Bug 491270 - Automatically synchronize SDDM settings with user Plasma settings
Summary: Automatically synchronize SDDM settings with user Plasma settings
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 431344
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 6.1.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-08-04 18:21 UTC by EpicTux123
Modified: 2024-08-05 17:57 UTC (History)
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Description EpicTux123 2024-08-04 18:21:44 UTC 
SUMMARY
When user changes Plasma settings, would be good to auto-sync with login screen (SDDM) settings (i.e. apply Plasma settings into SDDM settings) without needing super-user/root and without needing to do it manually.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2024-08-04 23:03:00 UTC 
What would happen if there are multiple users?
Comment 2 EpicTux123 2024-08-05 00:53:33 UTC 
Was talking to a friend and since SDDM only runs as root then this would be incompatible with multiple users.

I believe the best approach would be to only allow the user with root permissions to do it, as it is now. I'm thinking that in a setup with multiple users, only one of the users would really know the root password, but I could be wrong.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-08-05 17:56:33 UTC 
There are technical and conceptual issues here.

Technical: Lots of settings would need to unexpectedly ask for admin permission since in the background they would be syncing settings to SDDM, which requires admin permission.

Conceptual: would not work with multiple users.

I don't think we can, sorry.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-08-05 17:57:41 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 431344 ***