Re: upgrade stopped at ownership error message

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

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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Kent