KDE run Dolphin as root?

From	Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	KDE run Dolphin as root?
Date	2020-06-05 23:10 +0200
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Hi, all.

As an experiment, I just installed Debian 10.4 Stable on a spare drive, and
installed kde on it.

I have not tried kde in many years, so am not really familiar with it.
Perhaps I am overlooking something 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 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 kde at all?

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KDE run Dolphin as root? Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-06-05 23:10 +0200
  Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-06-06 23:30 +0200
    Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2020-06-06 23:40 +0200
      Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-06-07 00:40 +0200
        Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-06-07 03:10 +0200
          Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-06-07 21:30 +0200
            Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-08 08:10 +0200
              Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-08 13:40 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-06-10 00:00 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-10 08:40 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-06-10 10:20 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-06-14 22:30 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> - 2020-06-15 21:50 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-15 22:10 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-15 22:20 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-06-16 01:00 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-16 09:30 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> - 2020-06-17 01:40 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? didier.gaumet@gmail.com - 2020-06-17 10:40 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-16 09:30 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> - 2020-06-17 02:00 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? didier.gaumet@gmail.com - 2020-06-17 10:30 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-17 11:00 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-19 05:00 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-19 10:00 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-20 16:50 +0200
                Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-06-16 09:30 +0200
    Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-06-07 00:20 +0200
  Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-06-07 03:20 +0200
    Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-06-07 05:00 +0200
      Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-06-07 06:20 +0200
      Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-06-07 07:20 +0200
    Re: KDE run Dolphin as root? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-07 06:50 +0200

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