I give another workaround at the following adress: http://debuntu.org/2006/04/03/14-how-to-dapper-and-starting-mldonkey-mlnet-file-s-not-owned-by-user-113-or-group-1001-var-run-reown-it-first This workaround is more into the breezy/debian way -- Startup file doesn't work https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35914