sudo is not configured here. Surely it should work with pkexec in Buster.
This message saying not to run it with sudo was posted at
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/463352/how-to-run-kde-partition-manager-with-no-root-password-set
but no suggested correct usage was forthcoming:
"Don't
Strange, I expected this to fail on my system, but it works perfectly
here (squeeze->wheezy->jessie->buster), with kdesudo config purged.
It also worked without kdesudo purged. I'm using the standard Xorg
session rather than Wayland, on an up-to-date buster system as of
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:27:51 -
I have tried to run partitionmanager on both testing and unstable
systems. The permissions issue can be fixed with a policy file in
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ and subsequently open it with
pkexec partitionmanager
But partitionmanager has other problems. After attempting to start with
pkexec
Package: partitionmanager
Version: 3.3.1-5
Severity: important
Running partitionmanager from KDE menu does not work, I get a "permission
denied" after having given my password. However, it works when running as "su
-c partitionmanager" from console.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster
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