Created attachment 165117 [details] Screencast of saving a config file to /etc SUMMARY Kate fails to privilege escalate when saving files under /etc STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. kate /etc/somefile 2. File->Save 3. Type password, press enter OBSERVED RESULT Prompt about unable to save EXPECTED RESULT File saved SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch testing with kde-unstable repo (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.92.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.248.0 Qt Version: 6.7.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION It has been failing the last few months or so. I know that it worked in Plasma 5, I've been editing system configs this way for ages. For now I have to sudo vim from a console.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 479955 ***