These files contain privileged information. So instead of changing the access to 0664 I set the group to 'admin' and the mode to 0640:
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 161 Jun 13 12:18 private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_fluendo-plugins_ubuntu.list -rw-r----- 1 root admin 163 Jun 13 12:18 private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_world-of-goo_ubuntu.list I have added the landscape user to the admin group: ayers@schiefer:~$ getent group admin admin:x:119:ayers,landscape Yet it seems that the landscape user still doesn't have read access to these files as the crash still happens with the permission denied error message. I suppose that the issue might be related to the fact that process running as system users somehow do not have access to their group privileges? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961611 Title: package-reporter shouldn't crash when sources.list{,.d/*} files can't be read To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/landscape-client/+bug/961611/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
