upgrade stopped at ownership error message
 

i just tried to do an upgrade and got the following messages:

----snip---
Reading changelogs... Done
Error: "/tmp/kde-klorovwp0rg" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-klorobxLJlU" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"

and now the process is hung. what should i do?

thanks,

tom arnall




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upgrade stopped at ownership error message
 

i just tried to do an upgrade and got the following messages:

----snip---
Reading changelogs... Done
Error: "/tmp/kde-klorovwp0rg" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-klorobxLJlU" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"

and now the process is hung. what should i do?

thanks,

tom arnall



SOORRYY!! finished ok. it was waiting for me to respond to some warnings shown
in a browser. forget previous mail.


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upgrade stopped at ownership error message
 

tom arnall wrote:

i just tried to do an upgrade and got the following messages:

----snip---
Reading changelogs... Done
Error: "/tmp/kde-klorovwp0rg" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-klorobxLJlU" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"

and now the process is hung. what should i do?

thanks,

tom arnall


If it's just a single-user box (and you're the single user), I'd just
"sudo rm /tmp/kde-klorovwp0rg" and "sudo rm /tmp/ksocket-root" and "sudo
rm /tmp/kde-root".


Or reboot (which will delete the contents of /tmp).

I'd also keep in the back of my mind that this is slightly suspicious,
but if it's just a personal workstation, I wouldn't think much more
about it until and unless it happens again. Then I think I'd start doing
a bit of forensics.



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