software-properties-gtk crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties: Permission denied

Bug #1675967 reported by Rob Peters
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Bug Description

upgraded from 16.10 to 17.04.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.96.24.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-14.16-generic 4.10.3
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Mar 24 17:46:54 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-07 (107 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk --open-tab 2 --toplevel 56623111
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '--open-tab', '2', '--toplevel', '56623111']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties: Permission denied
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-03-25 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev root sambashare sudo www-data

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Rob Peters (makitso) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1218701, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
information type: Private → Public
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Rob Peters (makitso) wrote :

Ok, this was an upgrade from xubuntu 16.10 to xubuntu 17.04.

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Rob Peters (makitso) wrote :

Not a duplicate of 1218701 since this is xubuntu and it's an upgrade from 16.10 to 17.04.

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