Something else is wrong here. My $XDG_CONFIG_DIR is not set either, for my own user or for root. And I fairly regularly run emelfm2 from a regular "su" session. I've never experienced my own user's config being affected by this. -- Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by logging into the web interface.