@juliank (#16) Michael Vogt has a different opinion that yours, so blaming apt again
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808802 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808802#20 "This is a bug indeed, the question is how it got triggered, that dir should be owend by the _apt user." oem@u64:~$ ls -dl /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ drwx------ 2 _apt root 4096 Sep 24 05:26 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ oem@u64:~$ grep -B2 _apt /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst # add unprivileged user for the apt methods adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexistent \ --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true # Fixup any mistake in the home directory of the _apt user if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 1.1~exp10~; then usermod --home /nonexistent _apt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Title: Can't drop privileges for downloading : _apt user not allowed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1522675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
