What is .gksu.lock file
I have been trying to find out what exactly /home/user/.gksu.lock is.
- What does the file do?
- If I remove or edit the file, will it affect my system in any way?
Solution 1:
What does the file do?
This is a lock file for gksu (Gtk+ frontend to su(do)). It does nothing if it is on the system (tested it with several gksu nautilus commands; when closing nautilus it did show a "critical" alert ... so it might be a bug that the file is there; EDIT: bug report found for 14.10 but is also has 14.04 in comments: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/1325251 )
If I remove or edited the file,does it affect my system in any way?
Removing: the system will recreate the file when needed so here the answer is: no. If it is gone and someone is using a gksu action somewhere it will fail to finish the task.
Editing? The file is empty and probably should be empty. If you edit something in I would expect nothing to happen. Sane answer: no, does nothing. I assume the content is not checked but just the presence of the file should be enough to trigger a notice regarding a lock active.