Bug 353047

Summary:	Krunner should allow running app as another user
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Jan Kriho <Erbureth>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Vishesh Handa <me>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, kde, mail
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version First Reported In:	5.4.1	Flags:	kde: Usability?
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jan Kriho 2015-09-22 16:25:28 UTC

When selecting application or command to run from KRunner, the user should be given an option to run the application as another user (as was possible in KDE 4)

Reproducible: Always




This is a regression from KDE 4

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-03-08 10:25:31 UTC

We could theoretically add an additional runner action (button to the right of the entry) that yields a dialog for that but I'm not sure we should expose that in the UI that easily. Why would you want to run an application as another user?

Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-26 22:19:41 UTC

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Comment 3 Jan Kriho 2018-09-27 08:21:48 UTC

Still no option to run as another user in KRunner.

My use case was that I had two accounts for better data separation: work user and home user. And I used the feature for launching apps from the other user into current "workspace".

Thanks.

Comment 4 Alexander Lohnau 2020-06-28 05:38:45 UTC

>  I'm not sure we should expose that in the UI that easily

Yep, most users won't need this functionality so it would only be confusing.

Comment 5 Alexander Lohnau 2020-06-28 08:24:43 UTC

*** Bug 307898 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***