{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashbang/shell-etc/issues/25","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashbang/shell-etc/issues/25/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashbang/shell-etc/issues/25/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashbang/shell-etc/issues/25/events","html_url":"https://github.com/hashbang/shell-etc/issues/25","id":107292708,"number":25,"title":"on ny1, /etc can't be read by users, resulting in widespread breakage","user":{"login":"daveloyall","id":1524866,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1524866?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall","html_url":"https://github.com/daveloyall","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daveloyall/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-09-18T23:04:02Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T18:24:53Z","closed_at":"2015-09-21T18:24:53Z","body":"Because `/etc` can't be read by users on `ny1`, some programs do not execute correctly.\r\n\r\n    sebboh@ny1:~$ apt-get --help|grep dry\r\n    E: Opening configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades - ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied)\r\n\r\nBut users don't need `apt-get`?  I disagree.  Note from my command line that I was simply performing research in preparation for recommending some packages to install.  I *could* do this research on my own debian machine, but I'd rather rely on the dependency resolution on `ny1`--since it knows what packages are already installed.\r\n\r\nAnyway, I'm sure some other program likes to read out of `/etc`... like `bash`, `emacs`, `sbcl`, `less`...  (Though all of those do have sane defaults so they don't \"break\" when they can't locate the system-wide config.)"}}