from what i'm seeing in various sites the dolphin devs after tons of negative feedback on removing the ability to root dolphin will be restoring the function. i'd like to know if there is a eta on this update to dolphin?

install "krusader" it allows the root

robertotamburrino wrote:install "krusader" it allows the root

thanks not a solution peeps are interested in. we want dolphin fixed. rooting should of never been removed., and don't holler the bs for security issue it was done because one or more are control freaks. luckily in the next update rootiing is suppose to be back.

any update yet when we can expect to get root restored to dolphin as promised? side not played with pclinuxos and dolphin there still has root. before someone decides to claim that's because it's outdated it's not. has plasma desktop 5.16.2, framework 5.59.0, kernel 5.1.10.

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kde-dolphin-as-root.html

TheBeheader wrote:https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kde-dolphin-as-root.html

more and more anti–features like that creep into KDE...

i'm afraid by the time the devs actually as they promised most of us will have moved on to a distro where the dolphin root actions haven't been removed, and there are PLENTY out there.

Create a text file:
~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/root_dolphin.desktop

Into it, paste this:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=inode/directory;
Actions=OpenRootDolphinHere;
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access

[Desktop Action OpenRootDolphinHere]
Name=Open as Root...
TryExec=pkexec
Exec=pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dolphin
Icon=folder-red


You may have to turn it on with the services menu (I don't remember, it's been a long time since I did this). After this, "Open as Root..." will be in the context menu, under Actions. The fix was already rolled out a long time ago, but you need to do the secret handshake with the environment variables to make it actually... you know... work.

Until this change was rolled out, I used the patched version of Dolphin from OpenSUSE (I run Neon). Dedoimedo had it right on this one, I think, as did dev Nate Graham in his argument for the rollback of the ban in the bug tracker.

My thoughts are: Ok, so running Dolphin as root is an action that has security risks that cannot be corrected within the context of X11. So warn me about it and let me do as I will, and you can be secure in the knowledge that I have been duly warned and that any consequences of my decision to run Dolphin as root anyway fall wholly upon me. I accept the risk and the responsibility for my actions. I'm an adult and I am accustomed to weighing risk and utility and recognizing that the fault is mine if things go badly. Security features are fine, but don't try to protect me from myself.

Totally agree albenson, I'm a grown up and am capable of taking responsibility for my actions. Your advise works a treat. I'm using the latest Neon thanks for the info.

albenson wrote:Create a text file:
~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/root_dolphin.desktop

Into it, paste this:

Code: Select all

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=inode/directory;
Actions=OpenRootDolphinHere;
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access

[Desktop Action OpenRootDolphinHere]
Name=Open as Root...
TryExec=pkexec
Exec=pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dolphin
Icon=folder-red


You may have to turn it on with the services menu (I don't remember, it's been a long time since I did this). After this, "Open as Root..." will be in the context menu, under Actions. The fix was already rolled out a long time ago, but you need to do the secret handshake with the environment variables to make it actually... you know... work.

Until this change was rolled out, I used the patched version of Dolphin from OpenSUSE (I run Neon). Dedoimedo had it right on this one, I think, as did dev Nate Graham in his argument for the rollback of the ban in the bug tracker.

My thoughts are: Ok, so running Dolphin as root is an action that has security risks that cannot be corrected within the context of X11. So warn me about it and let me do as I will, and you can be secure in the knowledge that I have been duly warned and that any consequences of my decision to run Dolphin as root anyway fall wholly upon me. I accept the risk and the responsibility for my actions. I'm an adult and I am accustomed to weighing risk and utility and recognizing that the fault is mine if things go badly. Security features are fine, but don't try to protect me from myself.

agree 1,000% with i'm an adult and will decide for myself it it's worth the rise or not. and the fix has not been rolled out. all that is is gaining access to code / features that were hidden. the dev's have yet to restore the easy access to the root options as they promised.

daveuk wrote:Totally agree albenson, I'm a grown up and am capable of taking responsibility for my actions. Your advise works a treat. I'm using the latest Neon thanks for the info.

i've switched to manjaro kde cause their dolphin has the root actions, and everything i care about installing is in their sofware center / update manager. takes a bit longer to boot than neon or kubuntu, but it's far more stable, and far more current.

TheBeheader wrote:from what i'm seeing in various sites the dolphin devs after tons of negative feedback on removing the ability to root dolphin

Yes this was quit a sheetstorm coming down on them for their misdeeds

https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=224&t=141836#p408068