Hi All,

I have am OpenSuse desktop computer and I try to create some local websites for development.
I am a beginner with Linux and I am trying to copy files between various folders. I am logged in as a standard user.
Very often I can not copy files because I don't have the right to copy to those folders, so I usually resort to start Dolphin from a terminal, with su rights.
Sometimes it works (after getting a thousand warnings about invalid stuff), at other times it does not work at all. I can spend time to look for a solution on the internet, often involving the terminal, but I prefer something simpler, with a graphic user interface from start to the end. I wish there was an option in Dolphin, that in case I am trying to copy to/from a folder where I don't have permission, to be prompted for the root password. I checked options and preferences and I can't find a way to set Dolphin to start in su mode.

Regards,
Nick

First and foremost: If it is development you're doing you should be in your home directory. Create a folder called ~/development or some such and work in there. If that is not practical for whatever reason simply do a

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kdesu dolphin

in kicker, enter your root password and you have a root session open.

In addition to the previous answer:

I wish there was an option in Dolphin, that in case I am trying to copy to/from a folder where I don't have permission, to be prompted for the root password.

Would be nice, yes, and should be possible with the KAuth framework. I think there's even a feature request about that IIRC.
But it is not implemented at the moment.

I checked options and preferences and I can't find a way to set Dolphin to start in su mode.

There is no such option.

On openSUSE you should have a K-menu entry called "Dolphin (Superuser-Mode)" (in System->File Management) though.
This starts dolphin with root rights, and should work fine.

Or there's also this service menu:
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Op ... ent=102548
On openSUSE you have to copy it to ~/.kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ though instead of ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/.
This would add an entry "Open as root" to a folder's right-click menu (in "Actions") which opens the folder in dolphin as root.

nickf wrote:Very often I can not copy files because I don't have the right to copy to those folders, so I usually resort to start Dolphin from a terminal, with su rights.
Sometimes it works (after getting a thousand warnings about invalid stuff), at other times it does not work at all. I can spend time to look for a solution on the internet, often involving the terminal, but I prefer something simpler, with a graphic user interface from start to the end. I wish there was an option in Dolphin, that in case I am trying to copy to/from a folder where I don't have permission, to be prompted for the root password. I checked options and preferences and I can't find a way to set Dolphin to start in su mode.

Regards,
Nick

I have this service menu in Dolphin:

which serves me well, I think it's http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Ro ... tent=48411 though the images shown are a bit different and don't appear to have a copy option. It may not be optimal for your needs if you need to re-enter to root password multiple times but for occasional usage it suits me well