The release of Dolphin 18.08 brought the possibility to start Dolphin as root user within a root session.
However, some Linux distributions based on Ubuntu, such as Kubuntu and KDE Neon, do not have a root user separate from the normal user.
How do I start Dolphin as root in these distributions?
AFAIK I can't open a "root" session.

Earlier: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthrea ... post419202

With the Neon in the VBox - KDE Apps 18.08

With the help of:

- pkexec: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/0.105/pkexec.1.html

- “error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.” when attempting to run nautilus as root: https://askubuntu.com/questions/456689/error-xdg-runtime-dir-not-set-in-the-environment-when-attempting-to-run-naut

- Krusader 2.5.0 missing toolbar icons in root mode: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=309&t=136927

command =>

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pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dolphin

Seem to work...



Gif: https://i.imgur.com/oHNf45t.gif

Thank you very much for your help @Rog131.
It works perfectly

.. and which ubuntu genius thinks i can admin kde-neon without root-dolphin???

A simple fix for me without having to remember long terminal commands is to install Thunar, yes!, you get bits of the XFCE desktop but its a small price to pay as far as I'm concerned.

In Kubuntu, open the Konsole and type:

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sudo apt install thunar

To run Thunar as root once installed (again using the Konsole), simply type:

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sudo thunar

I would like to use root in Dolphin to copy firmware files for my DVB-T2 TV stick into the /lib/firmware folder but have to use Thunar to get this done in a simple manner.

It would be nice if the KDE devs had an "Open as root" option in Dolphin imo.

jlandmesser wrote:.. and which ubuntu genius thinks i can admin kde-neon without root-dolphin???

KDE people are pure genius who easily memorize the line below at age of 6 years

pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dolphin

thank god sudo dolphin is forbidden!

it was too easy to learn!