A note to everybody: The error message from Geany was for a socket in /run/user etc etc NOT .run/user.
Cheers Lex On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 21:06, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, June 07, 2022 02:11:36 PM Dave Parker wrote: > > thanks, but that didn't fix it :'( > > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:08 PM Alain Aupeix <[email protected]> > > > > Perhaps changing owner of .run/user/1000/geany > > > > > > sudo chown -R $user:$user .run/user/1000/geany > > What command did you actually run, or what is the owner and group of that file > now? > > A number of comments, which may be rather "elementary" (or may sound > condescending) depending on the level of expertise of Dave: > > * on my Debian Wheezy system, it is $USER to get the username > > * I understand that on newer (Debian?) systems the behavior of sudo has > changed somehow, specifically with respect to what environment it uses (that > of > the user or that of root), you may have to do something like add a - (like > "sudo -"), but I have not paid careful attention to discussions about that. > > * where is file .run/user/1000/geany? I assume (I know) that it is in the > user's home directory (i.e., /home/<username>/.run/user/1000/geany > > I prefer to write commands like that, especially in an email to a (to me) > unknown user, more like: > > # chown -R <username>.<groupname> /home/<user>.run/user/1000/geany > > (the pound prompt implies being run as root) > > or some variation that, I hope, a user will recognize what needs to be done. > > BTW, is that /home/<user>.run/user/1000/geany a file or a directory -- if a > file, the -R (for recursive) is not necessary > > There are possible alternates, like > > $ sudo <-??> <username>.<groupname> /home/<user>.run/user/1000/geany > > Note: if the - (dash) is required in the sudo command, I'm about 95% sure a > separating space is required. > > (the pound prompt implies being run as the user) > > Running ls -al /home/<user>.run/user/1000/geany would let you know if the > desired change was accomplished (if that is a directory, appending a /* would > be helpful) -- you can post the results here if you have any doubts. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
