applications for root only??

[ciprianvilau]

hi

i just installed an application (celestia) and i can access it only if i;m root

how can i make it accessible for other users??

[ram88]

Did you get any error message when started it as normal user?
Also try to start it from konsole and paste here the error messages.

[ciprianvilau]

no, i don’t get any error message. when i start it as a normal user it just does nothing. it starts only when i log in as root

about starting in konsole: i’m noob in linux, so tell me if i do it right: i open gnome terminal (i use gnome), cd to folder where the app is installed (cc@linux-4v04:/opt/kde3/bin>" and i type “celestia”

the message is
"cc@linux-4v04:/opt/kde3/bin> celestia

Program ‘celestia’ is present in package ‘celestia’, which is installed on your system.

Absolute path to ‘celestia’ is ‘/opt/kde3/bin/celestia’. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path.

bash: celestia: command not found
"

[user]

> no, i don’t get any error message. when i start it as a normal user it
> just does nothing. it starts only when i log in as root

hot tip: NEVER log into KDE as root, just doing that causes some
permission problems that are tough to figure out and fix…

carefully and completely read the following which give the SAFE way
to become and use root powers: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Login_as_root

[ram88]

@ciprianvilau

no, i don’t get any error message. when i start it as a normal user it just does nothing. it starts only when i log in as root

about starting in konsole: i’m noob in linux, so tell me if i do it right: i open gnome terminal (i use gnome), cd to folder where the app is installed (cc@linux-4v04:/opt/kde3/bin>" and i type “celestia”

the message is
"cc@linux-4v04:/opt/kde3/bin> celestia

Program ‘celestia’ is present in package ‘celestia’, which is installed on your system.

Absolute path to ‘celestia’ is ‘/opt/kde3/bin/celestia’. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path.

bash: celestia: command not found
"

Check your $PATH variable. Go into terminal and type:

echo $PATH

and search for this path: /opt/kde3/bin/. If it isn’t there then you need to edit the $PATH variable.
In your home directory open the file: .bashrc - hidden file. Scroll to the end and add the lines:

PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde3/bin/
export PATH

Open the terminal and try to start celestia.

You don’t need to be logged in as root - never log in as root. You can start KDE programs with kdesu or sudo <command>

[ciprianvilau]

@ReindeerSkinner

>

hot tip: NEVER log into KDE as root, just doing that causes some
permission problems that are tough to figure out and fix…

carefully and completely read the following which give the SAFE way
to become and use root powers: SDB:Login as root - openSUSE

i use gnome. i logged in as root several times but just for copying some icon themes …i didn’t do anything else

@ram88

Check your $PATH variable. Go into terminal and type:

echo $PATH

and search for this path: /opt/kde3/bin/. If it isn’t there then you need to edit the $PATH variable.
In your home directory open the file: .bashrc - hidden file. Scroll to the end and add the lines:

PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde3/bin/
export PATH

Open the terminal and try to start celestia.

You don’t need to be logged in as root - never log in as root. You can start KDE programs with kdesu or sudo <command>

well, the path exists when i type echo $PATH

i tried “sudo celestia” command, but it says something about /home/cc/ICEauthority that can’t be accessed or something…

anyway, since i want to reinstall the system i deleted the ICEauthority file and now celestia works just fine as a normal user