Bug 171806 - "Run as root" does not use sudo
Summary: "Run as root" does not use sudo
Status: CLOSED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdesu
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2008-09-28 17:49 UTC by Stefan Neufeind
Modified: 2009-03-01 17:46 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Neufeind 2008-09-28 17:49:29 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

- user is in sudoers, may execute "everything" via sudo (and using his own password to auth against sudo)
- KDE in some cases (e.g. administration) requests root-priviledges, however does not seem to use sudo as the users own password is not accepted, separate root-password is required
Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-12-05 02:42:09 UTC 
this is not a plasma issue, and is an installation issue. kdesu, which kde apps use to elevate priveleges in this case, needs to be compiled and/or configured to use sudo rather than su. it does support this, however.
Comment 2 Kevin Kofler 2009-03-01 17:46:44 UTC 
Sudo is not configured by default in Fedora and thus using sudo in kdesu is a
no-go.