The files are owned by root. I have not directly run any of the related tools as root (or indeed ever, that I can recall).
I can create a fresh set simply by removing the existing set and plugging in my phone: $ ls -lRa /tmp/root /tmp/root: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 ./ drwxrwxrwt 19 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:05 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 .config/ /tmp/root/.config: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 libimobiledevice/ /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice: total 28 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 4 16:31 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 964 Apr 4 16:31 HostCertificate.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1679 Apr 4 16:31 HostPrivateKey.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Apr 4 16:31 libimobiledevicerc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 948 Apr 4 16:31 RootCertificate.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1675 Apr 4 16:31 RootPrivateKey.pem $ sudo rm -rf /tmp/root $ ls -lRa /tmp/root ls: cannot access /tmp/root: No such file or directory [ Here I plug in my phone ] $ ls -lRa /tmp/root /tmp/root: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 ./ drwxrwxrwt 19 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 .config/ /tmp/root/.config: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 libimobiledevice/ /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice: total 28 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:07 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 964 Apr 5 09:07 HostCertificate.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1675 Apr 5 09:07 HostPrivateKey.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Apr 5 09:07 libimobiledevicerc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 948 Apr 5 09:07 RootCertificate.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1675 Apr 5 09:07 RootPrivateKey.pem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to libimobiledevice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1164263 Title: user-specific and possible private files are written to a global location To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libimobiledevice/+bug/1164263/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
