apt-get permission denied

[Petter Adsen]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:19:13 -0500
Jack McGee <jack at greendesk.net> wrote:

> On 08/10/2015 01:27 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> > On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:52:01 -0500
> > Jack McGee <jack at greendesk.net> wrote:
> >> Preconfiguring packages ...
> >> Setting up util-linux (2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6) ...
> >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/util-linux.postinst: 6:
> >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/util-linux.postinst: update-alternatives: Permission
> >> denied
> >> dpkg: error processing package util-linux (--configure):
> >>    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> >> status 126
> >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >> mythuser at ZBOX84:/var/lib/dpkg/info$
> > Is it possible that /var has come up mounted noexec? This seems to
> > start when launching the first script in /var.
> >
> >
> 
> drwxr-xr-x  14 root root  4096 May  6 11:51 var
> 
> 

That won't tell you much. Is /var on a separate filesystem? You can
check mount options by running 'mount' with no arguments. If /var is
listed there with the 'noexec' option, then that is your problem.

Petter

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