[Bug 1896366] Re: roundcube tries to run cleandb.sh as unprivileged www-data user from cron

2022-05-10 Thread Simon Arlott
The issue is not that the www-data user cannot login. The www-data user does not have access to any roundcube files or the roundcube database. The issue is that the roundcube package must not assume any particular webserver configuration, including the existence of a www-data user. -- You receiv

[Bug 1937953] [NEW] systemd forcibly disables use of dummy/bond interfaces

2021-07-25 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: /etc/modprobe.d/local-dummy.conf contains: options dummy numdummies=10 /etc/modules-load.d/local-dummy.conf contains: dummy /lib/modprobe.d/systemd.conf contains: options bonding max_bonds=0 options dummy numdummies=0 On boot, the "dummy" module is loaded with the options "

[Bug 1937953] Re: systemd forcibly disables use of dummy/bond interfaces

2021-07-25 Thread Simon Arlott
A workaround is to create an empty file /etc/modprobe.d/systemd.conf but this is too imprecise. The files that systemd uses should ideally be named specifically for their purpose so that they can be overridden without affecting any future changes in systemd, e.g. /etc/modprobe.d/systemd-dummy.conf

[Bug 1930153] [NEW] Unattended upgrades does not report some updates that can't be installed automatically

2021-05-30 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: When there are packages that fail a "sanity check" they are not reported [by email] as expected. This results in updates being ignored indefinitely. More details: https://github.com/mvo5/unattended-upgrades/issues/223 This is fixed in version 1.18 but bionic is using version

[Bug 1891798] Re: Backport fix from sudo 1.8.22 to fix "stair-stepped output" bug

2021-01-26 Thread Simon Arlott
** Summary changed: - Update sudo to 1.8.22 to fix "stair-stepped output" bug + Backport fix from sudo 1.8.22 to fix "stair-stepped output" bug ** Description changed: - sudo 1.8.20 introduced a bug in commit 44dc15d02dc0b34bf03bc971ba08d3a761c3a031 - that is fixed by sudo 1.8.22 in commit 3b8

[Bug 1896366] [NEW] roundcube tries to run cleandb.sh as unprivileged www-data user from cron

2020-09-20 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: The roundcube-core package contains this cron job: 0 5 * * * www-data test -x /usr/share/roundcube/bin/cleandb.sh && /usr/share/roundcube/bin/cleandb.sh >/dev/null The Roundcube packages do not install configuration files for any webserver so they should not presume

[Bug 1891773] Re: kcompactd0 and btrfs-transaction keep deadlocking with each other

2020-09-11 Thread Simon Arlott
The HWE kernel still has some instances of btrfs-transaction hanging for 2+ minutes but it recovers. Remember to regularly reset the sysctl for reporting hung tasks or it'll just stop reporting new instances. The first kernel used on the affected systems was -112 so I don't have experience of the

[Bug 1891773] Re: kcompactd0 and btrfs-transaction keep deadlocking with each other

2020-09-08 Thread Simon Arlott
It's a regression from xenial and took a few weeks to appear on bionic. I tried using lock_page_killable() in __unmap_and_move() but as far as I can tell kcompactd0 hasn't got stuck in the same way. Instead I now have every btrfs_start_transaction suddenly blocking for all processes, which is impo

[Bug 1891773] Re: kcompactd0 and btrfs-transaction keep deadlocking with each other

2020-08-16 Thread Simon Arlott
I'm also getting kcompactd0 hanging on its own on another host, which presumably blocks btrfs-transaction later on: [606364.285752] INFO: task kcompactd0:27 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [606364.285994] Not tainted 4.15.0-112-generic #113-Ubuntu [606364.286129] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kerne

[Bug 1891798] [NEW] Update sudo to 1.8.22 to fix "stair-stepped output" bug

2020-08-16 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: sudo 1.8.20 introduced a bug in commit 44dc15d02dc0b34bf03bc971ba08d3a761c3a031 that is fixed by sudo 1.8.22 in commit 3b88cdfcd8d1a39eabbb5b7d0c8fe8f035d7a264 When the "use_pty" option is enabled, "stair-stepped output" occurs if sudo is piped to another command. Example ou

[Bug 1891798] Re: Update sudo to 1.8.22 to fix "stair-stepped output" bug

2020-08-16 Thread Simon Arlott
commit 3b88cdfcd8d1a39eabbb5b7d0c8fe8f035d7a264 (refs/bisect/fixed) Author: Todd C. Miller Date: Tue Sep 26 14:21:11 2017 -0600 Fix stair-stepped output when the output of a sudo command is piped to another command and use_pty is set. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1891773] [NEW] kcompactd0 and btrfs-transaction keep deadlocking with each other

2020-08-15 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: Example 1: [346911.187920] INFO: task kcompactd0:53 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [346911.187938] Not tainted 4.15.0-112-generic #113-Ubuntu [346911.187951] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [346911.187968] kcompactd0 D

[Bug 1773529] Re: [SRU] Missing DKIM fixes in Xenial (Exim 4.86)

2020-06-15 Thread Simon Arlott
"Bugs which may, under realistic circumstances, directly cause a loss of user data" There are critical interoperability bugs in the DKIM implementation that will cause signature validation to fail resulting in email being rejected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 1659801] Re: apparmor rules block ejabberdctl

2019-06-11 Thread Simon Arlott
This is also an issue on 16.04, logrotate continually fails to execute ejabberdctl after an apparmour update: [413761.100538] audit: type=1400 audit(1560125582.853:33): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_mmap" profile="/usr/sbin/ejabberdctl//su" name="/bin/su" pid=5366 comm="su" requested_mask="m

[Bug 1556302] Re: Ubuntu patch to add HOME to env_keep makes custom commands vulnerable by default

2019-06-05 Thread Simon Arlott
** Description changed: I wanted to allow certain users to execute a python script as another user, so I created the following sudoers config: Defaults env_reset source_user ALL=(target_user) NOPASSWD: /home/target_user/bin/script.py This results in a highly insecure Python environment

[Bug 1804958] [NEW] ncmpc 0.27-1 ignores password in MPD_HOST

2018-11-24 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: *** 0.27-1 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Either update the version of ncmpc to the latest upstream version or include commit 8204fc6 to fix https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/ncmpc/issues/5 ** Affects: ncmpc (Ubuntu) Import

[Bug 1775477] Re: Xenial update to 4.4.133 stable release

2018-06-12 Thread Simon Arlott
4.4.131 includes "sctp: do not check port in sctp_inet6_cmp_addr" that breaks combined AF_INET and AF_INET6 support in SCTP, it should be fixed in 4.4.133 with "sctp: handle two v4 addrs comparison in sctp_inet6_cmp_addr". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1773529] [NEW] Missing DKIM fixes in Xenial (Exim 4.86)

2018-05-26 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: Exim is missing the following DKIM fixes, and probably many more: https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2278 https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721 This package is not being maintained and only receives security fixes. It needs to either track the current Exim release or

[Bug 1739468] Re: Repeated [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered

2018-04-29 Thread Simon Arlott
This code in gnome-shell-extension-appindicator-17.10.3 doesn't make sense, because the "reset" function doesn't do anything: _ensureItemRegistered: function(service, bus_name, obj_path) { let id = this._getItemId(bus_name, obj_path); if (this._items[id]) { //delet

[Bug 1446081] Re: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons

2016-12-04 Thread Simon Arlott
This was fixed in 15.10, is still fixed in 16.04, and has nothing to do with panel text. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1446081 Title: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons To manage n

[Bug 1556302] Re: Ubuntu patch to add HOME to env_keep makes custom commands vulnerable by default

2016-06-12 Thread Simon Arlott
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556302 Title: Ubuntu patch to add HOME to env_keep makes custom commands vulnerabl

[Bug 1583372] [NEW] 73-special-net-names.rules is renaming manually created wifi interface

2016-05-18 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: The 73-special-net-names.rules file from 229-4ubuntu5 is renaming USB wifi network interfaces that I create manually with "iw phy phy0 interface add wifi0 type managed": # Use MAC based names for network interfaces which are directly or indirectly # on USB and have an univers

[Bug 1580731] [NEW] augeas-lenses filter for PHP files doesn't match php7.0-* files

2016-05-11 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: The filter list in /usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist/php.aug includes: /etc/php*/*/*.ini /etc/php*/fpm/pool.d/*.conf This will match the php5-fpm package files: /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/*.conf But not the php7.0-fpm package files: /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini /etc/

[Bug 1448657] Re: isc-dhcp-server: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid: Permission denied

2016-05-10 Thread Simon Arlott
The directory /run/dhcp-server is already owned by dhcpd:dhcpd, but dhcpd is writing to it as root which requires CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE. The directory needs to be owned by root:root if dhcpd is going to write the PID file as root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 1374729] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2016-04-30 Thread Simon Arlott
The upstream changes are still not good enough, it doesn't verify that the configured server hostname matches a name on the certificate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374729 Title:

[Bug 1385868] Re: Samba logrotate script uses invalid argument to /etc/init.d/nmdb

2015-07-06 Thread Simon Arlott
This can be fixed in the debian/samba.logrotate script by doing smbd and nmbd at the same time and using "smbcontrol all reload-config". This command doesn't return an error if the services aren't running. ** Patch added: "0001-Use-smbcontrol-for-log-rotation.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1446081] Re: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons

2015-07-05 Thread Simon Arlott
Setting GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_FORCE_SIZE when looking up the launcher icon fixes this issue. ** Patch added: "launchpad-1446081.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1446081/+attachment/4424542/+files/launchpad-1446081.patch -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1446081] Re: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons

2015-07-05 Thread Simon Arlott
** Attachment added: "Image comparing 14.10, 15.04 and the atatchedpatch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1446081/+attachment/4424543/+files/launchpad-1446081.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1446081] Re: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons

2015-07-05 Thread Simon Arlott
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2015-01-31 10:29:13 (14.10).png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1446081/+attachment/4424524/+files/Screenshot%20from%202015-01-31%2010%3A29%3A13%20%2814.10%29.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 1446081] Re: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons

2015-07-04 Thread Simon Arlott
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2015-07-05 01:43:19.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1446081/+attachment/4424433/+files/Screenshot%20from%202015-07-05%2001%3A43%3A19.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 1404730] Re: Dash: some icons are scaled incorrectly

2015-07-04 Thread Simon Arlott
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1404730 Title: Dash: some icons are scaled incorrectly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1404730/+subs

[Bug 1446081] Re: Incorrect scaling of launcher icons

2015-07-04 Thread Simon Arlott
I'm using the "accessories-calclulator" icon which comes from humanity- icon-theme and it's rendering the 48x48 SVG as a bitmap and then scaling it down to 32x32 which looks really ugly. Previously the image looked sharp and well defined, so it must have been rendering SVG images at 32x32. -- You

[Bug 1453991] Re: gnome-terminal ignores the command line options --name and --class

2015-07-04 Thread Simon Arlott
I have a patch for this that restores the original WM_CLASS that would have been set with 14.10 by passing it to gnome-terminal-server. ** Patch added: "0001-Pass-class-value-to-gnome-terminal-server-so-that-wi.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1453991/+atta

[Bug 1379960] Re: Menu interaction in fully maximised window causes the next click on the title bar to restore the window (after 2^31ms of uptime)

2015-05-22 Thread Simon Arlott
** Summary changed: - Menu interaction in fully maximised window causes the next click on the title bar to restore the window + Menu interaction in fully maximised window causes the next click on the title bar to restore the window (after 2^31ms of uptime) ** Patch added: "Patch for nux-4.0.7+1

[Bug 1379960] Re: Menu interaction in fully maximised window causes the next click on the title bar to restore the window

2015-05-22 Thread Simon Arlott
The bug affects unity via compiz (which uses libnux). Version: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1379960 Title: Menu interaction in fully maximis

[Bug 1379960] Re: Menu interaction in fully maximised window causes the next click on the title bar to restore the window

2015-05-22 Thread Simon Arlott
This is a bug in libnux-4.0-0 on amd64, caused by the code in GraphicsDisplay::MousePress (NuxGraphics/GraphicsDisplayX11.cpp) which converts the unsigned long timestamp to a signed int: if ((double_click_counter_ == 1) && ((int)current_time - (int)last_click_time_ < double_click_time_delay)) Th

[Bug 1379960] Re: Menu interaction in fully maximised window causes the next click on the title bar to restore the window

2015-05-22 Thread Simon Arlott
Even restarting Xorg doesn't fix this, only a reboot resolves it. com/canonical/unity/integrated-menus/double-click-wait is set to the default (0ms) If I set it to 300ms, then menu opening is delayed by 300ms but step 6 (The window restores to non-maximised size) occurs immediately upon clicking

[Bug 289213] Re: GnuCash start-up alerts lack titles and don't register in panel

2014-09-28 Thread Simon Arlott
Fixed in 2.4.14 by https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699686 ** Changed in: gnucash (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #699686 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699686 -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1326779] Re: libgnutls28 appears to not have been updated for CVE-2014-3466 in Trusty

2014-07-05 Thread Simon Arlott
There is a fix for this in the Debian version 3.2.15-2 of the package. ** Changed in: gnutls28 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1326779 Ti

[Bug 1327586] [NEW] bash-completion functions should be prefixed with __bash_completion__ to stop them conflicting with commands

2014-06-07 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: All of the functions defined in the /usr/share/bash- completion/completions/* files end up in the shell's global function namespace. This causes them override lookups for commands in $PATH, which means that any command starting with an underscore is at risk of being overridde

[Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars

2014-05-23 Thread Simon Arlott
The Gnome developers appear to be unwilling to fix this after nearly 8 years. I've attached an example of the issue where it is clear that the sort order is wrong, even for proponents of natural sort ordering. It can be fixed for Nautlius by changing g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename() to g_utf8_col

[Bug 1320618] Re: firefox package build has external side effects

2014-05-19 Thread Simon Arlott
The firefox build process is acting on the configuration in ~/.pydistutils.cfg (attached). ** Attachment added: ".pydistutils.cfg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1320618/+attachment/4115719/+files/.pydistutils.cfg ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid

[Bug 1320618] [NEW] firefox package build has external side effects

2014-05-18 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: 1. Use "apt-get build-dep firefox" to obtain build dependencies 2. Use "apt-get sources firefox" to obtain the firefox package (firefox_29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2). 3. Run "dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc -j12" to build the package During the build process

[Bug 1320004] Re: compare-locales missing as build dependency for firefox

2014-05-16 Thread Simon Arlott
This bug is not invalid. Start with a completely new system and attempt to build the firefox package using "apt-get build-dep firefox" to get your dependencies. It doesn't work because the compare-locales command is missing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 1320004] Re: compare-locales missing as build dependency for firefox

2014-05-16 Thread Simon Arlott
It has also installed a version of pip that will no longer work: ~ $ head -n 1 py-bin/pip #!/home/simon/src/apt-autopatch/.tmp/firefox-29.0+build1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/_virtualenv/bin/python2.7 ~ $ pip -bash: /home/simon/py-bin/pip: /home/simon/src/apt-autopatch/.tmp/firefox-29.0+build1/obj-x86_

[Bug 1320004] Re: compare-locales missing as build dependency for firefox

2014-05-15 Thread Simon Arlott
There is a stage in the build process later on where it decides to compile and install an included version of compare_locales-0.9.5-py2.7.egg to $HOME/py-lib and $HOME/py-bin. The build package process should not be doing this. ~/py-lib $ ls -ltr compare_locales-* -rw-rw-r-- 1 simon simon 53212 Ma

[Bug 1320004] [NEW] compare-locales missing as build dependency for firefox

2014-05-15 Thread Simon Arlott
Public bug reported: "apt-get build-dep firefox" does not include the "compare-locales" command: make[2]: Entering directory `.../firefox-29.0+build1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/browser/locales' rm -f -rf .../firefox-29.0+build1/debian/l10n-mergedirs/af MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET= compare-locales -m ...