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  1. Hirsute (21.04)
  2. Bug #1522675
  3. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 1522675

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote : Re: Can't drop privileges for downloading : _apt user not allowed

Michael and I don't have any different opinion here at all. You are complaining about root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl - which is owned by synaptics - not about the /var/cache/apt/archives/partial or another apt owned directory.

A directory inside your (well, root's) home directory is a different case altogether: It *should* be owned by you, not by _apt.