[Bug 1752526] Re: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

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

** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

Status in debconf package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Due to strange terminal output after latest debconf (1.5.66) upgrade (
  lp:1752394 ) i have installed debconf-utils to run 'debconf-get-
  selections' and 'debconf-set-selections', but:

  oem at ubuntu:~$ debconf-set-selections
  debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

  oem at ubuntu:~$ ls -l /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat
  -rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec  1 18:35 /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat

  So the configuration is badly set. This also have been reported some times ago (precise) lp:959364
  but nobody care on the canonical side.

  Needs to run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to set the minimal required.
  https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker/issues/58

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: debconf-utils 1.5.66
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-11.12-generic 4.15.5
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Mar  1 10:05:12 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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