sudo hp-setup breaks gpg

[Nicolas Valcarcel]

runned sudo hp-setup, configured network all-in-one printer/scanner, installed the drivers that it asked to install and end up getting an error doing "gpg --list-keys" and mutt failing to sign emails. After some digging found out that pubring.gpg and pubring.gpg~ on ~/.gnupg/ had root.root owner.

btw, if i shouldn't run that with sudo there is a documentation bug here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo#LAN-based_scanners

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: hplip 3.12.2-1ubuntu3 [modified: var/lib/hp/hplip.state]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 26 15:48:12 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Lpstat:
 device for Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-CM1415fnw: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw?zc=dhcppc0
 device for HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw?zc=dhcppc0
 device for HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw_fax: hpfax:/net/HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw?zc=dhcppc0
MachineType: LENOVO 1024DDU
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
 HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw_fax: HP Fax2 hpcups
 Hewlett-Packard-HP-LaserJet-CM1415fnw: HP LaserJet cm1415fnw pcl3, hpcups 3.12.2
 HP_LaserJet_CM1415fnw: HP LaserJet 2410 Foomatic/Postscript
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-25-generic root=UUID=a1e29e70-552e-4ef4-a20e-f750fd241d35 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: hplip
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/21/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 45CN38WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Emerald Lake
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: FAB1
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr45CN38WW:bd10/21/2011:svnLENOVO:pn1024DDU:pvrIdeapadZ570:rvnLENOVO:rnEmeraldLake:rvrFAB1:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: 1024DDU
dmi.product.version: Ideapad Z570
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dmatt (martind)]

Happened to me on Kubuntu 14.04.

I ran hp-setup without sudo. It asked me to enter my login password most likely to get sudo rigths anyway. On subsequent restart my ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg and also backup ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg~ were owned by root. Chown to my user restored the functionality back.

I do not see any information added even though I reported this via ubuntu-bug.

hplip version 3.14.3-0ubuntu3.2
Linux *** 3.13.0-30-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 4 21:40:53 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

hp-setup seems to turn files in the user's home directory (like GPG key files) to root ownership.

Can someone from the HPLIP developers at HP have a look into this? Thanks.

[goutam (goutamkk)]

Hi Till,

This bug is already fixed in hplip-3.14.6 version with reference to https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1310869.

Hi dmatt,

Can you download "hplip-3.14.6.run" file from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/gethplip.html and install it by running command "sh hplip-3.14.6.run" in terminal.

Let us know if the issue is resolved for you.

Thanks,
Goutam

[dmatt (martind)]

Hopefully hplip will be updated to fixed version in Ubuntu repository. I tried to test newer version in virtual environment, but there was not gpg installed and hp-setup did not create pubring, so the test is incoclusive.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Changing status on the hplip (ubuntu) package to match HPLIP package (fix released)

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