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

[James Tyrer]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 20 February 2010 02:38:49 James Tyrer wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> 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).
>> Did you try, after opening Dolphin as root, opening a Konsole with:
>> 
>> 
>> Tools -> Open Terminal
>> 
>> and running:
>> 
>> kdeinit4 ??
>> 
>> Does that fix the problem?
> 
> Yes, it seems to.  So are you saying that 'kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab'
> must do this in the background, somehow?
> 
Yes, when you use KDESU, it should automatically initialize the KDE 
session for the new user (root is the default).  For some reason, you 
system isn't doing this.  Dale is having the same problem.  Perhaps 
someone familiar with the code can tell us what the exact problem is.

-- 
James Tyrer

Linux (mostly) From Scratch