On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 05:33:44PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.44 > Severity: important
Thanks for your bugreport. > I'm not sure if this is a problem in apt or in aptitude (I'm guessing the > former), but as files in /var/lib/apt/lists get updated, their permissions > are being set to 600. Since they're owned by root, that means I can't > use apt-cache as a normal user. Instead, I get error messages like: > > E: Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages > - open (13 Permission denied) > E: Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages > - open (13 Permission denied) > > I can easily enough change the permissions of these to 644, but it's a > bit of a pain to have to do after every update. What are your "umask" settings for the root user? Thanks, Michael -- Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
