[Konsole-devel] [Bug 152666] Root session option in file menu

[Robert Knight]

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------- Additional Comments From robertknight gmail com  2007-11-21 20:43 -------
> I realize it might be possible to do with a custom session, 
> it is much easier to have this as a built-in. 

It should be trivial:

1.  Settings -> Manage Profiles
2.  Click 'New Profile'
3.  Choose a name for the profile
4.  Write a suitable command for creating a "root shell" (eg. sudo $SHELL)
5.  Click OK

> KDE 3.5 has a root session icon in the file menu 
> which is very useful for starting a root shell

Unfortunately it doesn't work on a large number of systems because, depending on the distribution and version, there will be different ways of initiating a shell which runs with root priviledges - su vs sudo for example.

I'm also concerned as to whether encouraging people to run the shell as root is a good idea, as opposed to 'sudo'ing only commands which require root permissions.