Also happens for adobe-flashplugin updates. Full cron mail output: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: gzip: stdin: file size changed while zipping /etc/cron.daily/pov-simple-backup: tar: root/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent: socket ignored /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common: N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20160407.1.orig.tar.gz [27.0 MB] Fetched 27.0 MB in 1s (16.4 MB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20160407.1.orig.tar.gz' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20160407.1.orig.tar.gz Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20160407.1.orig.tar.gz Flash Plugin installed.
ls -ld /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 24 07:38 /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1570141 Title: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update- notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1570141/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
