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
+