[Bug 1682017] Re: adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1.orig.tar.gz couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run ...

[Chris Samuel]

I should also mention that the aforementioned _apt user does exist on my
system, it's just that the directory is not owned by them.

$ id _apt
uid=125(_apt) gid=65534(nogroup) groups=65534(nogroup)

$ 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

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Title:
  adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1.orig.tar.gz couldn't be accessed by user
  '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run ...

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  
  The system was upgraded from zesty to yakkety a few days ago. 

  sudo apt dist-upgrade
  ....
  Unpacking gnome-music (3.24.1.1-0ubuntu1) over (3.24.0-0ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up libostree-1-1:amd64 (2016.15-3ubuntu3) ...
  Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.179) ...
  flashplugin-installer: processing...
  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1.orig.tar.gz
  Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1.orig.tar.gz [30,4 MB]
  Fetched 30,4 MB in 18min 46s (27,0 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1.orig.tar.gz' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
  E: Download Failed
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
  Setting up gnome-user-guide (3.24.0-0ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.52.0-1) ...
  Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.52.0-1) ...
  Setting up gnome-music (3.24.1.1-0ubuntu1) ...
  ....

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