Kubuntu opinion wanted

[Collins Richey]

On 1/3/06, Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:
> I have a kubuntu system set up as a server.  In the course of doing
> updates, my '.Xauthority' directory gets it's owner changed to root:root
> on a regular basis.  T
>
> Running synaptic causes the problem.  I often X into the box from
> another system, that can cause the problem also.
>

What [K]ubuntu version? 5.04 5.10 or older?

All the forum entries I find related to this are for 5.04 and earlier releases.

Also, there is this reference which may be applicable. Watch the
pasting; this is a l-o-n-g url.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=44289&highlight=.Xauthority+ownership+synaptic

HTH,

--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
      smart enough to debug it.
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