Package: man-db
Version: 2.7.0.2-5
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Execution of man-db during cron daily fails with the following message:
/etc/cron.daily/man-db:
fopen: Permission denied
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 2
Troubleshooting actions taken:
The man-db script contains the following command:
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
--startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man \
--iosched_idle \
-- --no-purge --quiet
Executing this command as root from the command line results in the
following error:
fopen: Permission denied
Executing the command without the --chuid flag is successful:
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
--startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo \
--iosched_idle \
-- --no-purge --quiet
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages man-db depends on:
ii bsdmainutils 9.0.6
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56
ii dpkg 1.17.25
ii groff-base 1.22.2-8
ii libc6 2.19-18
ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-13.1
ii libpipeline1 1.4.0-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
man-db recommends no packages.
Versions of packages man-db suggests:
ii chromium [www-browser] 44.0.2403.89-1~deb8u1
ii epiphany-browser [www-browser] 3.14.1-1
pn groff <none>
ii iceweasel [www-browser] 31.8.0esr-1~deb8u1
ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:4.14.2-1
ii less 458-3
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-19
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/manpath.config changed:
MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/man
MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/man
MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/local/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /bin /usr/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/bin /usr/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /sbin /usr/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/sbin /usr/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R6/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/bin/X11 /usr/X11R6/man
MANPATH_MAP /usr/games /usr/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /opt/bin /opt/man
MANPATH_MAP /opt/sbin /opt/man
MANDB_MAP /usr/man /var/cache/man/fsstnd
MANDB_MAP /usr/share/man /var/cache/man
MANDB_MAP /usr/local/man /var/cache/man/oldlocal
MANDB_MAP /usr/local/share/man /var/cache/man/local
MANDB_MAP /usr/X11R6/man /var/cache/man/X11R6
MANDB_MAP /opt/man /var/cache/man/opt
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