LightDM and unity system compositor logs not attached to bug reports due to being root owned
Bug #1221506 reported by
Daniel van Vugt
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Unity System Compositor |
Fix Released
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High
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Robert Ancell | ||
unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Most of the bug reports we get lack log files. It seems one reason for this can be fixed in the code:
UnitySystemComp
LightDMLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/
As seen in bug 1215053.
Related branches
lp:~robert-ancell/unity-system-compositor/apport-root-files
- PS Jenkins bot (community): Approve (continuous-integration)
- Daniel van Vugt: Approve
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Diff: 16 lines (+4/-2)1 file modifieddebian/source_unity-system-compositor.py (+4/-2)
no longer affects: | unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
no longer affects: | lightdm |
summary: |
- Log files don't have world-read access so are often missing from bug - reports + LightDM and unity system compositor logs not attached to bug reports due + to being root owned |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
no longer affects: | unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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The logs are intentionally root owned - they might contain sensitive data.