Package: debci-worker
Version: 4.2
Severity: important
Hi,
It was nice to see debci update-worker switch to non-root, but the
current permissions of /var/lib/debci don't allow the user to create
anything:
# From debian/debci.tmpfiles
d /var/lib/debci 0755 root root
The simplest solution would probably be to change ownership to debci:
# From debian/debci.tmpfiles
d /var/lib/debci 0755 debci debci
Though the problem should be obvious, nevertheless here is a reproducer:
debci@scratch$ cat /etc/debci/debci.conf
debci_backend="qemu"
debci@scratch$ debci update-worker
I: testbed setup [unstable/amd64/qemu]: starting at Sun Aug 23 11:54:52 UTC
2026
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/lib/debci/qemu’: Permission denied
failed: unstable/amd64/qemu
Best,
Christian
