Kate

[Steven Vollom]

On Thursday 30 April 2009 02:22:13 am Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
> 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)
Thank you.  I now understand.  Before I got help that I understood, I 
attempted, I think sudo su kate.  Then I tried sudo kate, not knowing that it 
made a difference, but when I used kdesudo it worked.  I haven't tried kdesu, 
but I am sure it will work too.  Anyway, I am not sure I will ever understand 
the difference between root and sudo me.  They still appear to be me.  I am 
sure it is just a brain fa_t.

Steven