files/dirs owned by root if byobu run under sudo
Bug #835152 reported by
Dustin Kirkland
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| byobu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Dustin Kirkland | ||
| Oneiric |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Dustin Kirkland | ||
Bug Description
This happens under sudo, if you don't use the -H option; Byobu will create a bunch of files in your $HOME which will be owned by root.
All sorts of things go wrong if you don't own your $HOME dir. Take some care in byobu to prevent this from happening.
| Changed in byobu (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in byobu (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) |
| milestone: | none → ubuntu-11.10-beta-1 |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in byobu (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 4.32-0ubuntu1
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byobu (4.32-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
* usr/bin/
- silence message that some users found noisy
* usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/
usr/
- fix a suite of support issues around launching byobu under sudo,
where files/dirs would be created under the $SUDO_USER's $HOME,
but would be owned by root
* usr/lib/
- save a fork
-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:23:49 -0500