[Bug 883103] Re: debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

[Jani Uusitalo]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 799076 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799076

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 799076
   Terminal outputs errors while running DKMS ( and DEBConf ) operations during update-manager package installation

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

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Seeing the error:

  debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
  /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

  After running update-manager.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: debconf 1.5.40ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct 28 09:58:05 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-27 (0 days ago)

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