The previous command should have launched a Konqueror file manager window that was owned by user "root".

As for the error messages, you could try to change the ownership of the file or of the symbolic links themselves by using the chown command. You will need to type:

sudo su

to become the "root" or superuser in order to make these changes. Here is a man page on the proper usage of the chown command:

http://linux.die.net/man/1/chown