".config" directory in my root

afreitascs · 07-06-2012, 10:38 PM

".config" directory in my root .

There is also a directory "run" ( !? )

look

Quote:

base1@base1:~$ ls -a /
./ bin/ etc/ lib64/ mnt/ root/ srv/ usr/
../ boot/ home/ lost+found/ opt/ run/ sys/ var/
.config/ dev/ lib/ media/ proc/ sbin/ tmp/
base1@base1:~$

How do I remove it? I think this is not his place ...

thanks

ps: I use 64bit slackware current multilib

chrisretusn · 07-07-2012, 12:27 AM

Already discussed here: /.config/Trolltech.conf

on the /run directoy from ChangeLog.txt:

Code:

Mon Jun 25 05:17:48 UTC 2012
a/aaa_base-14.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Bumped slackware-version to 14.0.
  Added top level /run directory.

ReaperX7 · 07-07-2012, 01:40 AM

Any file with a "." at the front of it's name is usually a hidden file that part of your user profile configuration on a Linux system. You probably don't want to delete these unless you have uninstalled the package relevant to it.

afreitascs · 07-07-2012, 04:07 PM

Thank you guys for replicas

@chrisretusn

Quote:

Already discussed here: /.config/Trolltech.conf

But this does not solve! Only provides a solution to live with it ( /.config ) ... The directory "/.config" should not be there, or should?

What did and did not solve:

slackpkg clean-system did not solve

so I decided to try ...

Quote:

slackpkg remove kde
rm-r /.config
rm-r /etc/kde
rm-r /usr/lib64/kde4
reboot
slackpkg install kde
reboot

but also not solved ....

thanks

Didier Spaier · 07-08-2012, 12:08 AM

Many programs use /home/user/.config or /root/.config to store configuration files. You shouldn't worry about that.

EDIT I see now you were speaking about /. Sorry at first I did misread your post

wildwizard · 07-08-2012, 02:42 AM

Once upon a time the / was also the home for root, this is different to current times where root has it's home in /root

The Trolltech (/.config) thing is nothing more than a throw back to the times of old.

rkelsen · 07-08-2012, 02:55 AM

Easy solution: Don't use the GUI from within the root account.

wildwizard · 07-08-2012, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkelsen

Easy solution: Don't use the GUI from within the root account.

Er Wrong.

This is created by the system when a normal user does something that requires root level access.

In the days of old you would have to run su in an xterm to get root level access for a X windows app, those days are long gone and now when you need that level of access it comes up with a nice dialog asking for the root password.

Unfortunately anything based on Qt will cause this directory to be created, and KDE is based on Qt so there is no avoiding it if you run KDE.

rkelsen · 07-08-2012, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildwizard

This is created by the system when a normal user does something that requires root level access.

Like what? I've never had this happen, and I've been using KDE as my primary desktop since 2001.

wildwizard · 07-08-2012, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkelsen

Like what? I've never had this happen, and I've been using KDE as my primary desktop since 2001.

This is a recent regression, if your not up to date you wont get this, if you upgrade to -current you'll have it.

afreitascs · 07-08-2012, 09:48 AM

Hello to all

I'll leave it as is! I learned that there is no problem ... my curiosity

I suppose, not sure, it only appears in slackware current ... but it is a waste in slackware-current.

So there is no solution to prevent its re-creation!

Thank you all for replies

chrisretusn · 07-09-2012, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afreitascs

@chrisretusn
But this does not solve! Only provides a solution to live with it ( /.config ) ... The directory "/.config" should not be there, or should?

but also not solved ....

thanks

I was pointing out that there was an existing thread that discusses the same problem. That is all.

The /.config should not be there, but where to put it is another story. Perhaps you will be interested in this: Bug 249217 – kauth helpers create .kde and .config in /

astrogeek · 07-09-2012, 01:36 AM

I am not running -current so have not seen this myself.

If you can't prevent it for the time being, how about making it a symlink to another location so that it would at least not write directly to the root directory?

DrTor · 07-09-2012, 02:38 AM

This directory always appears when you use KDE packages from Alien Bob http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/kde-...ives/#comments (my post : January 27, 2012 at 21:01)

chrisretusn · 07-09-2012, 07:24 AM

It's not just Slackware that is affect by this. It is a KDE issue, possibly a Qt issue, depending on who you talk to.