Public bug reported:
localectl updates /etc/default/locale when it is run as non root user:
$ localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
$ ls -l /etc/default/locale
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Oct 26 12:46 /etc/default/locale
My account is neither root nor in group root:
$ groups
christian adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare
$ ls -al `which localectl`
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21916 Oct 4 16:58 /usr/bin/localectl
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. MM061
Package: systemd 239-7ubuntu10
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-10-generic
root=/dev/mapper/vg0-fedora ro
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
SystemdDelta:
[EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service →
/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
[EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/user@.service →
/lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf
2 overridden configuration files found.
Tags: cosmic
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A17
dmi.board.name: 0KD882
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd06/13/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KD882:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MM061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-collected cosmic
** Package changed: ubuntu => systemd (Ubuntu)
** Tags added: apport-collected cosmic
** Description changed:
localectl updates /etc/default/locale when it is run as non root user:
$ localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
$ ls -l /etc/default/locale
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Oct 26 12:46 /etc/default/locale
My account is neither root nor in group root:
$ groups
christian adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare
$ ls -al `which localectl`
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21916 Oct 4 16:58 /usr/bin/localectl
+
+ ---
+ ProblemType: Bug
+ ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
+ Architecture: i386
+ CurrentDesktop: LXQt
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
+ MachineType: Dell Inc. MM061
+ Package: systemd 239-7ubuntu10
+ PackageArchitecture: i386
+ ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-10-generic
root=/dev/mapper/vg0-fedora ro
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
+ SystemdDelta:
+ [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service →
/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
+ [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/user@.service →
/lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf
+
+ 2 overridden configuration files found.
+ Tags: cosmic
+ Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic i686
+ UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
+ _MarkForUpload: True
+ dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2007
+ dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
+ dmi.bios.version: A17
+ dmi.board.name: 0KD882
+ dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
+ dmi.chassis.type: 8
+ dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
+ dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd06/13/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KD882:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
+ dmi.product.name: MM061
+ dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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