I have no idea. What's the UID of that user? Maybe something messed up with your passwd file? The permission change is forcibly applied, I don't see why it could break, and even if, that would be root:root, not some weirduser:weirdgroup.
# be sure about that even if the user messed it up for x in "$CDIR" $LDIR ; do if [ ! -d "$x" ]; then install -d -g $NAME -o $NAME -m2755 "$x" fi done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512780 Title: apt-cacher-ng can't be installed on xenial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-cacher-ng/+bug/1512780/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs