[Bug 1767728] [NEW] /home/$USER/.cache is owned by root

[Nick Hynes]

Public bug reported:

I´ve installed ubuntu 17.10 from a mini install with no additional
packages by accident*.

I then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt-get.

After installing ubuntu-desktop I saw a number of issues that all appear
to step from having root as the owner of ´/home/$USER/.cache´ in my
profile.

I´ve fixed this, with a simple chown command, but thought you should know because there are a number of symptoms that could be quite challenging for less experience users including:
* Firefox won´t startup during to permissions problems with the user´s profile
* Application updates is unable to get a list of available packages because it can´t access ~/.cache/gnome-software/...´

NOTE: the attached bug report shows the state of my system AFTER I
applied the above fix, and it is now working.


Footnote: *it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the mini install after selecting packages as a separate feature request - so that users who do as I did and press ENTER to select, rather than space, can correct their error. Iĺl enter this separately. :)


ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-39.44-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 29 09:30:26 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session

** Description changed:

  I´ve installed ubuntu 17.10 from a mini install with no additional
  packages by accident*.
  
  I then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt-get.
  
  After installing ubuntu-desktop I saw a number of issues that all appear
  to step from having root as the owner of ´/home/$USER/.cache´ in my
  profile.
  
  I´ve fixed this, with a simple chown command, but thought you should know because there are a number of symptoms that could be quite challenging for less experience users including:
  * Firefox won´t startup during to permissions problems with the user´s profile
  * Application updates is unable to get a list of available packages because it can´t access ~/.cache/gnome-software/...´
  
+ NOTE: the attached bug report shows the state of my system AFTER I
+ applied the above fix, and it is now working.
  
  
- * Note: it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the install as a separate feature request.
+ Footnote: *it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the mini install after selecting packages as a separate feature request - so that users who do as I did and press ENTER to select, rather than space, can correct their error. Iĺl enter this separately. :)
+ 
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-39.44-generic 4.13.16
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Apr 29 09:30:26 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  /home/$USER/.cache is owned by root

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I´ve installed ubuntu 17.10 from a mini install with no additional
  packages by accident*.

  I then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt-get.

  After installing ubuntu-desktop I saw a number of issues that all
  appear to step from having root as the owner of ´/home/$USER/.cache´
  in my profile.

  I´ve fixed this, with a simple chown command, but thought you should know because there are a number of symptoms that could be quite challenging for less experience users including:
  * Firefox won´t startup during to permissions problems with the user´s profile
  * Application updates is unable to get a list of available packages because it can´t access ~/.cache/gnome-software/...´

  NOTE: the attached bug report shows the state of my system AFTER I
  applied the above fix, and it is now working.

  
  Footnote: *it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the mini install after selecting packages as a separate feature request - so that users who do as I did and press ENTER to select, rather than space, can correct their error. Iĺl enter this separately. :)

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-39.44-generic 4.13.16
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Apr 29 09:30:26 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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