debian/apt.postinst: chown _apt:root /etc/apt/auth.conf

[apt.git] / debian / apt.postinst

diff --git a/debian/apt.postinst b/debian/apt.postinst
index b0a5da7d85d7cb5c5ba46c65a15b63fc83be6f0c..bcc18b4e5306b03443089b1a2ed3f04ebc6ec7fb 100755 (executable)
--- a/debian/apt.postinst
+++ b/debian/apt.postinst
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ case "$1" in
        adduser --force-badname --system -home /var/empty \
            --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true
 
+        # ensure the passwords can still be read by the methods
+        if [ -e /etc/apt/auth.conf ]; then
+            chown _apt:root /etc/apt/auth.conf
+        fi
+
        # deal with upgrades from experimental
        if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" 'eq' '1.1~exp3'; then
            # libapt will setup partial/ at runtime