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05-11-2009

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This is not a system that was designed for only single users, and they don't know how you live. The system assumes that you have an idea of how to use it, as you are intuitive, and the system is not.

Also, the use of root vs a normal (underprivileged user) is to prevent the normal user from destroying the machine. Also, it is a protective measure that ensures that as a normal user, under normal circumstances, should you get compromised, minimal damage to the system can be done. If you, as a normal user, gets infected by a rootkit or uses a script that is malicious, you should do minimal damage (assuming that the attacks are not using a code exploit that is unpatched, etc). Under previous versions of Windows, for example, the code would be run as administrator, as that is what Windows assumed, and the machine/OS could be compromised as a result.

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kde4-config

KDE4-CONFIG(1)							 KDE User's Manual						    KDE4-CONFIG(1)

NAME

       kde4-config - Prints KDE installation paths

SYNOPSIS

       kde4-config [--expandvars] [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--libsuffix] [--localprefix] [--version] [--types] [--path type] [--userpath type]
		   [--install type]

DESCRIPTION

       kde4-config is a command line program used to retrieve information about KDE installation or user paths.

       Use this program to determine where the various aspects of the KDE installation reside on your system.

OPTIONS

       --expandvars
	      expand ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix} in output

       --prefix
	      Compiled in prefix for KDE libraries

       --exec-prefix
	      Compiled in exec_prefix for KDE libraries

       --libsuffix
	      Compiled in library path suffix

       --localprefix
	      Prefix in $HOME used to write files

       --version
	      Compiled in version string for KDE libraries

       --types
	      Print a list of all available KDE resource types

       --path type
	      Search path for the specified type

       --userpath type
	      User paths for the types: desktop|autostart|trash|document

       --install type
	      Prefix to install resource files to

EXAMPLES

       Print the top-level KDE installation directory:

	% kde4-config --prefix

       Print a list of all resource types:

	% kde4-config --types

       Print the installed wallpaper path:

	% kde4-config --path wallpaper

SEE ALSO

       kdeoptions(7)

BUGS

       None known.

AUTHOR

       Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>.

K Desktop Environment						    2007-09-28							    KDE4-CONFIG(1)