running konqueror as root; kwrite as root

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ket_nn
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running konqueror as root; kwrite as root

Post by ket_nn » 2011/07/22 21:25:30

I didn't find in my KDE installation any option in the menu to run file manager (konqueror, dolphin) as administrator (root).

When I run Konqueror from the Terminal as root I get the following message:
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!

Dolphin gives a bit more:
(3528)/: KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server: "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."

(3527)/: KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.


When I run Kwrite, it opens the corresponding window but gives error:
Could not start process Cannot talk to klauncher: Not connected to D-Bus server.

It appears that something is not well configured in my system.

Could someone bring some light on it, please ?

Thanks !

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running konqueror as root; kwrite as root

Post by pschaff » 2011/07/22 21:38:27

Don't do that. Running a GUI, or such GUI tools, as root is too dangerous. Everything should be run as a normal user and one should [url=http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/BecomingRoot]become root[/url] only as required.

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