Comment 0 for bug 2061981

chromium 123.0.6312.122 2821 latest/stable canonical

cannot update snap namespace: cannot expand mount entry (none $HOME/.local/share none x-snapd.kind=ensure-dir,x-snapd.must-exist-dir=$HOME 0 0): cannot use invalid home directory "/home/department/user_name": permission denied

Fails to start on Ubuntu 22.04 for users with 'non-standard' home directory /home/department/user_name
Used to work fine up to last week.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: chromium-browser 1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu2.22.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-27.28~22.04.1-generic 6.5.13
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Apr 17 10:32:18 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-24 (2580 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
Snap.Changes:
 ID Status Spawn Ready Summary
 206 Error 2024-04-16T19:08:43+02:00 2024-04-16T19:16:51+02:00 Remove "chromium" snap
 207 Done 2024-04-16T19:17:27+02:00 2024-04-16T19:18:44+02:00 Remove "chromium" snap
 208 Done 2024-04-16T19:18:46+02:00 2024-04-16T19:19:47+02:00 Install "chromium" snap
 209 Done 2024-04-17T10:31:58+02:00 2024-04-17T10:32:02+02:00 Connect chromium:password-manager-service to snapd:password-manager-service
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)