Bug 170494

Summary:	When 'run in terminal' is used it doesn't say whose password you should enter
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Tim Hutt <tdhutt>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Tim Hutt 2008-09-06 01:16:30 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

When you have a shortcut that has 'Run in terminal' and 'Run as different user' checked, you just get a terminal that says

Password:

This is stupid - is it my password or root's? The GUI version says "Please enter your password."

Also there are two kdesu's in bugzilla.

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2010-11-06 22:11:19 UTC

that's because KRun just puts "su" into the command line, i.e., the actual message is out of kde's control. one could inject an additional message, though.

one could turn things around and call konsole from kdesu, but that would make konsole use root's settings, which would be weird.

and before you ask, it is not really possible to run kdesu from within the konsole and then have the actual command run in that konsole.

Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-14 17:06:33 UTC

Hi,

kdelibs (version 4 and earlier) is no longer maintained since a few years.

KDE Frameworks 5 or 6 might already have resolved this bug.

If not, please re-open against the matching framework if feasible or against the application that shows the issue.

We then can still dispatch it to the right Bugzilla product or component.

Greetings
Christoph Cullmann