Permission Problems

[Jim]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> mickey wrote:
>
>   
>> Can anyone tell me what the problem is here on Kubuntu-7.10 ?
>> I googled and everybody is having problems with this error message
>>     
>
> "Everyone"?  Hardly.  
>
>   
>> Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora but nobody has answer for problem
>> Can't get write permissions in root using Konqueror.
>>
>> :~$ sudo konqueror
>> [sudo] password for mickey:
>> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>> Error: "/tmp/kde-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>> Error: "/tmp/ksocket-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-mickey" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>>     
>
> If you do "sudo konqueror", you will always get those errors, because you
> aren't running with a root environment.  It's perfectly predictable, but
> not ime fatal - konqueror still runs.  The same thing will happen if you
> try to run any other kde app via sudo.
>
> The simple fix (and correct way to run a KDE app with root privilege) is to
> use "kdesu konqueror"
>   
I ran as "kdesu konqueror"