Yumex problem

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On 08/23/2013 03:32 PM, Jim wrote:
> On 08/23/2013 02:07 PM, Frank wrote:
<<>>

>>    Yumex runs yum  as a backend...so the yumex.conf file must have
>>
>> use_sudo=1 in it. Its located on my 19 system as $HOME/.config/yumex
>>
>> On my system sudo is configured to give root access without a
>> password. YMMV.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Frank
>
> I put the  use_sudo=1 in the first line of ~/.config/yumex and then I
> ran yumex as user and got this Error message;
>
>    [jim at localhost Desktop]$ yumex
> 16:05:16 : INFO - Using config file : /home/jim/.config/yumex/yumex.conf
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "/usr/bin/yumex", line 42, in <module>
>       app = YumexApplication(backend)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yumexgui/__init__.py", line
> 199, in __init__
>       self.cfg = YumexOptions()
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yumexbase/conf.py", line 73,
> in __init__
>       self.conf_settings = self.get_yumex_config()
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yumexbase/conf.py", line 93,
> in get_yumex_config
>       parser.read(CONF_FILE)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iniparse/compat.py", line 99,
> in read
>       self.data._readfp(fp)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iniparse/ini.py", line 565, in
> _readfp
>       raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fname, linecount, line)

/*NOTE*
> MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
> file: /home/jim/.config/yumex/yumex.conf, line: 1
> '\xef\xbb\xbf[yumex]\n'
/*ETON*

>
>
> But I found out that if I run Yumex as SU by using this command, "yumex
> --root"  it will force it to run.
>

how about a clarification;

from jim's post, file is "~/.config/yumex/yumex.conf".

you post "use_sudo=1 in the first line of ~/.config/yumex"

did you mean "use_sudo=1 in the first line of ~/.config/yumex/yumex.conf"
after headers?

does root have "/root/.config/yumex/yumex.conf"?

if so, how do lines compare to your "~/.config/yumex/yumex.conf"?

see the "*NOTE*" lines i marked from your post.

iow, "1 st line" and "line: 1" can _technically_ have different meanings
when it comes to configuration files.


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