Bug 51195

Summary:	Start kde whith su command change the owner of mcop-`whoami` and ksocket-'whoami' in /tmp/ directory
Product:	kdesktop	Reporter:	Antenore Gatta <agatta>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	CLOSED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	finex
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Antenore Gatta 2002-11-25 21:53:09 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.0.3)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
OS:          Linux

As a normal user (tommy) you run 
# su
then you start kde...
the files:
/tmp/mcop-tommy
and
/tmp/socket-tommy
become owner of root!!!
so when you exit kde and exit root you cannot be able to start kde without some problem.

Thanks in advance and sorry if this bug report already exist.
Bye, Antenore.

Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2002-11-26 10:17:17 UTC

the fix is short and quickly done: don't do it. 
This is exactly what you fuck up when you do 
su, use 'su -' if you want to start a new session 
with that user.

Comment 2 Antenore Gatta 2002-11-26 21:07:51 UTC

Subject: Re:  Start kde whith su command change the owner of mcop-`whoami` and ksocket-'whoami' in /tmp/ directory

Sorry for my error...

Next time I'll think it over.


Alle 10:17, marted

Comment 3 FiNeX 2009-01-02 20:20:51 UTC

Bug closed. Kdesktop is no more mantained.