Re: Dolphin as root
Hello,
look at this:
https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=141836&start=30
This worked for me:
sudo sh -c "unset SUDO_USER; unset KDESU_USER; dolphin"
or this:
su --login
export $(dbus-launch)
export XAUTHORITY=/home/USER/.Xauthority
export DISPLAY=:0
dolphin
Bernd
Gary L. Roach wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some time ago somebody decided that Dolphin was too dangerous when being
> used as root. (Don't lecture me on using sudo and not su.) My hobby work
> load is not subjected to any security problems, I am behind a pretty
> good firewall and I am a single user. I have to switch between user and
> root files a lot and the use of sudo is a pain you know where. For many
> reasons Dolphin was my goto package especially when copying or moving
> root files. I understand that the fury over the above change was so
> great that the developers backed off. To date I have not found a way to
> log in my Dolphin package as root. I am using KDE 5.14.5 desktop with
> Debian Buster and an AMD-64 processor.
>
> There are a lot of forum entries telling how to correct the problem on
> Ubuntu but none of them work on Debian (missing software packages).
>
> Can anyone tell me how to setup Dolphin for root use again. I have my
> Icon set up to ask for root login but the system won't allow its use.
>
>
> Gary R.
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