Looks like someone should file another bug.

On Nov 24, 2007 2:29 AM, wateenellende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In that case, there must be something else wrong as well.
>
> The kdesudo ubuntu2.2 did not work for me, programs could not connect to
> the X server. If I recall correctly, issueing an "xhost +" would resolve
> that.
>
> Removing kdesudo and using kdesu instead worked for me.
>
> Other people have reported that removing the option root_squash from the
> NFS share made it work for them, but I am not root at the faculties main
> file server, so I can't test that.
>
>
>
> Frode M. Døving wrote:
> > The current version of kdesudo in gutsy and hardy does not need root-write 
> > access to $HOME.
> > The kdesudo version released in the first gutsy, did however start programs 
> > as root, but with the users environment variables.
> > This evil and ugly bug told programs like adept, dolphin, konqueror and 
> > others,
> > to save their configuration files to the users $HOME/.kde/ folder,
> > even when the programs actually were running as the root user.
> > The result is root-owned files in the users home directory once a program 
> > is executed with kdesudo.
> > This issue is fixed in the ubuntu2.2 version in gutsy and in the hardy 
> > version.
> >
> > One should check the user home directory for root-ownership on 
> > configuration files, as that can be frustrating.
> > Saving new configurations, bookmarks, settings etc. as the user might not 
> > work at all,  if this is the case.
> >
>
> --
> kdesu ownership change
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155032
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