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On Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:11:02 +0100 Florian Gamböck <ml@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Am 05.01.2015 um 11:54 schrieb Gevisz: |
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> > After today's world update, the eix-update command, run under root, |
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> > failed to "open the database file '/var/cache/eix/portage.eix' for writing." |
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> > Nevertheless, the same command, run with ordinary user privileges, completed without error. |
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> Obviously, while updating, the priviliges are dropped to another user |
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> (root shouldn't be overused anyway). In this case, they are most likely |
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> dropped to user "portage". |
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Ok, thank you for explanation. |
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> Try changing the owner and group of the cache to "portage". |
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> $ ls -al /var/cache/eix/portage.eix |
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> -rw-rw-r-- 1 portage portage 12302936 Dec 19 16:45 |
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> /var/cache/eix/portage.eix |
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> Greetings |
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> --Flo |
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