Ok, Thanks. Will definitely copy this into my personal command reference. This will help solve a bunch of headaches until I can get Samba's teeth un-clamped from my leg. Thanks again.
On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Travisgevans <1522...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > The command is lowercase “chown”, without the “(1)”. The general syntax > would be “chown <user name> <file or directory>”. You'll normally need > superuser privileges to change owners on system files and directories, > activated by adding the command “sudo” before the “chown” (separated by > a space). > > The “(1)” refers to which section in the manual pages, or “manpages”, > the command is described in. A common way to get help on a command is to > run “man <command_name>”; for instance, you can execute “man chown” to > get the manpage on the chown command. (To exit, type the letter q; more > info here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/man) The manual pages are > divided into numbered sections by categories. Occasionally, there is > more than one manpage with the same name, and the section number has to > be included in the “man” command to indicate which is desired (for > instance, “man 1 printf” gives the page on the shell command “printf”, > but “man 3 printf” gives the page on the “printf” library call for C > programming). > > You can get a manpage on “man” itself with “man man” (or just read it > online here: > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/man.1.html). Under > “DESCRIPTION”, there's a list of the manpage sections and their numbers, > if you're curious. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 > > Title: > Warning messages about unsandboxed downloads > > Status in apt package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in apt package in Debian: > Fix Released > Status in synaptic package in Debian: > New > > Bug description: > Recently we got new versions for synaptic 0.82+build1 & apt 1.1.3, but > now get that error when installing/upgrading some packages: > > Setting up libc6-dbg:amd64 (2.21-0ubuntu5) ... > Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ... > W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file > '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - > pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) > > From nautilus, i'm seeing a /root/ folder locked (x on its icon) and > the folder is empty (no /.synaptic/ sub-folder or file), so the above > error. > > oem@u64:~$ ls -l .synaptic > total 4 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 oem oem 0 Aug 25 11:19 options > -rw-rw-r-- 1 oem oem 236 Aug 25 11:19 synaptic.conf > > oem@u64:~$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/ > .... > -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Sep 20 06:36 lock > drwx------ 2 _apt root 16384 Sep 24 15:25 partial > ...... > > oem@u64:~$ sudo ls -l /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ > ..... > drwxr-xr-x 2 _apt root 4096 Sep 22 23:33 partial > > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: synaptic 0.82+build1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-1.10-generic 4.3.0 > Uname: Linux 4.3.0-1-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: GNOME > Date: Fri Dec 4 05:23:25 2015 > SourcePackage: synaptic > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1522675/+subscriptions > -- _-_-_ |BricK| [image: 🤓] L P Luigi Espenlaub luigiwrit...@gmail.com "Kuiper Belted" [A Non fantasy science fiction mystery set 150 years in the future.] "A stone cold mystery in space." - Woody Carsky-Wilson, ED: A Few Good Words, a Cincinnati Writers Project Anthology available on Amazon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Title: Warning messages about unsandboxed downloads To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1522675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
