Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic
If I run Synaptic (0.62.5ubuntu1 on Jaunty) without root privilegies, just after starting it I get the following error in the terminal (without crash, though, the interface remains usable): ------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 518, in <module> lockfd = os.open(XAPIANDBLOCK, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/update-lock' Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 85, in apport_excepthook os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL), 'w') OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/_usr_sbin_update-apt-xapian-index.1000.crash' Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 518, in <module> lockfd = os.open(XAPIANDBLOCK, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/update-lock' ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you can't reproduce this on an up to date Jaunty installation, feel free to close the bug. My system is a bit messed up (upgrade from Intrepid didn't realy work good and I've already had other weird stuff happen), so this may only be affecting me. ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Xapian related Permission Error when Synaptic is run without root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338462 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs