See this from cron whenever flash updates are available on my amd64 17.04 box.
/etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common: Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz [30.4 MB] Fetched 30.4 MB in 2s (10.6 MB/s) W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) flashplugin-installer: processing... flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz Flash Plugin installed. It is right about the permissions on the directory. $ ls -ld /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 18 07:35 /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial I also see the same issue on a 32-bit 16.04.3 box upgraded just now with apt-get. flashplugin-installer: processing... flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz [30.4 MB] Fetched 30.4 MB in 5min 51s (86.6 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20171016.1.orig.tar.gz Flash Plugin installed. Same issue with permissions there too I suspect. # ls -ld /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 18 20:20 /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682017 Title: adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1.orig.tar.gz couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run ... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/app-install-data-partner/+bug/1682017/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
