Re: apt-get update fails in apt 1.1.3/1.1.4

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Julian Andres Klode:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 06:21:19PM +0000, Hiroyuki Kawakatsu wrote:
>>[...]
> 
> You cannot login as _apt. You can still use it with
> 
>    sudo -u _apt  <command>...
> for example:
>    sudo -u _apt ping debian.org
> 
> 
> 

Alternatively, you can probably also do it with:

  [sudo] su -s/bin/bash _apt

(or, your $SHEll of choice)

Thanks,
~Niels