that, but maybe not exactly this problem, is why you shouldnt run graphical apps using sudo on ubuntu - gksudo (or kdsu?) is the equivalent, and doesnt set various strange files in ~/ as owned by root<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 18/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Martin Leventon</b> <<a href="mailto:martlev@martlev.com">martlev@martlev.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 03:19:29PM +0000, Dominic Hibbs wrote:<br>--snip--<br>> Hold it! I think I may have seen it. Should .bash_history be owned by me?<br>><br>> I will still post this as it may be of interest to someone.
<br>><br><br>Correct it does need to be owned by the user and also writable<br><br>--<br>Martin Leventon <<a href="mailto:martlev@martlev.com">martlev@martlev.com</a>><br><a href="http://martlev.com">http://martlev.com
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