https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383159
Bug ID: 383159
Summary: Polkit support for opening root owned file without
read permissions
Product: kate
Version: 17.04.3
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: application
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
I've noticed and really appreciate the recent polkit support for running Kate
without root permissions to open a root owned file and be prompted for password
to save changes, this is great!
I have opened a file from /var/log/libvirt/qemu/vmname.log that Kate refused to
read due to not having read permissions, whereas /etc/default/grub I guess
does. Could it be possible to also support this usecase like writing a file as
root is now supported?
Ideally, I could just browse to the location and select the file in Dolphin as
I do now, then Kate will be able to open it with a polkit password prompt to
continue.
I am presently using the following command to workaround this(-n flag avoids
issues caused by having an existing Kate window open, for editing grub config
file and current support, using the same Kate window wasn't an issue like it is
with sudoedit): EDITOR="kate -n" sudoedit /path/to/file.log
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