After updated to ubuntu 13.10 I also have this issue. The permission of the directory (/var/run/user/1000/pulse) was changed to root, every time I run synaptic, from the gnome-flashback menu in the panel.
>From the menu synaptic is invoked by pkexec. I tried gksudo synaptic then no such problem, i.e. the directory remians owned by myslef. I think it may be a problem caused by pkexec -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197395 Title: /run/user/$ID/pulse owned by root and not by the user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1197395/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
