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Description of problem: schroot fails to open session with an error message like: [andris@ap doc]$ schroot -pc c32 E: centos-i386-0721e417-a54a-452a-bf95-5b20140efcb6: Failed to lock chroot: /var/lib/schroot/session/centos-i386-0721e417-a54a-452a-bf95-5b20140efcb6: Failed to write session file: Permission denied Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): schroot-1.6.5-3.fc20.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. try to use schroot 2. 3. Actual results: I'm getting an error message as mentioned above Expected results: normal operation (worked before upgrade to Fedora 20) Additional info: Tested on 2 Fedora 20 systems Problem can be workarounded by makeing /usr/bin/schroot suid root (perhaps group rights would be preferable, but that should be fixed in the package) [andris@ap doc]$ ls -l /var/lib/schroot total 8 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Dec 19 14:40 mount drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Dec 19 14:40 session
Reproduced it. I'll get a fix out soon.
schroot-1.6.5-4.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/schroot-1.6.5-4.fc20
Updated package works nicely. Thanks
Package schroot-1.6.5-4.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing schroot-1.6.5-4.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-23693/schroot-1.6.5-4.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
schroot-1.6.5-4.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
This issue still persists in Fedora 21 schroot-1.6.5-6.fc21 version.