zweiund40 wrote: > Nevertheless I was curious so I tried it on a virtual machine and I > got that output: > > root@pandora:~/Downloads# apt install > ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb > > ... bla bla bla > ... and a lot of output > > All done, no errors. > N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file > '/root/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb' couldn't be > accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) > root@pandora:~/Downloads# > > An error message at the very end of a long list of accomplished > messages. Annoying! I don't understand it. I mean the required file is > in that directory and I installed it as root. Why is there a > permission problem?
The directory /root (including subdirectories) is only accessible by root and obviously the installer tried to access the file as another user (_apt). Nils -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
