64-efi "/dev/sda"' failed.

summary: - grub install failed during installation.
+ grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation
+ not permitted.
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