On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.2 > Severity: minor > > I get a warning when "apt-get download"ing stuff as root: > > # apt-get download nyancat > Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable/main i386 nyancat i386 1.4.4-1 > [13.3 kB] > Fetched 13.3 kB in 3s (3834 B/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading > as file '/root/nyancat_1.4.4-1_i386.deb' couldn't be accessed by user > '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
Yes, _apt cannot write to /root, obviously. It's a message for you that the http method disabled a security feature because you forced it too. I'm not sure if it's possible, but it would be nice if we could create a temporary directory in the CWD owned by _apt and then write to that as the _apt user, and moves the file(s) into the CWD as root once we're done. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to (`inline'). Thank you.
