On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 05:52:43PM +0100, Valerio Vanni wrote: > setpriv --reuid "$kafuid" --regid "$kafgid" --init-groups > --reset-env \ > env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/"$kafuid" $kafdis > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE \ > /usr/bin/kaffeine --lastchannel >/dev/null 2>&1
> ----- > Uid, gid and display are saved and restored, so it can works also for other > users and x servers. > But with setpriv kaffeine was complaining it couldn't find .config/, > database etc and so it wasn't able to start. It seems that was ignorming > original user's home and tried to access root home. > > Adding the parameter --reset-env seems to fix, kaffeine restarts. > But, after some minutes, it closes. I don't understand why. My first guess would be that you also need $HOME to be set, or perhaps the current working directory, or both. --reset-env sets HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME and PATH. That seems like a reasonable addition. I have no idea why it crashes later.
