$ sudo adduser --no-create-home cutecatAdding user `cutecat' ...Adding new group `cutecat' (1007) ...Adding new user `cutecat' (1005) with group `cutecat' ...Not creating home directory `/home/cutecat'.Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfullyChanging the user information for cutecatEnter the new value, or press ENTER for the defaultFull Name []: Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] Y$ su cutecatPassword: $ ./pythonPython 3.4.0b1 (default:1f1498fe50e5, Dec  5 2013, 09:48:25) [GCC 4.7.2] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory$Python 2.7 and 3.3 do not throw error.$ ./pythonPython 3.3.3+ (3.3:07425df887b5+, Dec  2 2013, 12:27:06) [GCC 4.7.2] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> [60778 refs][41580 refs]$$ ./pythonPython 2.7.6+ (2.7:181ced5bf0be, Dec  4 2013, 11:23:42) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> $

This is presumably due to the new default enabling of readline, where it is trying to save the history file when it exits.

For the record, why did you close as invalid?

Not sure who you meant by 'you', but just in case you meant me, Vajrasky was the one who closed it.

I closed it because I could not reproduce it anymore.I think, it worked again after$ ./python -SI will open it again if I can consistently reproduce this bug.

Okay, this bug is valid. I can reproduce it in Ubuntu and Fedora.bash-4.2$ ./pythonPython 3.4.0b1 (default:7a668179d691, Dec  6 2013, 21:44:31) [GCC 4.7.2 20121109 (Red Hat 4.7.2-8)] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directorybash-4.2$ ./python -SPython 3.4.0b1 (default:7a668179d691, Dec  6 2013, 21:44:31) [GCC 4.7.2 20121109 (Red Hat 4.7.2-8)] on linux>>> bash-4.2$

Additional information:When I created /home/cutecat with another user account.bash-4.2$ ./pythonPython 3.4.0b1 (default:7a668179d691, Dec  6 2013, 21:44:31) [GCC 4.7.2 20121109 (Red Hat 4.7.2-8)] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission deniedOf course, so I change the ownership of /home/cutecat to cutecat. Then it works.bash-4.2$ ./pythonPython 3.4.0b1 (default:7a668179d691, Dec  6 2013, 21:44:31) [GCC 4.7.2 20121109 (Red Hat 4.7.2-8)] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> bash-4.2$So what did it try to do in /home/cutecat?[sky@localhost cpython]$ ls -la /home/cutecat/total 8drwxr-xr-x. 2 cutecat root    4096 Dec  6 21:50 .drwxr-xr-x. 4 root    root    4096 Dec  6 21:50 ..-rw-------. 1 cutecat cutecat    0 Dec  6 21:50 .python_historySo I leave to core Python developers to decide whether this ticket is valid or not.

The main question here is whether "interactive user without a home directory" is a valid / common use case. I think silencing the FileNotFoundError would be ok.(however, the "home directory with wrong permissions" case sounds crazy)

I'm getting the same PermissionError 13:Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission deniedMy case is: I'm running Python 3.4.0 as a non-root user in a docker.io container built on ubuntu 14.04.  This user was created during the creation (Dockerfile) of the container.  The user has a home directory and that directory appears to have the usual/proper permissions.  When I exit the python3 REPL I get this error even if all I did was start python3 from the command line and then immediately exit.So maybe the cause is other, or more subtle, than just a user with no home dir or home dir with unusual perms?

I can easily reproduce the problem with Docker,and it does seem to be a permission problem:    $ docker run -ti --rm --user="7777:7777" python:3.6.3-jessie bash -c "python3"    Python 3.6.3 (default, Oct 10 2017, 02:29:16)     [GCC 4.9.2] on linux    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.    >>>     Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:    PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied    $ docker run -ti --rm --user="7777:7777" python:3.6.3-jessie bash -c "HOME=/tmp python3; ls -lta /tmp"    Python 3.6.3 (default, Oct 10 2017, 02:29:16)     [GCC 4.9.2] on linux    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.    >>>     total 8    drwxrwxrwt  2 root root 4096 Oct 28 14:10 .    drwxr-xr-x 55 root root 4096 Oct 28 14:10 ..    -rw-------  1 7777 7777    0 Oct 28 14:10 .python_history

I was able to reproduce both the `PermissionError` and the `FileNotFoundError` under these circumstances:$ docker run --user 123:123 -ti python pythonPython 3.7.0 (default, Jul 17 2018, 11:04:33) [GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied$ docker run --user nobody -ti python pythonPython 3.7.0 (default, Jul 17 2018, 11:04:33) [GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directoryIn the former, the home directory is `/` (not writable).  In the latter, the homedir is `/nonexistent`, which, well, doesn't exist.My patch addresses both of these errors.

New changesetb2499669ef2e6dc9a2cdb49b4dc498e078167e26 by INADA Naoki (Anthony Sottile) in branch 'master':bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2499669ef2e6dc9a2cdb49b4dc498e078167e26

New changeset416f3435c536c5197f5c6a23504955cf717df200 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/416f3435c536c5197f5c6a23504955cf717df200

New changesete20d31cdb33bdfee68bce059f9a9c7ce71b035fe by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.6':bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e20d31cdb33bdfee68bce059f9a9c7ce71b035fe