Bug 243156

Summary:	Show a KAuth dialog when copying/moving file(s) to an unaccessible folder
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Emmanuel Bourgerie <manu.dwarf>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	arjunak234, bluescreenavenger, kde4, m.wege, oracle2b, tesfabpel, toddrme2178, yo
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Emmanuel Bourgerie 2010-06-29 14:03:11 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.4) 
OS:                Linux

Dolphin should call KAuth in order to manage read-only folders/files.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Open Dolphin
2) Copy anything
3) Open any protected folder (ie. /opt)
4) Paste it

Actual Results:  
Error message

Expected Results:  
I would like Dolphin to call KAuth instead of having to run Dolphin in super-user mode, like the MS Windows explorer.

Comment 1 bluescreenavenger 2012-04-17 18:47:21 UTC

+1 This is a feature that KDE could really use!

Comment 2 oracle2b 2012-06-06 19:07:22 UTC

+1 
Much easier than opening another dolphin window in root.

Comment 3 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:19:57 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 4 m.wege 2012-09-15 10:42:03 UTC

I propose this to be an extra mile bug.

Comment 5 m.wege 2012-09-15 10:46:33 UTC

I would like to add that showing the KAuth-dialog should also apply to other situations when the user lacks the sufficent rights to perform a file operation. e.g. when he attempts to change the rights on a file.

Comment 6 Nick Shaforostoff 2012-09-18 13:03:48 UTC

*** Bug 183626 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Frank Reininghaus 2012-09-18 13:25:51 UTC

I agree that this would be a nice feature! We just need a volunteer who implements it.

The place where this needs to be implemented is probably kio or lib/konq. About the 'extra mile' idea: I think that one of the requirements listed on the 'extra mile' page is 'easy to fix' - I'm not quite sure if that is the case here.

Comment 8 yo 2012-12-08 08:01:56 UTC

(In reply to comment #7)
> I agree that this would be a nice feature! We just need a volunteer who
> implements it.
I'm willing!
> 
> The place where this needs to be implemented is probably kio or lib/konq.
That's where the file transactions are handled? Not in Dolphin's source itself?

> About the 'extra mile' idea: I think that one of the requirements listed on
> the 'extra mile' page is 'easy to fix' - I'm not quite sure if that is the
> case here.

Comment 9 Frank Reininghaus 2012-12-08 14:43:06 UTC

(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > I agree that this would be a nice feature! We just need a volunteer who
> > implements it.
> I'm willing!

Great!

> > The place where this needs to be implemented is probably kio or lib/konq.
> That's where the file transactions are handled? Not in Dolphin's source
> itself?

Yes, exactly. Those libraries are maintained by David Faure, maybe you should discuss this issue with him before making any intrusive changes.

Comment 10 Arjun AK 2014-10-22 17:11:47 UTC

Any update on this?

Comment 11 bluescreenavenger 2014-10-22 23:28:40 UTC

(In reply to Arjun AK from comment #10)
> Any update on this?

None that I know of.

Comment 12 bluescreenavenger 2015-06-07 19:09:54 UTC

Any update on this?

Comment 13 Frank Reininghaus 2015-06-09 17:40:13 UTC

(In reply to bluescreen_avenger from comment #12)
> Any update on this?

Sorry, but I am not aware of anyone who works on this or is intending to work seriously on this.

In any case, since all the relevant code is in the KIO framework now (lib/konq does not exist any more in KDE Frameworks 5, all its code has been moved to KIO), it should be assigned to KIO, but I just remembered that a KIO report about this issue exists already, so I'll mark this report as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 179289 ***