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  1. Bug #1543280
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 1543280

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David Favor (davidfavor) wrote : Re: [Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

Paolo Pustorino wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 ***
> http://links.davidfavor.com/wf/click?upn=npdP0-2FMHcGNgMeleDP-2B5C-2FmxBvEbzmIUS86pdsn6cAQIuaw8hOEgw5R6OCd8iyeZ_lR0zP4fA0FK1DidfqbLFtpflD6kv8L0IjDJyBWAygPN3dEKOVhCGsm26osZCXx12b7SRBdwuFv03mPlx344DrNLxPszjOY7goyyg4ZorrI3N-2Fhogy-2FmwVCFZD0UmTIHdfgD0ejufkUbMq9KduYPuyz16kOwH-2BUK6R4bGXNE3L5A4Tcms7EsF6bECTkCGOl8rTrWU9Ajm0yfxHumk6hJYbDt0X51q5xrUS8VuFg-2Fto6c-3D
>
> Same as #11. ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails with the same error with
> both the stock and the 4.6 mainline kernel (this can't be a kernel issue
> anyway).
>
> Tempted to chmod 777 some dir and get past this issue, seriously. This
> is frustrating.
>

+1 for frustration.

I reported this bug months ago + it still shows up every time I generate
a new physical server or LXC container.