[Bug 224436] Re: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu
Wow, I reported this bug 12 years ago. It is still not fixed? No offence, but I switched to Linux Mint Gnome edition half a century ago. Maybe it is due to Mint, or due to Gnome, I don't know, but since then I am not affected by this bug anymore. If there is still anyone working on KDE: it is way safer to open a single file as root than to open dolphin as a root, forgetting about it, opening tons of other things through the rooted file explorer unintendedly. Happened to me. End of story. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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Please read comment 7; changing status again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 224436] Re: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #179678 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179678 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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*** Bug 378169 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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actually you can undo the misguided pull-request quickly and recompile: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=224=141836=30#p408074 This is a hugely controversial modification and users are in anger all across cyberspace. Tons of users had their workflows destroyed by what seems to be a single programmer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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I have to agree with Bo on this one, the very idea that I need someone to "look out for my well being" is both insulting and unacceptable. "I wanna be like Bill" is not an appropriate attitude for a free community. If you insist on dumbing down this distro at least open up the Administrative login so that I am able to "commit suicide" if that is my choice. I mean really people, I've been programming since "dirt" was invented, I'm perfectly capable of making a few changes. Especially when those changes most commonly are fixing file permissions that were incorrectly set by the installation process. If you can't get this all right, I'm not here to criticize... but at least allow me to fix it without a major hassle. In the mean time I will being reformatting my hard drive and installing a new distro... one that hopefully doesn't try to dictate my behavior which is the whole point of avoiding Windows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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*** Bug 166708 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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*** Bug 374717 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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So this is a WONTFIX. This is the first time in over 20 years I have seen KDE get stupid. So it is dangerous to open system files and to edit system files and "I" might make a mistake. Dude I have been using Linux since the 1990's sure I've done some stupid things and have borked my system doing stupid things. Did I blame it on you? Of course not. My fault. What you are doing is removing my control of MY operating system. You are cutting off my control of the OS. Your a desktop and this really shouldn't be your decision. In other posts is was said that you are going the way of Gnome which you are. At one time Gnome was a nice desktop but due to self-center developers it is the Windows 8.1 desktop for Linux and totally unable with more than two monitors. Seems you guys have went down the same trail. I have work in systems/network security for over 20 years and let me tell you your reasons are WRONG. Sure logged in as root is dangerous but at times a person must have access to the system killing access doesn't fix anything. You guys are developers and you are not security engineers. Even with this broken fix there are still methods to drop to root if you are hacking the system. You haven't "fixed" anything. you have only broken access. You even say a text editor is dangerous. WTF!! Oh you might break your system with Kate yet Gedit, LeafPad, Nano, Vi and Emacs ALL work under root. So killing access of Kate doesn't keep a person from Editing or changing files. YOU HAVEN"T "FIXED" ANYTHING. I can access and delete system files from the command line what next breaking access to system files from Konsole? What's next when I run "ls /etc" in Konsole will I soon get an error "Your too stupid to see these files" One thing I have always like about KDE is it is highly configurable. You can change just about anything with the desktop except of now. I guess after 20 years of use I'll just find something else to use. Sad... I know you all write the code but you are not God and you clearly don't understand to use case of users. I read one article that this is for "Joe User" I hate to tell you this but Joe Luser doesn't use KDE the more advanced user uses KDE or did and advanced users want access to the friggin system. Hell even Windows will give you access to the OS when needed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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*** Bug 386057 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
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This is going to be a wontfix, since it's a report from early KDE4 times. Nowadays it's well established that running GUI apps as root is dangerous. Even more Dolphin, given that it comes with full shell access thanks to the embedded Konsole part. Anyone interested in editing root files with Dolphin, please subscribe to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179678 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 224436] Re: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu
** Changed in: kde-baseapps Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 224436] Re: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu
Launchpad has imported 5 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152150. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2007-11-11T00:05:43+00:00 newbrain wrote: Version: 0.9.2 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8) Installed from:Ubuntu Packages OS:Linux To reproduce the bug: Have a Windows system disk mounted Click on 'Documents and Settings' Select 'Open as Root' in right panel Expected behaviour would be to have the directory opened in a new 'root' dolphin window. Instead, three windows open, with messages stating they can't open [mount point]/Documents [home]/and [home]/settings. The same happens if a space is present anywhere in the path of directory being opened. Any file with a space in the name exhibits the same behaviour. Thanks for your attention. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/comments/0 On 2007-11-11T11:11:29+00:00 Peter-penz19 wrote: Thanks for the bug-report! I know it has not been communicated very well, but bugs.kde.org for Dolphin is only valid for the KDE 4 version of Dolphin, the KDE 3 version is not maintained anymore (see also http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/download.html section Dolphin 0.8.2 (KDE 3.5.5) for more infos). It has not been decided yet whether the Open as Root service menu will be part of KDE 4.0, so I'll leave this bug as unconfirmed until there is a decision about this (it might be possible that instead of the Open as Root service menu we'll provide a Dolphin - Super User Mode entry in the application menu). Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/comments/1 On 2008-01-20T13:32:52+00:00 grissiom wrote: I think the Dolphin - Super User Mode is not so convenience as Open as root. Open as root is the only feature I missing in Dolphin-KDE4. And Dolphin - Super User Mode is relatively dangerous. Something unexpected may happen (e.g. move a key file by accident) when exploring into a deep folder...In case of every app invoked from the Super User Mode Dolphin will inheritance the super user authority, it's more dangerous... Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/comments/2 On 2008-04-24T08:09:51+00:00 Peter-penz19 wrote: Changed the status to NEW and the severity to 'wishlist'... Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/comments/3 On 2012-08-24T16:20:02+00:00 Vanmeeuwen wrote: Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719 Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde- baseapps/+bug/224436/comments/15 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 Title: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/224436/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 224436] Re: Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu
I'd love have this option available. I've created a Link to Application and the command is kdesu dbus-launch dolphin. I can browse, but I cannot open any file, as the screenshot from Kenobi shows. For an example, I attempt to open a text file and dolphins says KDEInit could not launch '/usr/bin/kate'. . Even if I try to open on that dolphin embedded terminal with KWrite or Kate, it does not. r...@daniel-casa:/var/www/EE# kate foo.txt No protocol specified kate: cannot connect to X server :0.0 r...@daniel-casa:/var/www/EE# kwrite foo.txt No protocol specified kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0 I'm using Kubuntu Karmic 4.3 RC3 amd64. -- Dolphin lacks open-as-root service menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 224436] Re: [Kubuntu 8.04] dolphin lacks opportunity to open anything as root
Quite easy: servicemenu desktop file needs to be ported from KDE 3 to KDE 4 (probably included in kubuntu-default-settings - if not it should move to that package). Raising Status to triaged to get developer's attention. ** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- [Kubuntu 8.04] dolphin lacks opportunity to open anything as root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224436 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is subscribed to kdebase in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
