From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: Task: Perform operations as root when logged in as another user. History: The same approach was used in RH8 without the side effects found in RH9 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: To reproduce: 1. open terminal window 2. log on as root 3. run natilus: e.g. ./nautilus & 4. Upon closing nautilus the desktop gets redrawn as root's desktop (not the orignal user) and remains there until a logout is done. Actual Results: Nautilus stays in "root mode" despite the process having been terminated. The temporary workarounds are noted under additional info. Expected Results: The problem here is that this behaviour differs radically from RH8. Arguably RH8 should have behaved in this manner in the first place :-) Additional info: Workaround 1: run nautilus with the --no-desktop option. Workaround 2: live with it and log out. Workaround 3: Do not run as separate process Workaround 4: Create a menu entry like in KDE for "Superuser Nautilus"
Well, it really shouldn't be managing the desktop if another copy already is.
This is fixed in RAWHIDE by the use of a manager selection for the desktop. If anyone is already managing the desktop nautilus won't.