[Bug 44920] Re: KDEROOTHOME set incorrectly; user settings ignored

[Boudewijn]

Hi Johnathan,

I found the answer your question on what KDEROOTHOME should be here:

<http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/fsh.php>

I founc additional information in chapter 24 of the KDE User Guide of my
openSUSE 10.1 installation:

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KDE Internals
Specifying Directories

Environment Variable: KDEHOME
Example Setting(s): ~/.kde
Comment: 

Environment Variable: KDEROOTHOME
Example Setting(s): /root/.kde
Comment: Different variable to prevent root writing to $KDEHOME of the user after running su.

Environment Variable: KDEDIR
Example Setting(s): /opt/kde3, /usr, /usr/kde3
Comment: Vendor dependent. Used by KDE 2. If not set, falls back to compiled-in default.

Environment Variable: KDEDIRS
Example Setting(s): /opt/kde3, /usr, /usr/kde3
Comment: New in KDE3. Can list multiple locations separated by a colon. If not set, falls back to $KDEDIR

Don't need to be set, defaults work just fine.

Running KDE2 next to KDE3? Point $KDEDIR to KDE 2 and $KDEDIRS to KDE 3.

A staff member at a university could have the following settings:

KDEHOME='~/.kde3'
KDEROOTHOME='/root/.kde3'
KDEDIRS='/opt/kde_staff:/opt/kde3'
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Hope this helps.

    Best regards,

    Boudewijn

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KDEROOTHOME set incorrectly; user settings ignored
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44920