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[Bug 1464958] Re: chromium-browser does not run in guest account

 

This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.17.0-0ubuntu1

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lightdm (1.17.0-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - Disable log backups - this interferes with logrotate.
    - Support using libaudit to generate audit events.
    - Handle trailing whitespace on boolean values in configuration.
    - Update example configuration to more correctly match allowed options.
    - Fix unnecessary X server from being launched when locking seats.
    - Check the version of the X server we are running so we correctly pass
      -listen tcp when required.
    - Allow reading /proc/<PID>/net/dev from within a guest session.
      (LP: #1442609)
    - Allow guest sessions to write in /{,var/}run/screen folder.
      (LP: #1442611)
    - Update guest-session AppArmor profile to be suitable for openSUSE.
    - Fix apparmor profiles for running Chromium in guest sessions.
      (LP: #1504049, LP: #1464958)
    - Fix configure failing without Vala installed.
  * Build with multi-arch
  * debian/lightdm.logrotate:
    - Use logrotate to handle log files placed in the default system log
      directory (/var/log/lightdm).
  * debian/guest*:
    - Optimize guest account creation, use OverlayFS of AuFS if available.

 -- Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 28 Oct 2015
15:02:46 +1300

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  chromium-browser does not run in guest account

Status in Chromium Browser:
  Unknown
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in google-chrome-beta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Description:

  In guest account, start chromium browser shows nothing.  Start with
  command line shows error:

  guest-1qFsXl@home:~$ chromium-browser http://www.google.com
  Check failed: NamespaceUtils::DenySetgroups()

  This used to work for months and found failed for few weeks.

  Version:

  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  chromium-browser    43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1
  linux-image-3.13.0-54-generic    3.13.0-54.91
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  Desktop-Session:
   'None'
   'None'
   'None'
  DetectedPlugins:
   
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  Env:
   'None'
   'None'
  Load-Avg-1min: 0.28
  Load-Processes-Running-Percent:   0.2%
  MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: chromium-browser 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-54-generic root=UUID=85a7733c-fbc4-49bf-84ce-02be4c5ba907 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-54.91-generic 3.13.11-ckt20
  Tags: third-party-packages trusty
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-54-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 12/15/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: P1.50
  dmi.board.name: H97M-ITX/ac
  dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd12/15/2014:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnH97M-ITX/ac:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]
  mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2015-01-14T08:39:14.796369

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