08-24-2017
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Originally Posted by
solaris_1977
I got the point. It may be nature of application, the way it is creating file with root ownership. I can check with application owner, if this nature can be changed.
But, is it possible at all, to give sudo access to app_user to remove that root owned file ? I just want to have my statement correct, before jumping into discussion with them.
Probably the worst approach to fixing a problem is writing more code to paper over the symptom of the problem instead of just fixing the actual problem.
Your problem here is a file has ownership/permissions that prevent processing per your system's requirements.
Instead of fixing
that problem, your proposed solution is to write even more code and/or create something new in order to change the
symptom.
So instead of a fixed problem, you now have a problem, a patch that hides that problem, an entire set of undocumented dependencies for working around that problem, and a requirement to spend future resources keeping that patch working.
Ever wonder how computer systems get unreliable?
That's exactly how.
Do you want reliable systems?
FIX the actual problems, never ADD extras to patch over and hide them.
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NAME
apport-bug, apport-collect - file a bug report using Apport, or update an existing report
SYNOPSIS
apport-bug
apport-bug symptom | pid | package | program path | .apport/.crash file
apport-collect report-number
DESCRIPTION
apport-bug reports problems to your distribution's bug tracking system, using Apport to collect a lot of local information about your sys-
tem to help the developers to fix the problem and avoid unnecessary question/answer turnarounds.
You should always start with running apport-bug without arguments, which will present a list of known symptoms. This will generate the most
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apport-bug firefox
apport-bug /usr/bin/unzip
In order to add more information to the bug report that could help the developers to fix the problem, you can also specify a process ID
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$ pidof gnome-terminal
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As a special case, to report a bug against the Linux kernel, you do not need to use the full package name (such as linux-
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apport-bug linux
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Finally, you can use this program to report a previously stored crash or bug report:
apport-bug /var/crash/_bin_bash.1000.crash
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Bug reports can be written to a file by using the --save option or by using apport-cli.
apport-bug detects whether KDE or Gnome is running and calls apport-gtk or apport-kde accordingly. If neither is available, or the session
does not run under X11, it calls apport-cli for a command-line client.
UPDATING EXISTING REPORTS
apport-collect collects the same information as apport-bug, but adds it to an already reported problem you have submitted. This is useful
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OPTIONS
Please see the apport-cli(1) manpage for possible options.
ENVIRONMENT
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SEE ALSO
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