*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1620771 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620771
> Small update: we have now merged a change that allows snaps to work on
system where the users' home directories are not /home/<user>/ but
/home/<some>/<path>/<user/
> If you are running such a system, you are welcome to try out snapd from our
> edge channel:
> snap refresh --channel=latest/edge snapd
sudo snap refresh --channel=latest/edge snapd
error: snap "snapd" is not installed
systemctl status snapd
● snapd.service - Snap Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snapd.service; enabled; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-03-21 14:26:26 CET; 28min ago
TriggeredBy: ● snapd.socket
Main PID: 24213 (snapd)
Tasks: 47 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 421.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/snapd.service
└─24213 /usr/lib/snapd/snapd
> Please report back on your (mis)fortunes. :-)
They are manifold.
Worst release upgrade experience ever.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776800
Title:
Unable to start snap applications if user's home directory is not
/home/$USER
Status in snapd:
Confirmed
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in lxd package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Users with home directories in /home/$USER can run snap application,
but users in /home/users/$USER can't.
nate@WorkstationC:~$ snap --version
snap 2.32.8+18.04
snapd 2.32.8+18.04
series 16
ubuntu 18.04
kernel 4.15.0-22-generic
nate@WorkstationC:~$ echo $HOME
/home/users/nate
nate@WorkstationC:~$ which hello-world
/snap/bin/hello-world
nate@WorkstationC:~$ hello-world
cannot create nate data directory: /home/users/nate/snap/hello-world/27:
Permission denied
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