apport crashes if you can't read .xession-errors
Bug #1675928 reported by
Brian Murray
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Apport |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
apport (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Brian Murray |
Bug Description
Change the owner of .xsessions-errors
sudo chown root ~/.xsession-errors
Run this code
$ python3
Python 3.5.2+ (default, Sep 22 2016, 12:18:14)
[GCC 6.2.0 20160927] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from apport import hookutils
>>> hookutils.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/
with open(path, 'rb') as f:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/
Related branches
Changed in apport: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-17.04 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-17.04 → ubuntu-17.05 |
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This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.20.5-0ubuntu3
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apport (2.20.5-0ubuntu3) artful; urgency=medium
* Revert change to test/test_ crash_digger. py to use the source's
crash-digger.
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 15 May 2017 16:00:06 -0700