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Re: Dolphin as root

From	Bernd Gruber <begruber@mnet-online.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Dolphin as root
Date	2020-03-16 20:30 +0100
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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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Dolphin as root "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> - 2020-03-01 20:00 +0100
  Re: Dolphin as root Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-03-02 01:10 +0100
    Re: Dolphin as root Keith Bainbridge <ke1th3216@zoho.com> - 2020-03-02 09:00 +0100
      Re: Dolphin as root Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-03-02 15:50 +0100
        Re: Dolphin as root "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 00:10 +0100
          Re: Dolphin as root Keith Bainbridge <ke1th3216@zoho.com> - 2020-03-04 07:50 +0100
  Re: Dolphin as root Bernd Gruber <begruber@mnet-online.de> - 2020-03-16 20:30 +0100

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