You're running a kde app as root, that's what the sudo thing does. It tries to connect to your kde session and notices that it's owned by you and not the UID of the process you're launching, and complains. If it works, I say ignore it. On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Anyone know why these errors would occur from trying to edit a system file > in Kubuntu 11.10 using Kate? > >> larry@hammerhead:~$ sudo kate /etc/lsb-release >> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> Error: "/tmp/kde-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> Error: "/tmp/ksocket-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> kdeinit4: Shutting down running client. >> Connecting to deprecated signal >> QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) >> Error: "/tmp/ksocket-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> Error: "/tmp/kde-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> kbuildsycoca4 running... >> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. >> Error: "/tmp/kde-larry" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid >> 0. >> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ >> >> >> Kate ran and the edit did work BTW > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to > multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: or > CC:. Also remove all of the addresses from the message body before > forwarding the message. These simple measures prevent spy programs from > capturing the addresses shown in the recipient list and the message body. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com