Re: [squeeze] Can't run KDE apps as root (Alt+F2)

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:10:20 -0800, S D wrote:

> Just installed Debian Squeeze. In Lenny I was able to run Konqueror as
> root, when it was needed, but I can't do it in KDE 4.4.5 that comes with
> Squeeze.
> 
> What I did: Alt+F2, then select the app to run as root (tried Dolphin
> and Konqueror), then check "Run as a different user" checkbox, enter the
> username (root) and password, the application starts but it appears to
> be run with the same user's privileges, instead of root. No error
> message that something went wrong, nothing, only that I do not seem to
> have root's privileges.
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks

Have you tried by running "kdesu konqueror"? :-?

Greetings,

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Camaleón