Originally posted by Zoll
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Thank you Linus! Many users been asking for this for years and after one video from Linus it's done!The Dolphin file manager can now be launched as root or other non-user-owned locations. This is thanks to PolKit support being merged in KIO. KDE applications making use of KIO can now create/move/copy/trash/delete files in non-user-owned locations as of KDE Frameworks 5.90.Leave a comment:
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Sorry to say you have miss written something.Originally posted by phoronix View Post
The change to KIO with polkit is so you don't need to launch the file manager or other programs as root user to access root or other non-user owned locations.The Dolphin file manager can now be launched as root or other non-user-owned locations. This is thanks to PolKit support being merged in KIO. KDE applications making use of KIO can now create/move/copy/trash/delete files in non-user-owned locations as of KDE Frameworks 5.90.
This is a security improvement long term.Leave a comment:
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KDE Ends 2021 With More Plasma Wayland Fixes, Root File Operations For Dolphin
Phoronix: KDE Ends 2021 With More Plasma Wayland Fixes, Root File Operations For Dolphin
KDE developers ended out 2021 with more Wayland session fixes coming for the Plasma 5.24 release. There was also nice user feature work like KIO-using applications such as Dolphin now properly dealing with non-user-owned locations...
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