On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 4:20 PM Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 16:55 Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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? >> > > So . . . no one here using kde? > Hmmm . . . > I think it's less "nobody running KDE" so much as "who logs in to KDE as root?"
