Loading any Snap application in a live session doesn't work

Bug #1632001 reported by Ads20000
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
snap-confine (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
snapd (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

I get the following error when trying to run a snap application installed in a live session.

'cannot change apparmor hat of the support process for mount namespace capture. errmsg: Operation not permitted
support process for mount namespace capture exited abnormally'

Even if Snaps aren't supposed to run in a live session, there should be some sort of error to say clearly that one can't run Snaps in a live session and must install Ubuntu or, even, Snappy should be disabled entirely in live sessions.

Computer info:
VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 5.0.24_Ubuntu r108355
(I don't have access to spare hardware to test on at the moment)
Allocated 2GB RAM
Host OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit
Lenovo ThinkPad X201

Live session from the Ubuntu 16.10 20161008 ISO

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: snapd 2.16+16.10ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-21.23-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.379
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Oct 10 16:19:05 2016
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20161008)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1632001

tags: added: iso-testing
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in snap-confine (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in snapd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Ads20000 (ads20000)
tags: added: bionic
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in snapd (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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