Re: [gentoo-dev] XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=(null) when root logs in

[Joakim Tjernlund]

On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 00:04 +0800, Jason Zaman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 03:58:44PM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2016-10-05 at 23:10 +0800, Jason Zaman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 02:58:20PM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I know this might be a bit off topic but I just want some clues
> > > >
> > > > Whenever root logs in(ssh or on text console) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set to "(null)". This
> > > > creates a /(null) dir. with various stuff in it.
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to find out what sets XDG_RUNTIME_DIR?
> > > its https://bugs.gentoo.org/585688
> > > fixed in sys-auth/consolekit-1.1.0-r1
> > >
> > > I'd forgotten to update the stablereq to that, will do it now.
> >
> > Ah, I see that now.
> > Thou after installing sys-auth/consolekit-1.1.0-r1 I get XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
> > but no the directory is not created for root, seems to be fixed by:
> > https://github.com/ConsoleKit2/ConsoleKit2/commit/664d2fdbd966764836b1f4da2dbc5750c7f01f0f
>
> Yep, that patch is what the -r1 bump was for. Did you remember to
> restart consolekit after updating?
>
ehh, no. It worked after a restart(but I had to manually kill the daemon first)