[Bug 161548] New: enable the user to change permissions via root /kdesu)

[S.Burmeister]

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           Summary: enable the user to change permissions via root /kdesu)
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: sven.burmeister gmx net


Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

Not sure whether this is actually a usability bug and not a wishlist item, but anyway. If the user buys a new harddisk and creates partitions on it that get mounted when the system boots, these belong to root. In order to change those permissions, the user would have to use the cli or run the well hidden konqueror in admin-mode.

A far easier, and in my opinion straight forward, solution would be to ask the user for the root password, if one tries to change permissions of a file/device that belongs to root. That way the user can use the normal properties-GUI one is used to and not have to worry about anything else.