Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 Severity: normal When I download source files with apt-get source, as root, downloaded files UID is not always root, but sometimes other UIDs, for example nicolas (an user account on my computer), or 1037, which is not a user account on my computer. Here follows an example of a session, to help you understand the problem, and my /etc/passwd file.
-- Example -- ordinico:~# whoami root ordinico:~# apt-get source boa Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait Nécessité de prendre 219ko dans les sources. Réception de : 1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main boa 0.94.14rc20-1.2 (dsc) [558B] Réception de : 2 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main boa 0.94.14rc20-1.2 (tar) [218kB] 219ko réceptionnés en 1s (214ko/s) dpkg-source: extracting boa in boa-0.94.14rc20 dpkg-source: unpacking boa_0.94.14rc20-1.2.tar.gz ordinico:~# ls -l boa* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 558 2005-04-16 21:47 boa_0.94.14rc20-1.2.dsc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 218132 2005-04-16 21:47 boa_0.94.14rc20-1.2.tar.gz boa-0.94.14rc20: total 456 -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 6286 2003-01-20 21:53 aclocal.m4 -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 33433 2004-06-10 04:17 CHANGES -rwxr-xr-- 1 nicolas nicolas 43609 2004-06-10 04:10 config.guess -rwxr-xr-- 1 nicolas nicolas 31160 2004-06-10 04:10 config.sub -rwxr-xr-- 1 nicolas nicolas 254795 2003-11-22 17:58 configure -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 7198 2003-10-05 06:00 configure.in drwxr-xr-x 3 nicolas nicolas 4096 2004-06-10 04:29 contrib -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 17992 2002-09-17 15:30 COPYING -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 2237 2003-02-02 06:10 CREDITS drwxr-xr-x 4 nicolas nicolas 4096 2005-04-16 20:59 debian drwxr-xr-x 2 nicolas nicolas 4096 2005-04-16 20:59 docs drwxr-xr-x 2 nicolas nicolas 4096 2005-04-16 20:58 examples -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 5644 2003-01-20 21:53 extra_macros.m4 drwxr-xr-x 2 nicolas nicolas 4096 2004-06-10 04:29 extras -rwxr-xr-- 1 nicolas nicolas 7122 2003-11-22 18:00 install-sh -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 567 2002-12-12 22:29 Makefile.in -rw-r--r-- 1 nicolas nicolas 606 2002-03-01 03:56 README drwxr-xr-x 2 nicolas nicolas 4096 2005-04-16 20:59 src ordinico:~# apt-get source zsh Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait Nécessité de prendre 2939ko dans les sources. Réception de : 1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main zsh 4.2.5-7 (dsc) [690B] Réception de : 2 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main zsh 4.2.5-7 (tar) [2624kB] Réception de : 3 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main zsh 4.2.5-7 (diff) [315kB] 2939ko réceptionnés en 7s (391ko/s) dpkg-source: extracting zsh in zsh-4.2.5 dpkg-source: unpacking zsh_4.2.5.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: applying ./zsh_4.2.5-7.diff.gz ordinico:~# ls -l zsh* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 314685 2005-04-27 02:03 zsh_4.2.5-7.diff.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 690 2005-04-27 02:03 zsh_4.2.5-7.dsc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2624122 2005-04-06 17:02 zsh_4.2.5.orig.tar.gz zsh-4.2.5: total 936 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2500 2005-09-01 00:04 aclocal.m4 -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 21099 2004-11-16 12:04 aczsh.m4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 {arch} drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 autom4te.cache -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50223 2005-09-01 00:04 ChangeLog drwxr-xr-x 15 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Completion drwxr-xr-x 3 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Config -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43734 2005-09-01 00:04 config.guess -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26701 2005-09-01 00:04 config.h.in -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31495 2005-09-01 00:04 config.sub -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 499536 2005-09-01 00:04 configure -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 78638 2005-09-01 00:04 configure.ac drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 debian drwxr-xr-x 4 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Doc drwxr-xr-x 3 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Etc -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 5005 2004-07-02 17:59 FEATURES drwxr-xr-x 11 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Functions -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 21551 2004-07-30 13:09 INSTALL -rwxr-xr-x 1 1037 users 4773 1999-04-15 20:05 install-sh -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 1477 2004-03-14 14:01 LICENCE -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 9560 2004-07-02 17:59 MACHINES -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 4879 2004-03-03 20:37 Makefile.in -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 5327 2005-02-02 13:58 META-FAQ drwxr-xr-x 3 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Misc -rwxr-xr-x 1 1037 users 681 1999-08-30 18:51 mkinstalldirs -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 28518 2005-01-11 18:49 NEWS -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 8768 2005-04-06 12:50 README drwxr-xr-x 6 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Src -rw-r--r-- 1 1037 users 1 2005-04-04 11:50 stamp-h.in drwxr-xr-x 3 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 StartupFiles drwxr-xr-x 3 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Test drwxr-xr-x 3 1037 users 4096 2005-09-01 00:04 Util -- /etc/passwd -- root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh majordom:x:30:31:Majordomo:/usr/lib/majordomo:/bin/sh postgres:x:31:32:postgres:/var/lib/postgres:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh msql:x:36:36:Mini SQL Database Manager:/var/lib/msql:/bin/sh operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats/gnats-db:/bin/sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh nicolas:x:1000:1000:,,,:/home/nicolas:/bin/bash telnetd:x:101:101::/nonexistent:/bin/false sshd:x:100:65534::/var/run/sshd:/bin/false lucien:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/lucien:/bin/bash -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Default-Release "testing"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.1-2 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information