Bug#367425: incorrect file permissions in /var/lib/apt/lists
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.44
Severity: important
I'm not sure if this is a problem in apt or in aptitude (I'm guessing the
former), but as files in /var/lib/apt/lists get updated, their permissions
are being set to 600. Since they're owned by root, that means I can't
use apt-cache as a normal user. Instead, I get error messages like:
E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages - open (13 Permission denied)
I can easily enough change the permissions of these to 644, but it's a
bit of a pain to have to do after every update.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit enter key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r2 Update CD 20031209: i386]/ woody contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main non-US/non-free non-free
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-7 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-6 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-5 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-4 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-3 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
#deb http://security.debian.org/ unstable/updates main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://204.152.191.7/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://204.152.191.7/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://download.videolan.org/ pub/libdvdcss/1.2.8/deb libdvdcss
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat sid main
#deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool main/k/kernel-image-2.4.27-i386
#deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool main/k/kernel-image-2.4.27-i386
#deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/l2/06/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/12/06/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/12/06/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/12/06/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-4 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2006.01.18 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
-- no debconf information
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