On Sunday 07 May 2006 11:35, Jason Dixon wrote: > On May 7, 2006, at 11:18 AM, dave feustel wrote: > > On Sunday 07 May 2006 10:53, Jason Dixon wrote: > >> On May 7, 2006, at 10:38 AM, dave feustel wrote: > >>> After running kde on 3.9 I found the following error messages in > >>> the kde error > >>> log: > >>> > >>> kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle > >>> '/etc/samba/smb.conf' > >>> kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle > >>> '/etc/security/fileshare.conf' > >>> kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle '/etc/ > >>> exports' > >>> > >>> Why would kio access files in /etc? > >> > >> Why do you continue to ask questions like this? What do you think > >> kio is used for? Does your firewall block Google, or are you just > >> lazy? > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. I had not thought of trying google for > > the answer > > to this question. I just now googled for "kio /etc" and got 413,000 > > hits. I > > assume you either do not know, or choose not to post, the answer to my > > question. But thanks anyways for the help which you did provide. > > > > The question is, if I am not doing anything with those files, then > > why is > > kio accessing them? > > I assumed that you would be bright enough to use Google to understand > the purpose of kio (virtual file system library). I was mistaken in > giving you the benefit of the doubt. Now that you know what kio is > for, does it start to make sense why it would access files in /etc > that pertain to file sharing?
It is interesting to see the leaps in your logic. I do not run samba. It actually got installed by my mistake and I deleted as much of it as I could because I consider it a big security vulnerability.
