Hi guys

I “Can” manage a Linux Box, as long as there is a connection to Internet is available. So that concludes my expertise with LINUX OS.

One of the major annoyance for me while interacting with LINUX is the limitations firing up Gedit as a normal user. It requires kind of manipulation as “root” user (or I am not sure about other methods), yet the screen keeps screaming about few warning like below

(gedit:3531): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/oracle/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
(gedit:3580): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/home/oracle/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/home/oracle/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.NN11EZ': Permission denied
(gedit:3580): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/oracle/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory

So, in a nutshell how to start Gedit as a restricted user & to avoid watching the above few warnings?

as root user, issue the following command:

[root@rt05 ~]# xhost +localhost
localhost being added to access control list

The above will add “localhost” to access control list, YOU better know the consequences of it.

Now, the warning “(gedit:3531): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/oracle/.local/share/recently-used.xbel’, but failed: No such file or directory” is due to missing “../.local/share” folder. Creating this path as “Oracle” user didn’t resolve the issues. I had to change the ownership of the folder(s) as root.

[root@rt05 ~]# mkdir -p /home/oracle/.local/share
[root@rt05 ~]# chown -R oracle:oinstall /home/oracle/.local/share

Once the folders created and proper rights were given, finally the annoying warning messages related opening gedit has stopped!

regards,

rajesh