[kde-linux] Dolphin opening a text file as root with Kwrite.

[Duncan]

Anne Wilson posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:01:32 +0000 as excerpted:

> On Thursday 18 February 2010 18:35:32 James Tyrer wrote:
>> 
>> This is not intended behavior.  You have to stop telling people that
>> everything is OK when there is a problem.
>> 
> I was told specifically that it was intended behaviour, and the reason
> was security.  I do not deny that problems exist.  I frequently point
> out that the problem is in the user's setup, not the software.  If it
> has been shown to be a bug, I say so.  Do not mis-represent me.

FWIW, I expect the lack of a shipped pre-configured kmenu and context menu 
option is intended, due to deliberate (kde) choice, because yes, there are 
certain security issues.

However, it should still work when started properly from the command line 
(or if the user configures a menu item appropriately), provided all the 
authorization stuff is in order.  If it's not working, then either 
something's broken with the authorization, or the command wasn't formed 
properly due to incomplete understanding of the required authorization, 
etc.

So both of you are correct.  It's just that you're talking about slightly 
different aspects of the same thing.  The choice not to ship the 
preconfigured options was AFAIK deliberate and is intended behavior.  But 
it should still work if the user issues the command or sets up the menu 
options manually.  A breakage there would /not/ be intended behavior, 
simply (deliberately) out of the scope of what's normally shipped.

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