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

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 19 February 2010 04:24:36 Duncan wrote:
> 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.

Following up on this - if I tried 'kdesu dolphin' then attempted to edit a 
file, I got the result reported.  However, if I tried 'kdesu kwrite 
/etc/fstab' I got an editable file.  Perhaps that gives you something to 
compare, to find what's really happening (or not).

Anne
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