Skeleton status files are installed read-only. When copying to the config dir upon initialization, make sure they end up writable. --- byobu-5.98/usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in +++ byobu-5.98/usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ if [ ! -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f" ]; then # Copy from skeleton, if possible cp -f "$BYOBU_PREFIX/share/$PKG/status/$f" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f" + chmod +w "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f" # Enable ec2_cost, if we're in ec2 and seeding a new setup if metadata_available; then $BYOBU_SED_INLINE -e "s/#ec2_cost/ec2_cost/g" "$($BYOBU_READLINK -f $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/$f)"