Thanks! As a note for self, I diffed snapd 2.61.2 and 2.62 and found in cmd/snap-update-ns/user.go:
---> +func isPlausibleHome(path string) error { + if path == "" { + return fmt.Errorf("cannot allow empty path") + } + if path != filepath.Clean(path) { + return fmt.Errorf("cannot allow unclean path") + } + if !filepath.IsAbs(path) { + return fmt.Errorf("cannot allow relative path") + } + const openFlags = syscall.O_NOFOLLOW | syscall.O_CLOEXEC | syscall.O_DIRECTORY + fd, err := sysOpen(path, openFlags, 0) + if err != nil { + return err + } + sysClose(fd) + return nil +} <--- ---> + if err := isPlausibleHome(realHome); err != nil { + realHomeError = fmt.Errorf("cannot use invalid home directory %q: %v", realHome, err) <--- It remains to be ascertained whether this lack of permission always existed but didn't cause the launch of the snap to fail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2061981 Title: chromium fails to start with non-standard home directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2061981/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs