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Steam refuses to start if $HOME is set as READ-ONLY

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7725 · opened 2021-03-29 by AdRuCo · updated 2021-03-29 · 0 comments · github
AAdRuCo 2021-03-29 github

Steam refuses to start if it cannot write $HOME/.steam.
Related to #1890.
Any setup will do to reproduce this issue.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Remove all steam related files in your $HOME: rm -r "$HOME/.steam*"
  2. Set your $HOME as read-only: chmod 555 $HOME
  3. Try to start steam
    $ steam
    mkdir: cannot create directory «/home/john/.steam»: Permission denied
  4. Steam refuses to start, it wants to clutter your $HOME.

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