[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 1279] Regular Users cannot Change Settings in Xfce

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------- Additional Comments From amtor at hotmail.com  2005-12-19 02:08 UTC -------
I think I tracked down the cause but I really don't have a good solution at this
time.

If I log into root and then do the following I will NOT be able to bring up the
settings window:

#su rob
#startxfce4
Click on Settings Icon on Panel

However, if I do the following, I do not have any problems with bringing up the
settings screen:

#su - rob
#startxfce4
Click on Settings Icon on Panel

In other words, switching to a login shell for my regular account rob solved the
problem.  This is a REAL mystery since the .bashrc and .bash_profile files are
identical for the root account and my regular account rob.  In my case, the only
real difference between "su rob"and "su - rob" is the latter changes my working
directory to the home directory for rob.

I don't have problems with any other window manager like icewm etc when using
su.  But xfce4 seems to require a su - <name of account>.

Perhaps there is a bug in startxfce4?

Rob 

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