https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484450
--- Comment #7 from Andrius Štikonas <andr...@stikonas.eu> --- (In reply to Rafael Linux User from comment #4) > . And I have also found that it asks for the root password ALWAYS > when a partition backup operation is to be performed, regardless of the > destination to be chosen for the image file. That is to say, it works as I > said, but it really requires root privileges to be able to take control of > the partition to be backed up, regardless of whether or not the destination > requires root permissions. Yes, of course you need root permissions to read the device. KDE Partition Manager also needs root permissions for that, but you have already entered root password on its startup. It keeps those permissions and doesn't need to ask again. The issue for Partition Manager is really just permissions for output location. At this point it does not use those root privileges for output files as it it easy to end up with root owned files in your home directory (or somewhere else you don't want them). Perhaps we need some kind of detection logic depending on whether destination path is user or root writable. And yes, I tried exactly the same thing in gnome disks (version 45.1) and it just crashes on my system. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
