Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.7.0) OS: Linux This directory and file keep being created every time I start kde. I believe it is not supposed to be created in / partition. Moreover I don't see a reason for this file to be created at all, why would kauth_backend evere want to store it's settings in such a way. # cat /.config/Trolltech.conf [Qt%20Plugin%20Cache%204.7.false] usr\lib\kde4\plugins\kauth\backend\kauth_backend_plugin.so=40703, 0, i386 linux g++-4 full-config, 2011-07-28T20:26:12 usr\lib\kde4\plugins\kauth\helper\kauth_helper_plugin.so=40703, 0, i386 linux g++-4 full-config, 2011-07-28T20:26:12 # ls -l /.config/Trolltech.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270 Aug 19 21:47 /.config/Trolltech.conf Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: start kde Expected Results: Directory /.config should not ever be created.
The file is created by the Qt library, but it obviously should be placed in $HOME. Could you check if the file is created by user "root", i.e. during authorization?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 249217 ***