After login as root bleachbit changes

Hi Mike,

When you switch back to a normal user, this should not happen. I would like to check into it, so I have a few follow-up questions

1. Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

2. When as a non-administrator you preview or clean Firefox, Thunderbird, or Flash, do you see in the log window a list of files related to those applications? For example, you should see files like /home/username/.mozilla

Hello, Andrew, thanks for the feeler.
in reply to your questions- 1, Ubuntu 16.04; 2, yes, there's a list but
the items on it aren't in 'tree' format; that is to say there is no
breakdown as to location -- just the names with check boxes.
Since entering the post that this refers to, I've gone through more than
several convolutions and have had other issues as well in dealing with
an attempted printer install that failed. . . then afterwards had Epson
living with me, and the Epson network even came back AFTER reinstalling
the system from scratch.
. . .Figure that one out.
But now I seem to have been successful in using the terminal command dl
in removing Epson's file system, wherever it was hiding. . . I never did
find it even though I searched for hours.
Ubuntu leaves somewhat to be desired in the Search category, just
between you and me.
As to switching back from root to standard user it appears that nothing
went wrong there; I was merely flummoxed after BleachBit returned my
system to the 'stone age,' requiring a complete reset of all preferences
and prerogatives.
The first time BleachBit 'had at it' I wound up reinstalling from fresh.
Good thing I'm retired, ha!
. . . Got nothing to lose, since this computer is an X-tra laptop I
bought from Ststem76 in 2014, with little of importance on the drive.
I've been 'living with Apple' for years and have my whole life in a
MacBook Pro, haha, but I confess that Ubuntu is beginning to grow on me.
If I can just jerry-rig BleachBit so that it stops deleting my passwords
and settings in Firefox and Thunder-chicken (hope I got that name
right), I'll more or less be a happy camper.
The trick with BleachBit seems to be leaving the Preferences/Custom
window blank and only allowing /home/user-name/.cache in the
Preferences/Custom/Drives window.
Even so, BleachBit still has a tendency to do a little bit more than it
needs to, so that Firefox and T-bird have to be completely reset
following a root-level spin through your system.
I may go back to using BleachBit sans root, since it gently tickles the
files and leaves behind more than mere ashe and detritus.
Another somewhat daunting issue that I've been able to eliminate was a
problem with amavisd and amavisd-new -- two helpers that work with
ClamTk scanning email messages.
Thing is. . . if the user has a client-based email server such as Yahoo
and is not running a server onboard, the latter two files are
superfluous and can find no venue for installation.
. . . Under that circumstance constant error messages become the norm.
But all it takes to clean things up is to open Synaptic P.M. and mark
amavisd and amavisd-new for [not complete] removal.
Wallah! No more errors.
Thanks for the feeler, Andrew but it looks like this old geeze is headed
for Ubuntu Valhalla.
Peace.

On 05/14/2016 04:22 PM, Andrew Ziem wrote:
> Your question #293646 on BleachBit changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/bleachbit/+question/293646
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Andrew Ziem requested more information:
> Hi Mike,
>
> When you switch back to a normal user, this should not happen. I would
> like to check into it, so I have a few follow-up questions
>
> 1. Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
>
> 2. When as a non-administrator you preview or clean Firefox,
> Thunderbird, or Flash, do you see in the log window a list of files
> related to those applications? For example, you should see files like
> /home/username/.mozilla
>

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