Bug 369519

Summary:	Show a warning when run from a privileged account
Product:	[Applications] kleopatra	Reporter:	Andre Heinecke <aheinecke>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Andre Heinecke <aheinecke>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdepim-bugs, mutz
Priority:	NOR
Version:	git master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Andre Heinecke 2016-09-29 09:21:40 UTC

It is discouraged to run Kleopatra "as Administrator" on Windows or as Root on Linux. There are possibilities for privilege escalation this way.

Additionally it creates problems if Keyrings / Files from GnuPG are created as Administrator as under Windows this will use the same homedir as for the normal user and so the user will need to run gpg / kleo always as Administrator or run into unexpected problems.

So there should be a warning with the possibility to cancel if run from a privileged account.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2022-10-24 00:46:31 UTC

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Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-08 05:10:57 UTC

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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-23 05:17:26 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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