Hi,
as non-root, the output of ls -lRa /var/lib/apt is ("Permiso denegado"
means "Permission denied" in Spanish). I thought this may be interesting
for you:ugi@UGI:~$ ls -lRa /var/lib/apt /var/lib/apt: total 140 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 . drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 nov 8 21:02 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 abr 24 2010 cdroms.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 abr 24 2010 cdroms.list~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96483 dic 7 22:48 extended_states -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 nov 26 17:25 listchanges.db drwx------ 3 root root 4096 dic 7 22:36 lists drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 mirrors drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 11 09:13 periodic ls: no se puede abrir el directorio /var/lib/apt/lists: Permiso denegado /var/lib/apt/mirrors: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 24 2010 partial /var/lib/apt/mirrors/partial: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 24 2010 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 .. /var/lib/apt/periodic: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 11 09:13 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 nov 11 09:13 update-stamp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 4 15:37 update-success-stamp The same command run as root: root@UGI:/home/ugi# ls -lRa /var/lib/apt /var/lib/apt: total 140 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 . drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 nov 8 21:02 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 abr 24 2010 cdroms.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 abr 24 2010 cdroms.list~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96483 dic 7 22:48 extended_states -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 nov 26 17:25 listchanges.db drwx------ 3 root root 4096 dic 7 22:36 lists drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 mirrors drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 11 09:13 periodic /var/lib/apt/lists: total 61300 drwx------ 3 root root 4096 dic 7 22:36 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 239355 dic 7 03:04 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2023 dic 7 03:14 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 183141 dic 7 03:15 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2023 dic 7 03:15 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_source_Sources.IndexDiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156204 dic 7 21:22 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_InRelease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36710618 dic 7 15:19 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2038 dic 7 15:19 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2045 dic 7 20:56 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_i18n_Index -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1652580 dic 7 14:02 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_i18n_Translation-es -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22772967 dic 7 15:21 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2038 dic 7 15:21 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_source_Sources.IndexDiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 462807 dic 7 03:04 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2023 dic 7 03:14 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_non-free_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 350874 dic 7 21:05 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_non-free_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1265 dic 7 15:21 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_non-free_source_Sources.IndexDiff -rw------- 1 root root 0 nov 23 11:02 lock drwx------ 2 root root 4096 dic 8 00:47 partial -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_contrib_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87813 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_InRelease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_main_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 7 21:52 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_non-free_source_Sources /var/lib/apt/lists/partial: total 84 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 dic 8 00:47 . drwx------ 3 root root 4096 dic 7 22:36 .. -rw------- 1 root root 62499 dic 7 03:04 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_i18n_Index -rw------- 1 root root 364 dic 8 00:47 ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_InRelease -rw------- 1 root root 364 dic 8 00:47 security.debian.org_dists_wheezy_updates_InRelease /var/lib/apt/mirrors: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 24 2010 partial /var/lib/apt/mirrors/partial: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 24 2010 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 .. /var/lib/apt/periodic: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 11 09:13 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 nov 11 09:13 update-stamp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 4 15:37 update-success-stamp Thanks. 2011/12/8 Sven Joachim <[email protected]> > On 2011-12-08 01:02 +0100, Eugenio M. Vigo wrote: > > > running aptitude as root shows no issues at all: the cache is correctly > > displayed on the ncurses UI and searchingugi@UGI:~$ ls -lRa /var/lib/apt > /var/lib/apt: > total 140 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 . > drwxr-xr-x 66 root root 4096 nov 8 21:02 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 abr 24 2010 cdroms.list > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 abr 24 2010 cdroms.list~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96483 dic 7 22:48 extended_states > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 nov 26 17:25 listchanges.db > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 dic 7 22:36 lists > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 mirrors > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 11 09:13 periodic > ls: no se puede abrir el directorio /var/lib/apt/lists: Permiso denegado > > /var/lib/apt/mirrors: > total 12 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 24 2010 partial > > /var/lib/apt/mirrors/partial: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 24 2010 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 sep 4 2010 .. > > /var/lib/apt/periodic: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 11 09:13 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 dic 7 22:48 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 nov 11 09:13 update-stamp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 dic 4 15:37 update-success-stamp > packages via 'aptitude search > > <package>' works as expected. > > > > However, when running aptitude as a non-root user, the following happens: > > > > 1) On the ncurses UI, all installed packages are shown as local or > > obsolete, except those in ~c status, which are listed under > > non-installed. > > > > 2) When doing 'aptitude search <package>', nothing will be found except > > those packages that happen to be in ~c status. > > Please show the output of "ls -lRa /var/lib/apt". > > Regards, > Sven >
