** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
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Marking task for dbconfig-common 'Invalid' as this looks like a software
center issue.
** Changed in: dbconfig-common (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
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Hey Alkis, thanks for your bugreport and your analysis.
This looks like its indeed a problem in the communication for password
via debconf that may require additional privs.
** Also affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Maybe the problem is that software-center spawns debconf-communicate
with the user id instead of as root:
alkisg7368 1.7 0.5 65404 23364 pts/1Sl+ 07:48 0:00
/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/debconf-communicate
I tried making a debconf-communicate wrapper, to force running it as root
I'm not sure if the erroneously hidden root password debconf question
comes from phpmyadmin or from dbconfig-common, so I put dbconfig-common
to the affects list as well.
** Also affects: dbconfig-common (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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I ran software-center from the console, and I noticed this error:
debconf: DbDriver passwords warning: could not open
/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: access denied
Then I tried from scratch, by running ***sudo*** software-center
And everything worked fine, the password questions were
I tried: gdebi-gtk /var/cache/apt/archives/phpmyadmin_4%3a3.4.10.1-1_all.deb
without using sudo, and everything worked fine again, the debconf password
questions were displayed.
So the bug is probably in software-center.
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