Should not create config files that belong root in the users home dir
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
Start update process and it fails.
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 24 14:39:55 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: update-manager 1:0.59.6
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.5 /usr/bin/
ProcCwd: /home/crabs
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 laptop 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in update-manager: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Problem: sudo conservse the home dir of the user. as a result update-manager writes the meta-release information file as root in the users home dir.
1. rm -rf .update-manager
2. sudo update-manager
3. update-manager => bang