Bug 1224453

Summary: "file manager - super user mode" unneeded
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution Reporter: Olivier Belleux <o.g.m.belleux>
Component: KDE ApplicationsAssignee: E-Mail List <opensuse-kde-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: fvogt
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Hardware: Other   
OS: openSUSE Leap 15.5   
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Description Olivier Belleux 2024-05-18 18:21:14 UTC 
Today Nate Graham announced in his blog post https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/17/this-week-in-kde-all-about-those-apps/ that Dolphin will benefit from an improved interface for root actions with kio_admin from KDE Gear 24.08 onwards.

This means you will no longer need an entry to launch Dolphin as root (/usr/share/applications/org.kde.dolphinsu.desktop).

Furthermore, this solution is a disadvantage in terms of security. 
Just like the Root account, which most distributions have done away with.
Comment 1 Christophe Marin 2024-05-19 08:47:43 UTC 
The security team refused to whitelist kio-admin after reviewing the security-related code.

I don't see many changes in the kio-admin code that would justify asking for a new review (see boo#1205607)
Comment 2 Fabian Vogt 2024-05-21 06:59:42 UTC 
To add to that: It also won't land in Leap 15.x anyway