Bug 171806

Summary:	"Run as root" does not use sudo
Product:	[Applications] kdesu	Reporter:	Stefan Neufeind <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CLOSED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	aseigo, kevin.kofler
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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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.