Some time, when I install a package, Synaptic give this mysterious error message
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission non accordée)
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aris@LinuxBox:~$ sudo ls -dl /root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196069 avril 5 17:25 /root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh
User _apt exist but root own this directory
Is this the problem ?
Can we solve it by a chown command like this ?
aris@LinuxBox:~$ sudo chown _apt /root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh
Tried. We will see within next days if this is the solution…
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