Bug 805815

Summary:	[abrt] yum-utils-1.1.31-4.fc17: needs-restarting:85:get_open_files:IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Kamil Páral <kparal>
Component:	yum-utils	Assignee:	Seth Vidal <skvidal>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	17	CC:	james.antill, joe, maxamillion, pmatilai, samon007, tim.lauridsen
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Hardware:	i686
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Description Kamil Páral 2012-03-22 09:14:24 UTC

libreport version: 2.0.8
abrt_version:   2.0.7
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/bin/needs-restarting
executable:     /usr/bin/needs-restarting
kernel:         3.3.0-1.fc17.i686.PAE
reason:         needs-restarting:85:get_open_files:IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
time:           Thu 22 Mar 2012 10:11:54 AM EDT
uid:            1000
username:       kparal

backtrace:
:needs-restarting:85:get_open_files:IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
:
:Traceback (most recent call last):
:  File "/usr/bin/needs-restarting", line 171, in <module>
:    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
:  File "/usr/bin/needs-restarting", line 118, in main
:    for fn in get_open_files(pid):
:  File "/usr/bin/needs-restarting", line 85, in get_open_files
:    for line in maps.readlines():
:IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
:
:Local variables in innermost frame:
:files: []
:maps: <open file '/proc/1/smaps', mode 'r' at 0x93d9230>
:smaps: '/proc/1/smaps'
:pid: '1'

comment:
:I started 'needs-restarting' as non-root user.
:
:The tool should not crash, it should state that it needs to be run as root.

Comment 1 Miloslav Trmač 2012-07-19 21:10:00 UTC

Ran needs-restarting as an unprivileged user

Package: yum-utils-1.1.31-4.fc17
Architecture: x86_64
OS Release: Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)

Comment 2 Joe Zeff 2013-04-13 17:22:59 UTC

This was first reported over a year ago, and I just had it happen again.  I agree with the original reporter that if nothing else, needs-restarting should check to see if it's being run by root, and if not, exit with an explanation that it needs root access.

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Comment 4 Fedora End Of Life 2013-08-01 10:55:56 UTC

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