I am seeing this in precise 12.04, latest patches, some machines have the issue, others do not:
% lsb_release -dcr Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise % df -hl df: `/var/lib/lightdm/.gvfs': Permission denied Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/sdavg-root 9.3G 3.1G 5.8G 35% / udev 489M 4.0K 489M 1% /dev tmpfs 199M 804K 198M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 496M 144K 496M 1% /run/shm /dev/mapper/sdavg-backup 20G 416M 18G 3% /backup /dev/sda1 184M 30M 146M 17% /boot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/867806 Title: df -h permission denied error Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Running "df -h" from the cli as a normal user returns: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 37G 6.6G 29G 19% / udev 796M 8.0K 796M 1% /dev tmpfs 322M 888K 321M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 805M 92K 805M 1% /run/shm /dev/sda3 1.8T 265G 1.6T 15% /mnt/d1 /dev/sdb3 1.8T 1.7T 102G 95% /mnt/d2 /dev/sdc3 893G 33M 893G 1% /mnt/d3 df: `/var/lib/lightdm/.gvfs': Permission denied $ running with "su" $ sudo df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 37G 6.6G 29G 19% / udev 796M 8.0K 796M 1% /dev tmpfs 322M 888K 321M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 805M 92K 805M 1% /run/shm /dev/sda3 1.8T 265G 1.6T 15% /mnt/d1 /dev/sdb3 1.8T 1.7T 102G 95% /mnt/d2 /dev/sdc3 893G 33M 893G 1% /mnt/d3 $ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: bash 4.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-server 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-server x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 4 14:17:28 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: bash UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-05 (29 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/867806/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
