On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:10:08 +0200 Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:34:37AM +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > > Package: apt > > Version: 1.4.6 > > > > I'm not very sure that this is a bug or not, but I'm inclined to treat > > this as bug because its different from expected behavior. iptables > > is a well known component of Linux kernel and many users use it to > > control access to network resources and especially the Internet. > > > > The problem here is that when you use the owner module to restrict > > access to only root group, the root user(sudo) isn't able to do the > > "apt-get update" (or rather any apt-get command that uses the internet > > such as "apt-get download"), though he is able to use the internet > > otherwise. > > Downloads are performed by the _apt user for security reasons. > > -- > Debian Developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev > | Ubuntu Core Developer | > When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply > directly below the part(s) it pertains to ('inline'). Thank you. > >
Hi, You may want to read the stretch release-notes, which document this change. :) https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#apt-unpriv-acquire Thanks, ~Niels