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Re: Buster install using debootstrap.

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Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 08:30:16AM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
>> Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> wrote:
 
>>> I also don't understand why it says that it could not create temporary 
>>> files in /tmp.  I am running this as root and /tmp is owned by root.  
>>> What am I missing?
>> 
>> /tmp (and /var/tmp/) should have the following permissions and rights:
>> 
>>  root:root 1777/drwxrwxrwt
>> 
>> apt runs its I/O processes as a different user "_apt" and if /tmp does
>> not have the sticky bit set, then it cannot create any files there,
>> causing the error.

> To be completely clear, it's the world-write bit that allows _apt to
> create files/subdirectories there.  The sticky bit prevents other
> users from removing or renaming said files/subdirectories while _apt
> is using them.

Eh, yes, of course. Was ahead in my thoughts and mixed both facts
together.

Grüße,
Sven.

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Buster install using debootstrap. Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2020-06-05 08:10 +0200
  Re: Buster install using debootstrap. Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-06-05 08:40 +0200
    Re: Buster install using debootstrap. Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-05 13:30 +0200
      Re: Buster install using debootstrap. Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-06-05 13:40 +0200
    Re: Buster install using debootstrap. Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2020-06-05 14:20 +0200
    Re: Buster install using debootstrap. Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2020-06-06 03:40 +0200
      Re: Buster install using debootstrap. (SOLVED) Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2020-06-06 06:20 +0200

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