Bug#624228: apt or aptitude wrong permissions on /etc/apt/conf.d/99synaptic file

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Subject: Bug#624228: apt or aptitude wrong permissions on /etc/apt/conf.d/99synaptic file
From: Matt Weatherford <mbw@uw.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:33:45 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 20110426173345.3326.84305.reportbug@proteus.csde.washington.edu>
Reply-to: Matt Weatherford <mbw@uw.edu>, 624228@bugs.debian.org

Package: apt
Version: 0.8.10.3
Severity: important



Fresh install of debian6....

root@proteus:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# ls -la
total 56
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 13:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Apr 26 10:06 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   81 Apr 20 11:51 00CDMountPoint
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   40 Apr 20 11:51 00trustcdrom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  395 Jan 25 02:57 01autoremove
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129 Apr 26 10:04 10periodic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  100 Aug  2  2010 15update-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   85 Apr 16  2010 20archive
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  243 Jun  6  2010 20dbus
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  141 Dec 11 12:31 20listchanges
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1169 Nov 17 12:13 50unattended-upgrades
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  182 Jan 30 10:44 70debconf
-rw-r----- 1 root root   32 Apr 26 10:06 99synaptic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  231 Apr 18  2010 99update-notifier


**NOTE:  640 permissions on 99synaptic


root@proteus:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# chmod 644 99synaptic 
root@proteus:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# ls -la
total 56
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 13:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Apr 26 10:06 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   81 Apr 20 11:51 00CDMountPoint
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   40 Apr 20 11:51 00trustcdrom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  395 Jan 25 02:57 01autoremove
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129 Apr 26 10:04 10periodic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  100 Aug  2  2010 15update-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   85 Apr 16  2010 20archive
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  243 Jun  6  2010 20dbus
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  141 Dec 11 12:31 20listchanges
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1169 Nov 17 12:13 50unattended-upgrades
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  182 Jan 30 10:44 70debconf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   32 Apr 26 10:06 99synaptic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  231 Apr 18  2010 99update-notifier
root@proteus:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# 


-- Package-specific info:

Either package shipped like this, or one of the gnome apt gui tools changed it
incorrectly.  Caused a red "Do not enter" icon to show up on the toolbar
for the package manager/checker and errors about "bad permissions" on said file



-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "2";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "[ ! -f /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ] || /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --dest=org.debian.apt --type=signal /org/debian/apt org.debian.apt.CacheChanged || true";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi ";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "${distro_id} stable";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "${distro_id} ${distro_codename}-security";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a _Squeeze_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20110320-15:03]/ squeeze main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a _Squeeze_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20110320-15:03]/ squeeze main

deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main

# Debian Squeeze/6.0 NON-FREE packages
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free


# Google Chrome:
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main





-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2010.08.28       GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  gnupg                   1.4.10-4         GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.5-8        GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.5-8          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                     <none>       (no description available)
ii  aptitude                    0.6.3-3.2    terminal-based package manager (te
ii  bzip2                       1.0.5-6      high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  dpkg-dev                    1.15.8.10    Debian package development tools
pn  lzma                        <none>       (no description available)
ii  python-apt                  0.7.100.1    Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii  synaptic                    0.70~pre1+b1 Graphical package manager

-- no debconf information

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