Bug 406368

Summary:	Root actions for Dolphin
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	techxgames
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	18.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description techxgames 2019-04-09 15:44:03 UTC

SUMMARY
One of the things people might need to do is formatting their hard drive.  Since EXT4 will set the ownership of the formatted drive to root:root, the user will need root access to do anything to the drive, such as adding new folders.

As far as I can tell, the only way to do this is through CLI, and most users aren't used to that.

PolicyKit should be able to solve that, right?

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 19.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.56.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-8-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-04-09 16:51:36 UTC

This would be a bug with the formatting tool and should be fixed there. Residual needs to edit root files in Dolphin will be addressed with PolicyKit integration, which really is in progress and coming soon! :)