Bug 202198 - Program running with superuser priviliges are using wrong settings
Summary: Program running with superuser priviliges are using wrong settings
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 178988
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 4.2
Platform: Mandriva RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Reported: 2009-08-01 13:48 UTC by Andrey Borzenkov
Modified: 2009-08-01 17:34 UTC (History)
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Description Andrey Borzenkov 2009-08-01 13:48:38 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.98)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

I start program that requires superuser privilege (e.g. kvpnc). It seems that such programs take their defaults from ~root/.kde4 and not from ~me/.kde4. E.g. for kvpnc

- profiles are save under root, not me
- fonts are completely different (I use own font settings)
etc

This is inconsistent; I expect programs to always respect current user settings.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-08-01 15:22:20 UTC 
??? If you run a program as root, then root is the "current user".
Comment 2 Andrey Borzenkov 2009-08-01 15:33:29 UTC 
I know what you mean but for average user - (s)he does *not* run program "as root". Program is started and brings up dialogue, that user has to enter superuser password to continue. There is nothing actually that would suggest that program is running as different user.
Comment 3 Dario Andres 2009-08-01 16:27:42 UTC 
I guess this could be merged with the bug 178988. Thanks
Comment 4 Andreas Pakulat 2009-08-01 17:34:57 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 178988 ***