Re: Akonadi as Root
On Wednesday 29 May 2013 22:57:55 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> Putting this back on list where it belongs.
Patrick wrote:
> On 5/28/2013 8:51 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 28 May 2013 14:41:16 staticsafe wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:19:36AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 22:37 -0500, Patrick wrote:
> >>>> First I want to say: do not make comments/statements about running as
> >>>> root, I am running Kali linux.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now that that is said, I have figured out that it has to do with
> >>>> mysqld. it said something about security section of the manual. I
> >>>> found this but still no luck.
> >>>
> >>> This is a list for Debian Linux. If we should help you, we at least
> >>> need to know, what running an app as root or not as root, has to do
> >>> with the choice of your Linux distribution Kali.
> >>>
> >>> If your Thunderbird for Windows NT allows to use plain text, than
> >>> please don't use HTML.
> >>
> >> "Kali Linux (formerly known as BackTrack) is a Debian-based distribution
> >> with a collection of security and forensics tools. It features timely
> >> security updates, support for the ARM architecture, a choice of four
> >> popular desktop environments, and seamless upgrades to newer versions."
> >>
> >> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=kali
> >
> > That still doesn't explain why you need to run Akonadi as root.
> >
> > Nor does it explain why you think that a Debian list can help you, since
>
> this
>
> > would appear to be a KDE/Kali problem. Try the KDE or Kali lists/fora.
> >
> > Lisi
>
> Kali is a modified Debian wheezy. It only has a root account. I finally
> figured out a fix to my problem. I needed to edit a MySQL configuration
> file in /etc/akonadi
> However now my problem is with trying to upgrade to a kde version that
> has kdepim 4.8+ so I can use DAV Groupware Resource for Google calendar.
> I am messing with the Ubuntu raring repository to get 4.10 but I am
> having issues with after KDM login it gives me a black screen with a
> fully functional mouse, so for the past 12-14 hours I have been on TTY
> console trying to get it to work...
As I suggested before, why not ask on the Kali or KDE lists or fora? They
might know the answer.
Lisi
Reply to: