Bug 446635

Summary:	Starting Dolphin as root does not show directories sharing options
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	antonio <antdev66>
Component:	panels: folders	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, kfm-devel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	21.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian unstable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description antonio 2021-12-07 18:58:46 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1-login as root
2-open dophin
3-press right mouse button on a directory 
4-click on "Property"
5-click on "Share"


OBSERVED RESULT
an empty form is shown


EXPECTED RESULT
that the form with the options to share the directory is shown


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
if I access as other user, instead, everything works well


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2024-10-25 16:10:43 UTC

Starting dolphin as root is bad practice and unsupported. 

For root operations use kio-admin