On Thursday 07 September 2017 12:35:19 Aleix Pol wrote: > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:19 AM, Dale Trombley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm one of those that always assumed anything graphic needed kdesudo (as > > opposed to gksudo). Am I wrong in that assumption? > > Yes, no graphical software should be ever run as root. It's a major > security problem as it exposes the problems with X11 to root > privileges. > If you find an application that requires it, feel free to report it as a bug.
Any partition manager application (including the most powerful gnome's gparted or kde's partitionmanager) needs root for obvious reasons as access to hardware would always needs root. And it is not a bug, but correct behavior as normal user does not have access to hardware and raw disks. -- Pali Rohár [email protected] -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
