Bug#265322: DCOP-Server: Running a KDE program as root causes the next start of KDE to fail
* Holger Wansing [Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:42:38 +0200]: I'm sorry, but I'm running testing; so I'm unable to upgrade to 3.3.0-2 ok. But: When I do the same as you did (open a shell as user, su to root and then execute iceauth), I get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ted# iceauth Using authority file /root/.ICEauthority I see. So, this is not a sign for the bug beeing fixed. You have to start a kde-prog (for example kuser) as root, close it and then look for the owner of .ICEauthority file. It has to be user, not root. If the owner is still user, the bug is fixed. I did that too, not only the iceauth thing, and the owner was $USER after closing the program. so, are you telling me that the problem still exists in testing, even though the iceauth thing above? please confirm. also, note that there is an updated kdelibs package in testing-proposed-updates (3.2.3-3.sarge.2), which you may upgrade to. thanks, -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code. -- Ken Thompson
Bug#265322: DCOP-Server: Running a KDE program as root causes the next start of KDE to fail
* Holger Wansing [Mon, 05 Jul 2004 11:00:15 +0200]: Package: kdelibs-bin Version: 4:3.2.2-2 Severity: normal hi Holger, Open a shell as user user, su to root, and start a KDE program like konqueror, will change the ownership of the /home/user/.ICEauthority file from user to root. I'm not sure, if this is intended, but it ends up in a big problem: the next time when trying to start KDE at this user, it doesn't start, because the dcopserver has no write-access to the .ICEauthority file. KDE shows a error message telling about this permission problem. I saw this problem already at KDE 2.2.2 in stable. let's see: I didn't try to reproduce your problem when you reported, and now that I have kdelibs 3.3.0-2, I am unable to reproduce. if I su to root as a normal user, and then execute: # iceauth Using authority file /root/.ICEauthority you can see that is not using my $USER ICE auth file. I suppose (if you're still able to reproduce your problem) that for you it would read /home/$USER/.ICEauthority there. can you check? also, can you upgrade and see if it still happens? thanks, -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Bug#265322: DCOP-Server: Running a KDE program as root causes the next start of KDE to fail
Package: kdelibs-bin Version: 4:3.2.2-2 Severity: normal Open a shell as user user, su to root, and start a KDE program like konqueror, will change the ownership of the /home/user/.ICEauthority file from user to root. I'm not sure, if this is intended, but it ends up in a big problem: the next time when trying to start KDE at this user, it doesn't start, because the dcopserver has no write-access to the .ICEauthority file. KDE shows a error message telling about this permission problem. I saw this problem already at KDE 2.2.2 in stable. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.26hw6 Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE Versions of packages kdelibs-bin depends on: ii kdelibs4 4:3.2.2-2 KDE core libraries ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcupsys2 1.1.20final+cvs20040330-3 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii libfam0c1022.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM ii libgcc11:3.3.4-1 GCC support library ii libgcrypt1 1.1.12-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libgnutls7 0.8.12-5 GNU TLS library - runtime library ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libtasn1-0 0.1.2-2 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime) ii libxml22.6.10-3 GNOME XML library ii libxrender10.8.3-5 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxslt1.1 1.1.7-1 XSLT processing library - runtime ii netpbm 2:10.0-3 Graphics conversion tools ii python 2.3.4-1 An interactive high-level object-o ii xlibs 4.2.1-12.1X Window System client libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-3 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information
