[Bug 11994] Konqueror - kio_thumbnail error

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Ubuntu (kubuntu) | konqueror





------- Additional Comments From loic at dev.erodia.net  2005-06-20 07:36 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> Yes, yes I have run Konqueror as root (using 'sudo konqueror', as 'su root' is
> disabled). I'll change the permissions rightly. It appears that this is indeed a
> feature, not a bug.
> Seeing as this is a feature, is there a proper way to abuse this feature ie. run
> Konqueror as root in Kubuntu? - so as to avoid this problem in the future? (No
> root user = no root session).

Try to use a command which define correctly some environement variables, like $HOME.

With sudo use -H :
-H  The -H (HOME) option sets the HOME environment variable to the
           homedir of the target user (root by default) as specified in
           passwd(5).

loic at iron:~$ sudo -s -H
Password:
root at iron:/home/loic # set|grep HOME
HOME=/root

Now if I launch konqueror, it will write to /root/.kde/, not to
/home/currentuser/.kde/, because the $HOME variable is set correctly.

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