Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 19 iun 20, 09:58:40, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 05:54:38AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 17 iun 20, 10:55:55, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > Making things user friendly (something we *gotta* do) means sometimes > > > taking decisions for the user.

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-19 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 05:54:38AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 17 iun 20, 10:55:55, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Making things user friendly (something we *gotta* do) means sometimes > > taking decisions for the user. Where's the limit? Where's too much > > (authoritarian software)?

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 17 iun 20, 10:55:55, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Making things user friendly (something we *gotta* do) means sometimes > taking decisions for the user. Where's the limit? Where's too much > (authoritarian software)? Where's too litle (RTFM software)? You'll > be wrong most of the time for

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-17 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 04:51:39PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: [...] > Miacopa All is well, and sorry if my tone was... rough. > I think I was venting. I am so frustrated with this whole Dolphin > mess that I may have gone overboard [...] I feel your pain. Not from KDE land, but I think it's

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-17 Thread didier . gaumet
Le mercredi 17 juin 2020 01:40:05 UTC+2, Gary L. Roach a écrit : [...] > I now have to start communications with the Elmerfem people who have > religated their GUI Qt4 problems from a bug to an inhancement. I have > gotten warnings from several different sources that Debian is dropping > Qt4

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-17 Thread didier . gaumet
(Apologies if this link have been given before) You will find a thread there on a KDE forum detailing why running Dolphin as root is discouraged and how to bypass this measure: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=141836

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-16 Thread Gary L. Roach
On 6/16/20 12:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 09:21:24AM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: On 15.06.20 21:47, Gary L. Roach wrote: Someone in the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin was too much of a security risk. So the problem has propagated to at least a half dozen

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-16 Thread Gary L. Roach
On 6/15/20 1:05 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 15 iun 20, 12:47:59, Gary L. Roach wrote: I assume that with respect to the original message that it should be obvious that the root user problem stems from the underlying Debian OS. Someone in the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-16 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 09:21:24AM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > On 15.06.20 21:47, Gary L. Roach wrote: > >Someone in the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin was too > >much of a security risk. So the problem has propagated to at least > >a half dozen other distros

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-16 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 08:33:29AM +1000, Keith bainbridge wrote: [...] > Here, hear i say. It is my computer. You own it, you do the work. Complaining ain't working ;-D > Now, i just tested both caja and nemo and both run as sudo and su > -c. caja could not connect to ibus. (Default file

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-16 Thread Marco Möller
On 15.06.20 21:47, Gary L. Roach wrote: Someone in the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin was too much of a security risk. So the problem has propagated to at least a half dozen other distros (Ubuntu,Kubuntu, Mint) to name a couple. To my knowledge, this is not true! It is the Dolphin

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-15 Thread Keith bainbridge
OS. Someone in the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin was too much of a security risk. So the problem has propagated to at least a half dozen other distros (Ubuntu,Kubuntu, Mint) to name a couple. Do you have any source for this claim? Debian tends to do little if any customization

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-15 Thread tomas
one in > > the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin was too much of a security > > risk. So the problem has propagated to at least a half dozen other distros > > (Ubuntu,Kubuntu, Mint) to name a couple. > > Do you have any source for this claim? > > Debian tends to

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 15 iun 20, 12:47:59, Gary L. Roach wrote: > > I assume that with respect to the original message that it should be obvious > that the root user problem stems from the underlying Debian OS. Someone in > the Debian hierarchy decided that root Dolphin was too much of a securit

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-15 Thread Gary L. Roach
t a better world. So, we just do the best we can. Hi all, I'M late getting into this but after reading through all of the missives, I have a few comments. I assume that with respect to the original message that it should be obvious that the root user problem stems from the underlying Debian OS.

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-14 Thread Default User
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 4:12 AM Marco Möller wrote: > > On 09.06.20 23:55, Default User wrote: > > (...) > > Now, a final note. > > > > When I did my main install, it was a day or two before the release of > > Buster 10.0. I immediately upgraded to Unstable. But it is still > > originally based

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-10 Thread Marco Möller
On 09.06.20 23:55, Default User wrote: (...) Now, a final note. When I did my main install, it was a day or two before the release of Buster 10.0. I immediately upgraded to Unstable. But it is still originally based upon Stretch. It was set up with both root and user passwords. And I use

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 09 iun 20, 17:55:07, Default User wrote: > > Well, when I did an alternate Buster Stable install on a spare drive, > I was surprised (not happily) that when running from that setup, > various programs demand the root password, and will not accept the > user password. So, now I have to

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-09 Thread Default User
On Sunday, Jun 7, 2020, at 12:11, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > >Running > > sudo sh -c 'unset SUDO_USER; KDE_FULL_SESSION=true > dolphin' > > from a shell gets a dolphin window. Thanks, Kushal. That does work. For Dolphin, anyway. > There is some advice at >

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 09:07:58AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > In Debian's default configuration members of group 'sudo' have sudo > access, so all you need is: > > adduser my_user_name sudo (and then log out and back in) > As far as I know the installer does the equivalent of that. If

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 07 iun 20, 21:21:07, Marco Möller wrote: > > Yes, design options exist. However, I never tried out if the user root could > be blocked by the graphical session manager only, in the case of KDE usually > sddm is in use. But I know that the login of user root can be blocked in > general:

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-07 Thread Marco Möller
On 07.06.20 02:42, Keith bainbridge wrote: On 7/6/20 8:30 am, Marco Möller wrote: I would easily agree with you concerning not to log into a graphical session as the user root. But Dolphin is also not running with sudo prepended. And here I was thinking that the dolphin issue ran here

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 7/6/20 12:56 pm, Default User wrote: So I guess I just got spoiled, using the nemo file manager in Cinnamon. Just right click the Cinnamon desktop, select "Open as root", then use nemo with temporarily elevated privileges.  Then close nemo, and I am back to the desktop as a regular user

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread David Wright
s are > > deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including > > Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". > I have no idea what the unfixable security vulnerabilities are. Perhaps the attack claimed here will answer that: https://blog.martin-gra

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Kushal Kumaran
ed to see many references to this problem, >> > saying that this is not a bug, but a feature - that kde developers are >> > deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including >> > Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". >> > >> > So, ca

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Default User
hat kde developers are > > deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including > > Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". > > > > So, can the current version of Dolphin in Debian Stable be run as root > > (without re-compiling, et

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Kushal Kumaran
seem to run > Dolphin or Konqueror as root. > > Searching online, I was astounded to see many references to this problem, > saying that this is not a bug, but a feature - that kde developers are > deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including > Dolphin as roo

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 7/6/20 8:30 am, Marco Möller wrote: I would easily agree with you concerning not to log into a graphical session as the user root. But Dolphin is also not running with sudo prepended. And here I was thinking that the dolphin issue ran here for several days, just a few weeks ago

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Marco Möller
stounded to see many references to this problem, saying that this is not a bug, but a feature - that kde developers are deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". So, can the current ver

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Marco Möller
evelopers are deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". So, can the current version of Dolphin in Debian Stable be run as root (without re-compiling, etc)? And, if not, how (and why) would anyone use

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Paul Johnson
but a feature - that kde developers are >> deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including >> Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". >> >> So, can the current version of Dolphin in Debian Stable be run as root >> (without re-co

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Default User
ng obvious, but I can not seem to run > Dolphin or Konqueror as root. > > Searching online, I was astounded to see many references to this problem, > saying that this is not a bug, but a feature - that kde developers are > deliberately working to prevent users from using some p

KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-05 Thread Default User
, I was astounded to see many references to this problem, saying that this is not a bug, but a feature - that kde developers are deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". So, can the current version of Dolphin in Deb

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-16 Thread Bernd Gruber
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

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 4/3/20 10:08 am, Gary L. Roach wrote: Thanks for the information. Caja can be started as root. This solves my problem but it would still be nice if someone could fix the Dolphin problem. Perhaps you need to take that to KDE team? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-03 Thread Gary L. Roach
Thanks for the information. Caja can be started as root. This solves my problem but it would still be nice if someone could fix the Dolphin problem. Gary R On 3/2/20 6:30 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 3/1/20 11:41 PM, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 2/3/20 10:44 am, Peter Ehlert wrote: If it was

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-02 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 3/1/20 11:41 PM, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 2/3/20 10:44 am, Peter Ehlert wrote: If it was me I would just install Pluma and be done with it. oops, I intended to say caja I used be a KDE devotee, changed a few years ago. I use caja as my gui file manager of choice. It has the option

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 2/3/20 10:44 am, Peter Ehlert wrote: If it was me I would just install Pluma and be done with it. I used be a KDE devotee, changed a few years ago. I use caja as my gui file manager of choice. It has the option of dual pane - allowing you to open source & destination directories. Or mc

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-01 Thread Peter Ehlert
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

Dolphin as root

2020-03-01 Thread Gary L. Roach
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

Problème majeur avec Buster 10.1 sur KDE. Gel avec Dolphin en root

2019-09-12 Thread Martin Vézina
J'ai eu le problème en ouvrant un Dolphin en root (dans la configuration du menus KDE dans Avancé, Exécuter en tant qu’utilisateur différent, avec root). Lors du démarrage, je saisie le mot de passe root (je ne veux pas activer le sudo) et la fenêtre "kdesu" du mot de passe gel. Ça fo