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Description of Problem: I get the following traceback when running up2date: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 15, in ? from up2date_client import up2date File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 731, in ? rpm_version = getRpmVersion() File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 722, in getRpmVersion db = openrpmdb() File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 713, in openrpmdb log.log_me("Opening rpmdb in %s with option %s" % (dbpath,option)) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 107, in log_me self.write_log(s) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 116, in write_log self.log_file = open(self.log_file_name, 'a') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/up2date' Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): up2date-2.7.61-7.x.2 up2date-gnome-2.7.61-7.x.2 How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. up2date (as normal user) Actual Results: Above traceback. Expected Results: up2date GUI should launch and ask for root password.
The traceback will be fixed in 2.9.40, now you will get a warning dialog. also, to get up2date to ask for roots password, it must be invoked as "/usr/bin/up2date" for a default new user, "up2date" will find this version (actually, a symlink to consolehelper, which prompts for the password). If you have added /usr/sbin to users path, this doesnt work.