Re: apt-cache as normal user behaves weird

[LÉVAI Dániel <leva@ecentrum.hu>]

Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > LÉVAI Dániel wrote:
> >
> >     Hi!
> >
> >
> >     Why could it be, that when I use apt-cache search as a normal
> > user, its output is only a subset of the one when I'm running it as
> > root?
> >
> >     Like this:
> >     $ apt-cache search ia32
> >     ia32-libs - ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64
> > systems # apt-cache search ia32
> >     elilo - Bootloader for systems using EFI-based firmware
> >
> >     ia32-apt-get - Apt-get and dpkg wrapper for on-the-fly
> > ia32-libs conversion ia32-archive - Create a local archive of
> > converted i386 debs for amd64 and ia64
> >
> >     ia32-libs - ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64
> > systems ia32-libs-gtk - GTK+ ia32 shared libraries
> >     ia32-libs-tools - Tools for converting i386 debs for amd64 and
> > ia64 refit - graphical boot menu for ia32 and x64 EFI systems
> > microcode.ctl - Intel IA32/IA64 CPU Microcode Utility
>
> Check the permissions of the files in /var/lib/apt/lists. My guess is
> that some of the files are readable only by root.

Indeed. I had to check the permissions for a few files, 
and /etc/apt/sources.list had no o+r.

Thanks!

Daniel

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