Update manager crashes if ~/.update-manager/* isn't owned by the user.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
chown ~/.update-manager to root, and it crashes.
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 10 10:58:50 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: update-manager 1:0.57.8
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/
ProcCwd: /home/amelo
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/
SourcePackage: update-manager
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
f=
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/
Uname: Linux amelo-desktop 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in update-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in update-manager: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Chowning to root was not enough but just making ~/update- manager/ meta-release not readable by the current user was, so you could just chmod it to 0000 or something alike.
However, update-manager seemed to work even after the crash (apport spawned). Thus, I don't think it's critical, but update-manager should handle it more gracefully anyway.