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Re: /run/user/1000 errors

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Thanks for the reply. Your suggestion to use the Ctl-Alt-F2 console 
worked. Although it worked, it is a pain to use as a normal way of 
installing software. Any suggestions as to how to fix the root cause?

Gary R.


On 5/13/21 11:55 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:50:54AM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote:
>> When trying to install the Bacula backup system on my computer, I get the
>> following error:
>>
>> *QStandardPaths: wrong ownership on runtime directory /run/user/1000, 1000
>> instead of 0*
> Well, that error message is wrong.  The correct owner of /run/user/1000
> is 1000, not 0.
>
> What probably happened here is you logged in as your normal unprivileged
> user (with UID 1000) and then used something like su to temporarily
> gain elevated privileges -- but whatever method you used left some of
> your regular user's environment variables intact.
>
> These environment variables will refer to directories like /run/user/1000
> which are yours, and not root's.
>
>> I have noticed the same problem on other software packages. I have searched
>> the internet for answers to this and have found dozens of cases with dozens
>> of different ways to fix the problem, none of which seem to work for me.
> As a first suggestion, it sounds like whatever you're doing expects
> a complete login environment belonging to root, rather than one belonging
> to you but with temporary powers granted.
>
> So, try launching a complete root login environment with "su -" or
> with "sudo -i" and see if that helps.  Or, if you prefer, drop to a
> text console (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F2) and login directly as root there.  Or,
> if you prefer, and if you've configured your system to allow it, you
> could try "ssh root@localhost".

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Re: /run/user/1000 errors Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-13 21:00 +0200
  Re: /run/user/1000 errors "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 21:40 +0200
    Re: /run/user/1000 errors Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2021-05-14 22:20 +0200

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