chmod 755 made the message go away. Removing it also didn't cause it to come back.
My guess is that some previous package had the directory with the wrong permissions, and that elsewhere something started doing a find. Problem solved by either chmod 755 or rmdir /usr/lib/chromium- browser/extensions Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832094 Title: Error on login due to wrong permissions on /usr/lib/chromium- browser/extensions Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: During X login, a grey box pops up with: find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied (Repeated multiple time) Pressing the ok/continue button allows the login to continue without problems. The same messages are repeated on .xsession-errors: ~$ !grep grep chrome .xsession-errors find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied find: ‘/usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions’: Permission denied /usr/lib/chromium-browser# ls -al drwx------ 1 root root 0 Dec 7 2017 extensions ~$ dpkg -l chromium-browser Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-================-==============================-============-=============== ii chromium-browser 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 amd64 Chromium web br Not quite certain when this started, but: From /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz Start-Date: 2019-05-11 15:42:30 Commandline: apt upgrade -y Upgrade: ... chromium-browser 73.0.3683.86-0ubuntu0.18.10.1,v73 ... Start-Date: 2019-05-30 06:54:44 Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade Upgrade: chromium-chromedriver:amd64 (73.0.3683.103-0ubuntu1, 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.19.04.1) End-Date: 2019-05-30 06:54:48 Probably just a packaging bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: chromium-browser 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-16.17-generic 5.0.8 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE DRM.card0-DVI-I-1: enabled: disabled dpms: On status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1: enabled: disabled dpms: On status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card0-VGA-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: AP///////wBMLWoANzFPTSYMAQMPIhuM6m+LolpNlCQaUVa/74CBgGFARUAxQIGPYU9FTzFPMCoAmFEAKkAwcBMAUg4RAAAeAAAA/QA4Sx5RDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABTeW5jTWFzdGVyCiAgAAAA/wBINExUOTAxNDgzCiAgAC4= modes: 1280x1024 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 Date: Sat Jun 8 15:58:14 2019 Desktop-Session: 'mate' '/etc/xdg/xdg-mate:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/mate:/usr/share/mate:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-28 (1196 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) Load-Avg-1min: 2.36 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.3% MachineType: MEDIONPC MS-7502 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.0.0-16-generic root=UUID=f98d8628-faf4-4755-887c-9c5e197910ea ro rootflags=subvol=@ cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 nopat SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-05-11 (28 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/02/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: MS-7502 dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD dmi.board.version: Fab D dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM dmi.chassis.version: OEM dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd03/02/2009:svnMEDIONPC:pnMS-7502:pvrOEM:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-7502:rvrFabD:cvnOEM:ct3:cvrOEM: dmi.product.name: MS-7502 dmi.product.version: OEM dmi.sys.vendor: MEDIONPC modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1832094/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

