ROFL !!! One of the things I have always disliked about KDE is the insistence that that jave to roll their own packages and name them with an initial k or kde. I am sure there is sometimes a reason to do that but with sudo? I hardly think there could be a real reason. Of course, I have not yet hit my limit of being wrong 100 times yet today. On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:13 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > Agreed. Maybe kdesudo would play happier. But goofy stuff like that is > why I decided to switch away from kde. > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > >> Of course. And I did ignore it. However, sudo does not give those kinds >> of errors in other distros and derivatives where I have used it. Kind of >> silly to give errors saying we know what you are doing and while it is >> perfectly legitimate and the purpose of using sudo, we just thought we >> would complain and possibly confuse you. :) >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:05 PM, James Mcphee wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- 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.