more usability feedback
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh b/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh
index a20872d..e71e9e0 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
# Set ownership to jenkins
chown -R jenkins $CUR_DIR
+# Make sure this directory is accessible to jenkins
+if ! su -c "ls $CUR_DIR" jenkins; then
+ echo "Your devstack directory is not accessible by jenkins."
+ echo "There is a decent chance you are trying to run this from a directory in /root."
+ echo "If so, try moving devstack elsewhere (eg. /opt/devstack)."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
# Set up jobs symlink
if [ ! -h /var/lib/jenkins/jobs ]; then
echo "Installing jobs symlink"