Bug 458701

Summary:	Kate cannot edit a system file on nixos
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	don wayne <lawayne33>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph, waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description don wayne 2022-09-04 14:53:20 UTC

SUMMARY

Kate cannot edit a system file and won't even ask for the sudo password.

Error: The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix.
Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.
The original file may be lost or damaged. Don't quit the application until the file is successfully written.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. on nixos (unstable channel), open  /etc/nixos/configuration.nix with kate.
2. edit configuration.nix
3. click save.

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2023-07-02 15:47:41 UTC

That seems to be a packaging issue, please report that to the nix package repo.