Bryan, Your timing could not be better, I discovered the problem just a few hours ago. The init script that creates all the problems belongs to couchpotato. In particular, it messes up the permissions of the directory it drops its PID file in. In my case, it was tmp. Later, I moved it to /var/run (actually symlink to /run), following convention, this time everything started crashing (network, software center, etc). I removed the script and all is back to normal.
Hope this helps. I will be happy to provide more feedback if needed. Thanks for your followup. On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Bryan Fullerton <[email protected]>wrote: > If you haven't already resolved this elsewhere, can you provide more > information about this init daemon? Is it from an Ubuntu package? > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1125827 > > Title: > tmp permissions change on boot > > Status in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Hi! This issue is easily reproducible on Ubuntu 12.10 > > The permissions on /tmp change to 744 and its owner becomes my user > account on every boot. I change it to 1777 and root:root but it only > stays like that until the next boot. > > My only cron is for backintime, but I have an init daemon that runs as > my user account and drops a pid in /tmp. Can it be causing this? > > Thanks! > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1125827/+subscriptions > -- ========================================= Mehmet Belgin, Ph.D. ([email protected]) Scientific Computing Consultant | OIT - Academic and Research Technologies Georgia Institute of Technology 258 Fourth Street, Rich Building, Room 326 Atlanta, GA 30332-0700 Office: (404) 385-0665 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1125827 Title: tmp permissions change on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1125827/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
