precise to trusty upgrade: chown: cannot access /var/lib/lightdm/.gvfs: Permission denied

Bug #1279428 reported by Martin Pitt
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
lightdm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Trusty
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt

Bug Description

An upgrade from precise to trusty fails on lightdm:

Setting up lightdm (1.9.7-0ubuntu1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/lightdm.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/lightdm ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/lightdm-guest-session ...
chown: cannot access ‘/var/lib/lightdm/.gvfs’: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing package lightdm (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Full log is at http://d-jenkins.ubuntu-ci:8080/job/upgrade-ubuntu-precise-trusty-desktop-amd64_vm/26/artifact/results/apt-term.log

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Triaged → In Progress
milestone: none → ubuntu-14.04-beta-1
summary: - precise to trusty upgrade: chown: cannot access
- ‘/var/lib/lightdm/.gvfs’: Permission denied
+ precise to trusty upgrade: chown: cannot access /var/lib/lightdm/.gvfs:
+ Permission denied
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.9.7-0ubuntu2

---------------
lightdm (1.9.7-0ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=medium

  * debian/lightdm.postinst: Guard the chown'ing of /var/lib/lightdm/, it
    might fail on the .gvfs mount. (LP: #1279428)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:15:55 +0100

Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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