[Bug 1727064] Re: package-data-downloader crashed with PermissionError in process_download_requests(): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d/data-downloads-failed'

[Sebastien Bacher]

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Title:
  package-data-downloader crashed with PermissionError in
  process_download_requests(): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib
  /update-notifier/user.d/data-downloads-failed'

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I did a ubuntu upgrade from 17.04 to 17.10.

  update-notifier fails to get permissions and eventually crashed.

  Oct 24 22:24:00 null-pointer polkitd(authority=local): Operator of
  unix-session:6 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action
  org.freedesktop.policykit.exec for unix-process:5172:637251 [/usr/lib
  /gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server] (owned by unix-user:foo)

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: update-notifier-common 3.186
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Oct 24 22:23:09 2017
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-05 (1207 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader']
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  Title: package-data-downloader crashed with PermissionError in process_download_requests(): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d/data-downloads-failed'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-21 (3 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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