Re: WTF kwrite cannot be run as root

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On 07/25/2017 08:52 AM, Emmett Culley wrote:
> On 07/24/2017 03:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 07/25/2017 05:01 AM, Emmett Culley wrote:
>>> Who decided that I should not be able to use a GUI editor on the servers that I manage?
>>>
>>> For the first time since Fedora first became available I am truly sorry I updated to the current release.  Even the switch to KDE4 was not such a problem.  At least a few developers didn't decide for me how to manage my systems.
>>>
>>> I haven't heard anything about this, why is it such a secret?  How can I fix this as I am effectively crippled.  I use nano for most work on remote servers, But fro all of the server that have a GUI installed we use (used) kwrite.
>>
>> You could, of course, do what it says to do....
>>
>> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ sudo kwrite
>> [sudo] password for egreshko:
>> Executing KWrite as root is not possible. To edit files as root use:
>> SUDO_EDITOR=kwrite sudoedit <file>
>>
>> You also have to be in a directory that isn't owned by you to start the process.  I
>> guess it is an inconvenience but since I only use vi it doesn't bother me.
>>
>> Since kwrite is a KDE application you may want to ask the folks on the KDE list.
>>
>>
> Unfortunately, doing what it says to do doesn't work.
>

Works just fine for me.

Maybe you need to define "doesn't work".

But, what Rex has said it true and easier.  And, the reason the developers made the
changes have nothing to do with "you".  :-)


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