Feature changed by: Martin Seidler (pistazienfresser) Feature #308491, revision 9 Title: Open as root openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Description: Right click on a file --> open file as root. user then enter root pasword. I really like to open files as roots without going to the terminal and typing command lines. Can you please make this happen. I saw this feature in linux mint and it is really helpfull. Discussion: #1: Stephan Binner (beineri) (2009-12-27 18:13:24) For what desktop is this entry? #2: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) (2009-12-28 14:50:28) (reply to #1) Well, I saw this feture in linux mint and they were using Gnome. #3: Todd R (theblackcat) (2010-01-05 18:29:04) This is available for KDE in the form of two different service menus: An advanced one: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Root+Actions+Servicemenu?content=48... And a simple one: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Simple+Root+Actions+Menu?content=72... #4: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) (2010-05-24 02:04:39) Ok we got the KDE, now we need the Gnomes' and it can be found in Mint, which it uses it. So let this entry for Gnome. and I hope we will see this feature in the next relase. #5: Sławomir Lach (lachu) (2010-06-30 12:54:18) One question: which programs should been runned? Root can use KOffice to open ODT and user can use OpenOffice for the same task. + #6: Martin Seidler (pistazienfresser) (2010-06-30 20:12:36) (reply to + #5) + For me is more the question - why should the programms run/be run "as + root"? + What is the purpose and what is the risk? + In GNOME I have added to the Panel a Custom Application Lancher + that runs "gnomesu nautilus" = natilus (file browser) as root. So if I + want, I can open in this natilus window (I have made red) any .odt as + root (if I would see any sence in that). + The solution may not be + to run a program litually as root + but to use PolicyKit to give rights only for special tasks. + So as example: In GNOME a user cannot open the "CPU Frequency Scaling + Monitor" and so cannot change the frequency or the profile to something + like Powersave ("Frequency and Governor Selector"). So my laptop runs + nearly have so long under openSUSE 11.2 and GNOME than under Ubuntu + 10.4 LTS 'lucid'. + I do not know if PolicyKit should be for all programs on + <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active> or + <allow_active>auth_self</allow_active> (the CPU FCM ↑) + but at least for some more. + If not - I see the danger that to many "clever" users will give normal + users the rights to execute more system near programs (like in a "How- + to" a user wrote for the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor in the forums). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308491