134903 - permission problem causes talkback not to run

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Talkback Client, defect)

Description

[Darin Fisher]

do the following:

1) sudo -s
2) enter password
3) install mozilla
4) exit
5) run mozilla
6) notice that talkback fails to initialize

problem:

look in ~/.fullcircle

notice directory for talkback data is owned by root.

Comment 1

[Shiva Thirumazhusai]

-> mcafee

Comment 2

[Chris McAfee]

bug 51240 describes this scenario, an install as root, where
this manifests itself again.  As that could be a common case
of this with a good repeatable case, I'm marking this a dup
of that bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51240 ***

Comment 3

[timeless]

this is different, it's a dupe of "don't use sudo"

Comment 4

[timeless]

*** Bug 282004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Chris McAfee]

timeless, bug 51240 describes a root-owned install.
That's what sudo gets you, which is what *this* bug report is
also about.  What's the difference?

"Don't use sudo" doesn't have a bug number, 51240 does.
Find a better explanation and/or please dup this.  Over to you
for a resolution.

Comment 6

[timeless]

[e-mail]: root owned installs are fine, the were fixed. that bug was
filed before talkback data was stored peruser. there are a bunch of bugs about
sudo, but i haven't found a nice convenient bug for it.

Comment 7

[Chris McAfee]

timeless: oh ok.  Thanks for explaining this better.

Comment 8

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

We have not used Talkback in years and it is not longer maintained. Closing bugs.