[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 The solution I've found is to download Debian's version of this package: https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/all/ttf-mscorefonts- installer/download Then the fonts install without any problems! Hooray, and it's sad that Ubuntu failed to create a functional package when they could've just copied Debian's version and had it work! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 check and update your headers if that dint work. its the only other thing I did. but i think its the one simple line up there that did it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 completing this one command seemed to work for me sudo apt install --reinstall update-notifier-common no more error in synaptic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Two years since this bug was first reported. Status confirmed. Still not fixed. Really? BUMP! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Installing 'apt-transport-https' allows the ttf-mscorefonts-installer to run successfully, but I still get the same "Can't drop privileges for downloading as file . . . couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'" message. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I ran into this bug as well, as I tried to build a new Linux kernel as root. Downloading the sources as a regular user worked though. apt-get source linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file 'linux_4.10.0-21.23.dsc' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I had this error message a few times in a fresh Ubuntu-MATE 16.10 Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission non accordée) aris@LinuxBox:~$ sudo ls -dl /root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196069 avril 5 17:25 /root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh User _apt exist but root own this directory Is this the problem ? Can we solve it by a `chown` command like this ? chown _apt /root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I have this same issue installing flash plugin on Ubuntu 16.10 W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 A fresh install of 16.10, the same issue. #40 + #42 worked for me (with https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2347693). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Been having the save issue for quite a while in 16.04 now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Hi, the Debian package works. Maybe the bug is a wrong folder: In 3.4 (Ubuntu) I see /usr/lib/msttcorefonts/... (but it does not exist) In 3.6 (Debian) I see /var/lib/msttcorefonts/... (which seems to be correct) Best Regards, Gottfried -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 hi, I believe the problem is in the space within the URl as shown in comment #39: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/comments/39 #40 worked Try https://packages.debian.org/jessie/all/ttf-mscorefonts-installer/download and select 3.6. This worked for me -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Works great with debian package thanks bill (#40) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I can confirm the 2nd bug and description/resolution of francesco- ongaro. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Try https://packages.debian.org/jessie/all/ttf-mscorefonts- installer/download and select 3.6. This worked for me, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I can confirm the bug, Ubuntu 16.04. I know that this is a duplicate of bug #1522675 (not related to synaptic but to apt itself as noted before), but I think that we have two different issues here. The first is: W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update- notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) This happens as the directory is not owned by _apt: cat /etc/passwd | grep apt _apt:x:105:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false ls -la /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 gen 8 17:50 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 gen 8 17:50 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 gen 8 17:50 partial The manual workaround that worked for me and do no create a huge security hole is: chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/ Hopefully https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813786 will fix the issue but can't say till it hit mainstream as I'm a standard user with a LTS installation. Anyway, and this is the seconde issue, ttf-mscorefonts-installer will refuse to work anyway as ttf-mscorefonts- installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb is somehow broken getting a redirect from Sourceforge: curl -kis http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe | grep "^Location: " Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe That contains a space that will make the subsequent request: E: Failed to fetch https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe The HTTP server sent an invalid Content-Range header E: Download Failed Installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb from Debian fix the issue so it really has to do with some scripting inside the package (postinst?). ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #813786 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813786 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thanks to Wilhelm, the debian 3.6 mscorefonts-installer works for me (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) as well -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thanks to Wilhelm, this workarround works for me (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thank you wilhelm - solved this issue for me! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I confirm than the wilhem workaround work for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I solved the problem by downloading (manually) the 3.6 version of ttf-mscorefonts-installer from debian (https://packages.debian.org/de/sid/all/ttf-mscorefonts-installer/download). installing that package with gnome's software center (and probably also ubuntu's software center) works perfectly. Probably this is a workaround and not a solution The problem appeared after upgrading from 15.10 gnome-ubuntu flavour to its 16.04 LTS version (amd64) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Same problem. Cant download http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe in dpkg, but in browser I download it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Is there a way to manually installing this package? I get different problems every attempt with the secondary web fetches (XX32.exe files). Usually it succeeds on 1-4 .exes but it is never able to get them all. The HTTP errors I get are (examples): Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found and Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe The HTTP server sent an invalid Content-Range header I want to just download the package and all the .exe and run dpkg if possible... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 The fix with the _apt user worked, kind of, but the fonts seem to be unavailable now. Could that be the reason for the error messages? Failed download: sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libosmesa6 libwine Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/29,5 kB of archives. After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. (Reading database ... 263501 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.175) ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Failed to fetch https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the?download=freefr.dl.sourceforge.net 404 Not Found E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu2) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Hi guys, The bug is still here and the workaround from John Ortiz didn't solve it for me. After changing a directory permissions I've stopped to get warnings. But I've got some strange link to download: > LC_ALL=C sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB] Fetched 198 kB in 2s (82.5 kB/s) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe [554 kB] Fetched 554 kB in 4s (111 kB/s) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe [168 kB] Fetched 168 kB in 2s (69.5 kB/s) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl E: Failed to fetch https://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/comic32.exe Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl E: Download Failed What is a "project/corefonts/the fonts/final" at the last error line - ? (I have apt ver: 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Check to see if you have an _apt user: cat /etc/passwd | grep apt _apt:x:105:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false If you do, no need to add the user. Otherwise, adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexistent --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true I haven't verified that it creates precisely the user necessary. If I remember correctly, /bin/false means no shell access so make sure the user created does in fact have /bin/false in passwd. Also it has no group (65534). That is it really. Finally check the directory situation: ls -la /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ drwxr-xr-x 2 _apt root 4096 Nov 9 10:23 partial As you can see "_apt" is properly listed as the owner. If not, sudo chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/ My system already had an _apt user, but did not have proper directory permissions. At least, I have to assume that this is a proper fix. If not, somebody more knowledgeable should be speaking up and sorting this out... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I can confirm the workaround of Christian Mertes works! Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675
encountered this today. Resulted in an "information available" window opening
that appears forever unsatisfied ("run this action now" button doesn't make it
go away, even after applying the fix at bottom)
Information available dialogue is as follows:
Failure to download extra data files
The following packages requested additional data downloads after package
installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed.
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again
now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection.
The following steps succeeded and installed the troublesome
ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
$ sudo chown _apt:root /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-
downloads/partial/
$ sudo rm /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-
downloads/partial/*.FAILED
$ sudo apt install --reinstall update-notifier-common
runs to completion, final 2 lines =
All done, no errors.
All fonts downloaded and installed.
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[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thank you to Christian Mertes (cmertes) https://launchpad.net/~cmertes for your comment #20 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/comments/20 . You helped me to use the Synaptic-Paketverwaltung on my new 16.04.01 notebook. I will use Synaptic as workaround to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616943 . In case you're interested you'll find my learning curve at https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/post/8594893/ . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 The "fix" from John Ortiz is not a solution because it opens users up to a security vulnerability where anyone / apps can hijack and gain root privileges. This is now a security issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thiago Moreira wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** > > http://links.davidfavor.com/wf/click?upn=npdP0-2FMHcGNgMeleDP-2B5C-2FmxBvEbzmIUS86pdsn6cAQIuaw8hOEgw5R6OCd8iyeZ_lR0zP4fA0FK1DidfqbLFtpflD6kv8L0IjDJyBWAygPP-2BuZH2Jz-2BuuquBHBK-2BZ0f2E8n90P-2BqBFlyahABD-2BGpAkgLMPIVdo6sMegBkRDtzWZdM1Xt2VtllGIGMJAOp1pqPjwdB3vZplqOKqHixhpS2-2FTTPbm8jeTVin1JU-2FVy1lqKCtIAhkDlcBJUWosyJvW5tSvQbvF-2BvRzg8-2B23D1e3T9GurxmC0ECLBTdYBcBF-2F4g-3D > > I confirm that workaround of john ortiz works! Thank you ! Bug still exists in apt-get V1.2.12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I confirm that workaround of john ortiz works! Thank you ! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thanks for this nice workaround, John, but I would strongly suggest not to execute that first line. If you have already, set the permissions back to 755. Instead, the better way to fix this permission problem is the following line: sudo chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/ May I at this point also say that the continued existence of this trivial bug is a disgrace and a reason for me to question if there are structural problems within the core Ubuntu development community that may easily lead to more serious problems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 hi guys, i have a solution, post my code. sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial sudo apt-get purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer sudo rm -Rv /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/* sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer thanks for your comments. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 This bug is obviously NOT a duplicate of a synaptic bug, because it occurs with aptitude, not synaptic. The title is misleading as well, because this bug does NOT concern the file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh', but rather files like '/tmp/aptitude- root.24195:wYCEcM/aptitudeDownload6J+8J:+PsVGmTNm^.^::Lz:%.Hi55VKA' and '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe.' Please treat this bug as different from the supposed "original". The underlying issue (missing(?) system user _apt and wrong(?) directory owner, group and/or permission) probably is the same, but the directories used are different. Fixing one bug by e.g. correcting one directories permissions will probably NOT fix the supposed "duplicate" bug. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675
This may is related with:
https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-cachier/issues/175
The solution to add the configuration on Vagrantfile did worked for me:
config.cache.synced_folder_opts = {
owner: "_apt",
group: "_apt"
}
So now just need to wait for the final box version for xenial.
** Bug watch added: github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-cachier/issues #175
https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-cachier/issues/175
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[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1565985/comments/37 Still getting this error, and creating the user / home directory / remove temporary folder. What i noticed is that the install is with xenial and the offending folder is: /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_yakkety_InRelease Which btw doesn't exist. That is for ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) not the ubuntu version that was installed 16.04 (xenial). Somehow it feels wrong to try to install packages of a future version into a recently released LTS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 For me this problem was solved by, as #9 suggested: # add unprivileged user for the apt methods adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexistent \ --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true I don't understand what this command should do and it does not work: # 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 I also had to delete all files in /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/ My system: fresh install of Kubuntu Xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Paolo Pustorino wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** > > http://links.davidfavor.com/wf/click?upn=npdP0-2FMHcGNgMeleDP-2B5C-2FmxBvEbzmIUS86pdsn6cAQIuaw8hOEgw5R6OCd8iyeZ_lR0zP4fA0FK1DidfqbLFtpflD6kv8L0IjDJyBWAygPN3dEKOVhCGsm26osZCXx12b7SRBdwuFv03mPlx344DrNLxPszjOY7goyyg4ZorrI3N-2Fhogy-2FmwVCFZD0UmTIHdfgD0ejufkUbMq9KduYPuyz16kOwH-2BUK6R4bGXNE3L5A4Tcms7EsF6bECTkCGOl8rTrWU9Ajm0yfxHumk6hJYbDt0X51q5xrUS8VuFg-2Fto6c-3D > > Same as #11. ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails with the same error with > both the stock and the 4.6 mainline kernel (this can't be a kernel issue > anyway). > > Tempted to chmod 777 some dir and get past this issue, seriously. This > is frustrating. > +1 for frustration. I reported this bug months ago + it still shows up every time I generate a new physical server or LXC container. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 My plasma crashed repeatedly while searching for a program from the launcher menu. Plasma would recover each time with report that Baloo has failed to start. Restarted twice to see if it solves, no success. Attempted to reinstall all Baloo related packages, when this "_apt" user issue is coming. It is repeatable and persistent. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Same as #11. ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails with the same error with both the stock and the 4.6 mainline kernel (this can't be a kernel issue anyway). Tempted to chmod 777 some dir and get past this issue, seriously. This is frustrating. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 I also got this error. After changing the permission of the partial folder, I still cannot download the mscorefonts. Error message below: ``` Failure to download extra data files The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed. ttf-mscorefonts-installer The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection. E: Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Connection failed E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... ``` I can download the font package from internet without any problem, but not from terminal. BTW, I am actually using Linux kernel 4.6.0-rc5, if it matters. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 ** Summary changed: - apt-get fails withCan't drop privileges for downloading as file + couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) + Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1543280 Title: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
