Bug 496837

Summary:	Kate opening blank file when it is not blank
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	solomoncyj
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.11.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description solomoncyj 2024-11-29 14:49:46 UTC

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SUMMARY
kate opeing empty file even with data in it

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  kate /boot/grub2/grub.cfg


OBSERVED RESULT
 empty file opend

EXPECTED RESULT

file populatred with grub script
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Kernel Version: 6.11.8-300.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 15,0 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Version: A3009C510002

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 John Kizer 2024-12-05 06:47:19 UTC

Hi - on my Fedora 41 system, /boot/grub2/grub.cfg can only be read by root:

$ sudo ls -la /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
-rw-------. 1 root root 6891 Dec  1 16:28 grub.cfg

Can you please confirm if, on your system, /boot/grub2/grub.cfg is a file that should be readable by a standard user account? (Otherwise, there would be no way for Kate to be able to open it as your standard user)

Comment 2 solomoncyj 2024-12-05 08:04:24 UTC

kate should escalate if it needs perms

Comment 3 John Kizer 2024-12-05 17:27:54 UTC

I see - thanks for explaining, as that's a different Expected Result than what was originally described in the bug report.

What you're saying makes sense, and I'm merging this in with the existing bug report for the situation of Kate prompting for escalation when it has insufficient permissions when opening a file. To note, this seems to only apply when it is launched from the command line - I could not reproduce this bug when opening from the Dolphin "temporarily work as an administrator" mode.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 449020 ***