Bug 232761

Summary:	All applications should prompt for root credentials when needed and not just exit
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Mark Reynolds <markreynoldsuk>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
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Description Mark Reynolds 2010-03-30 22:53:09 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.4.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

While some programs do this others just exit without giving any indication of why, others let you get so far before just telling you you need to be root and then exit. It would be better if, when an application needs root access, for it to popup a dialog for the root password.

Comment 1 Inge Wallin 2010-03-31 09:29:20 UTC

I think you may have made a mistake here. This is not a kchart bug.

I'm putting it on kde in general but you can change it to whatever you think fits best.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2010-04-01 01:14:21 UTC

Which applications need to be started as root? Those should have the respective "kdesu" line in the desktop file, so I feel this is a downstream bug.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-09-29 22:33:33 UTC

These days we don't consider it safe or sane to run apps as root. Instead, apps should prompt the user to elevate their privileges only for specific actions that require it. Kate and Partition manager do this already, and support is being worked on for KIO and Dolphin/Konqueror/etc.