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[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sqlite3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1560899 Title: sqlite triggers syscall error if run as root in snappy default confinement (fchown not allowed) Status in sqlite3 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Code currently tries to change user to uid if geteuid is root; this call triggers fchown syscall exception in snappy. Good news is that in snappy this call is a null op in theory as both geteuid as well as uid are 0, so changing wouldnt do anything. Fix is to not try to chown if geteuid is equal to uid (e.g. if it would be a null op anyway). "Safe" patch should be: Index: sqlite3-3.11.0/src/os_unix.c =================================================================== --- sqlite3-3.11.0.orig/src/os_unix.c +++ sqlite3-3.11.0/src/os_unix.c @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static struct unix_syscall { */ static int robustFchown(int fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid){ #if defined(HAVE_FCHOWN) - return osGeteuid() ? 0 : osFchown(fd,uid,gid); + return osGeteuid() || osGeteuid() == uid ? 0 : osFchown(fd,uid,gid); #else return 0; #endif To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1560899/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp