Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-<username>" is owned by uid [...]

[bgmf666]

I've just tried to use MakeMKV but unfortunately I was drawn back by a problem I consider more a Linux related problem than MakeMKV one, but since I'm not that sure, I thought: Let's just ask them

After installing it, I receive the following error on the attemt to start it:

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Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-<username>" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

I've checked it and yes: I'm in usergroup 1000 - since I'm not root, which I consider quit normal...

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 - no fresh install but an upgraded version from 11.04.

Thanks for your tipps!

Daniel

[crowfax]

just chown it to your user.

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sudo chown -R /var/tmp/kdecache-<username> username:username

Then if you wanna make sure that everyone else still has access to it

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sudo chmod g+w /var/tmp/kdecache-<username>

I take no responsibility for breaking your desktop.

[bgmf666]

The funny thing is: There is only one user. <username> is just the wildcard for it... chown would only change the user to itself - if you understand what I mean.