Bug 83579

Summary: log as root super user
Product: [Applications] konqueror Reporter: Sebastien CELLES <s.celles>
Component: generalAssignee: Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: RedHat Enterprise Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description Sebastien CELLES 2004-06-18 12:02:15 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.2)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs

Hello,

I write you because I think you should add
Tools\Log as root in Konqueror
Now, it 's difficult to run Konqueror as root.
I must run a console
su
mypassword
run Konqueror (inside the console)

so I think it will be a very good feature...

An other good feature could be to "Unlog". (return to normal user mode)

I would like to say that I'm not using Kde as desktop but Gnome (in FC2) so
I can't use Menu K > File Manager as root.

Moreover with such a feature (Tools\Log as root... in Konqueror) you could easily change user (su or user) without changing directory... (because now I need to restart Konqueror when I switch to su... so I lose my current directory)

Thanks
Comment 1 David Faure 2004-06-18 12:13:12 UTC 
Obviously it's not the current window that can become root, that's technically impossible.
Tools / "File Manager as Super User" or whatever would open a new window.
But the gain compared to the K menu entry would be that it opens in the current directory, indeed.
Comment 2 Sebastien CELLES 2004-06-18 12:23:30 UTC 
it will also be a good solution...

BUT

in order not to do mistakes between the 2 konqueror windows (su and user), the konqueror root windows should have a red title bar...
Comment 3 Michael Jahn 2004-08-06 19:09:05 UTC 
This could be marked as a duplicate of bug 5522.
Comment 4 Maksim Orlovich 2005-04-12 18:29:33 UTC 
Indeed, thank you

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5522 ***