On Friday 15 December 2006 14:19, Peder wrote: > On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Daniel Bauer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > what is the difference when I start an app from console when I'm logged > > in as the user, or when I start it from the console as another user after > > "su -l username"? > > > > Sorry for my poor english, let me explain: > > > > I have 2 users: "daniel" and "digi". Usually I work as "daniel", but I > > have a svn-test-version of digikam installed as user "digi" to keep it > > apart from my production environment. > > > > When I'm logged in as "daniel" I open a console and type "su -l digi" and > > after the pwd I start digikam. But in digikam I cannot save a changed > > photo (overwrite a file). There is no problem writing a *new* file, but > > overwriting an existing one is not possible. > > Hmmm, weird. "su -l user" or just "su - user" should take you to that > users home directory (just "su user" will change user but not current > directory). I guess daniels home directory is somehow writable by digi > but files created and owned by daniel aren't. > Do a "ls -lad $HOME" as daniel and see if the rights are drwxrwxr-x. > If so you have a possible security risk (if you have other users > on your computer) and you should do a "chmod 700 $HOME" (or 755 or 744). > Also do a "pwd" after you su and see what directory you're in. > > Depending on how you want it you can either put daniel and digi in the > same user group and make sure the files are writable by that group, or > make sure that when you su to digi you end up in that users home > directory (usually /home/digi). > > - Peder
Thanks Peder, Meanwhile I think it's actually a problem of digikam. I could reproduce the saving error even when logged in (it seems it depends of the sequence of actions taken in the program). ls -lad $HOME gives drwxr-xr-x for both users and pwd gives /home/digi I think thats how it should be... have a nice day. Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com Madagascar special: http://www.sanic.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
