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package nmap-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted

Bug #1856361 reported by Jörgen de Groot
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Bug Description

Install failed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: nmap-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-24.26-generic 5.3.10
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 13 21:30:16 2019
DuplicateSignature:
 package:nmap-common:(not installed)
 Unpacking nmap-common (7.80+dfsg1-1build1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nmap-common_7.80+dfsg1-1build1_all.deb (--unpack):
  unable to open '/usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
ErrorMessage: unable to open '/usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-03-12 (275 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.5, python3-minimal, 3.7.5-1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.17rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.17-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu2
 apt 1.9.4
SourcePackage: nmap
Title: package nmap-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-11-20 (23 days ago)

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Jörgen de Groot (alt148) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

Hi,
this doesn't seem like a common error.

You could check if eveything on your system looks as it should:

# dpkg --verify nmap-common
# md5sum /usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe
71a2163a7d8edd754134e3c34815c9dc /usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe
# ll /usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 324719 Sep 5 11:04 /usr/share/nmap/nselib/data/psexec/nmap_service.exe

But other than that (the file might be modified by you?) I'd not see how the packaging unpack would get an "Operation not permitted".
I see no special mount points or anything like it.

Also is this issue reproducible?

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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

Changed in nmap (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for nmap (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in nmap (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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