Description of problem: There is no evident way to launch root dolphin from a desktop item. The most evident solution is to create desktop item with "Exec=sudo dolphin" - and "terminal=1" (see attachment), but that does not work - nor do alternatives based on kdesu or su with dbus-launch (no problem to create desktop items for - say - kwrite or kfind) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):dolphin-4.6.1-4.mga1 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create the desktop item 2.Launch the desktop item 3. I am asked to provide my root password. After replying with the correct password (sudoers correctly set up) the window goes away, no dolphin. This problem has been mentioned by other users on the mageai ML some time ago, the recent updates of KDE did not help. Maybe that helps: launching the attached desktop item (I created it with kmenuedit) creates an item in .xession-errors klauncher(5483) KRunMX1::expandEscapedMacro: -miniicon isn't supported anymore (service "ddd" ) Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
Created attachment 191 [details] Desktop item used for trying to launch root Dolphin The contents of this desktop item have been created by kmenuedit - no manual editing done.
It would be better to use /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdesu instead of sudo (some people don't have sudo installed/configured.
CC: (none) => balcaen.john
I think everyone is over complicating an easy task here. Simply create a standard launcher for Dolphin by dragging it's icon from the menu (kickoff) to the desktop or folder view and "copy here" Now right click the icon -> properties -> application tab -> advanced option -> check "run as different user" -> enter "root" OK, OK and it's done - works for me.
CC: (none) => zen25000
More: much better, I agree - but kdesu did not work, at least on 32-bit systems. After your message I checked again - kdesu evidently got fixed in the meantime, sorry I did not check again before posting the bug. How about gnome users? I think, they normally do not install kdesu - I still do not manage to make sudo dolphin work. PS: the corrected kdesu is great, it now even allows to launch a root konsole!
(In reply to comment #4) > How about gnome users? In the unlikely event that I wanted to run nautilus as root, I would launch it from a root terminal. Fedora has a thing called beesu, which I've never used, but I believe that it functions in a way similar to kdesu.
Trying to do some summing up (profiting to iterate my point of view) (- - different users - different preferences, that is Unix - the distro provides a framework, in which each user can customise his environment needed for working as root (via creating desktop items, arranging them into menus ...) - since kdesu works now (if I understand right, using "advanced" -> "run as different user" is just another way to use kdesu), KDE users have a perfect solution for customising tools for working with root priviledge - the question remains whether gnome users have a similar general facility to customise their tools - I agree, launching from a root terminal is always possible, but second-best for me - how much more agreeable to be able to wrap such root functions into a desktop item, a menu-item if you need them frequently! Mageia is just defining "the feeling" of the coming release - asking for the availability of this kind of facility is an important issue. The question remains - does sudo <something> presently works - I have doubts, I just typed into a user terminal "sudo kwrite" - failure (I think to remember that it worked - say - 10 days back) - can sudo be used from a desktop item? - is that needed? (I think yes: as part of an infrastructure for customising tools with root-privilege.
Gnome has gksu, which has not been imported yet. I've opened a request. Perhaps someone who has used gksu on mdv2010.1 could confirm my understanding that it is equivalent to kdesu: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640
With kdesu working and the request for gksu filed, I think this bug is not pertinant any more and can be closed. Sorry - I guess I should have launched this as a discussion in the forum before submitting a bug.
tks closing.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDCC: (none) => dmorganecResolution: (none) => FIXED
(In reply to comment #8) Juergen - here's an icon for you ;-) http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n287/barjac_2006/th_root-system-file-manager.png