Kate

[Johnny Ernst Nielsen]

torsdag den 30. April 2009 kvad Steven Vollom:
> On Wednesday 29 April 2009 01:20:50 pm marc wrote:
> > Steven Vollom said:
> > > When I attempt to open an editor in sudo, I get the following
> > > response:
> > >
> > > steven at Yeshua:~$ sudo kate
> > > [sudo] password for steven:
> > > Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-steven" is owned by uid 1000 instead
> > > of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/kde-steven" is owned by uid 1000 instead
> > > of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/ksocket-steven" is owned by uid 1000
> > > instead of uid 0.
> > >
> > > What is wrong, and how do I correct the problem?  TIA
> > >
> > > Steven
> >
> > Try:
> >
> >   alt+F2
> >   kdesu kate
> >
> > --
> > Best,
> > Marc
>
> Thanks, I was advised, tried and it worked, kdesudo kate, but I
> still don't understand the error.  I have seen this before and no
> one ever has explained the comment uid 1000 instead of uid 0.  I
> believe I am user ID 1000, but I don't understand how User ID 0
> comes into the picture.  Will you explain this a bit?  Thanks! 
> When I happens again, I would like to understand the comment.
>
> Steven

uid 0 is always root.

In your case uid 1000 is Steven.

So Kate running as uid 0 tries to access files belonging to uid 1000.

There's a uid mismatch.

I don't think it's in any way "dangerous".
I have never had any problems with it.

Best regards :o)

Johnny :o)