<table><tr><td style="">eliasp added inline comments.
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</div><div style="padding: 0 8px; margin: 0 4px; background: rgba(151, 234, 151, .6);"> <span style="color: #aa4000">bool</span> <span style="color: #004012">execWithRoot</span><span class="p">(</span><span style="color: #aa4000">const</span> <span class="n">QString</span> <span style="color: #aa2211">&</span><span class="n">action</span><span class="p">,</span> <span style="color: #aa4000">const</span> <span class="n">QString</span> <span style="color: #aa2211">&</span><span class="n">subAction</span><span class="p">,</span> <span style="color: #aa4000">const</span> <span class="n">QVariant</span> <span style="color: #aa2211">&</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">PriviledgeWarning</span> <span class="n">warning</span><span class="p">);</span>
</div><div style="padding: 0 8px; margin: 0 4px; background: rgba(151, 234, 151, .6);"> <span style="color: #aa4000">void</span> <span style="color: #004012">endPriviledgeOp</span><span class="p">();</span>
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<div style="margin: 8px 0; padding: 0 12px;"><p style="padding: 0; margin: 8px;">I find <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: 13px;">execWithRoot()</tt> to be a bit misleading, as the goal shouldn't be to always elevate to <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: 13px;">root</tt>'s privileges but to only what's required to execute the specific operation (e.g. browse <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: 13px;">/home/someotheruser</tt> doesn't need <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: 13px;">root</tt>'s privileges but only <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: 13px;">someotheruser</tt>'s privileges).</p>
<p style="padding: 0; margin: 8px;">Always elevating to root is IMHO by far too permissive.</p></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div><strong>REPOSITORY</strong><div><div>R241 KIO</div></div></div><br /><div><strong>REVISION DETAIL</strong><div><a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D6197" rel="noreferrer">https://phabricator.kde.org/D6197</a></div></div><br /><div><strong>To: </strong>chinmoyr, elvisangelaccio, Frameworks<br /><strong>Cc: </strong>eliasp, aacid<br /></div>