Cant start program via .desktop file in konsole as root

ex-LFSler · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Posts: 21

hi.

My problem since several months is, that i cant start programms on the desktop if they are defined to start in terminal AND as user root.
without terminal, program starts as root.
But not with the combination "start in terminal + as user root"

for example .desktop file:
(some settings skipped)

this works:

Roman_Gruber · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:18 pm Post subject:

don t you need permissions for that.

something to ask you for the passphrase=> like sudo does? There were ways and software to grand su permissions

i doubt it work that way, I asssume you did that. ordinary plain user with user permissions, which runs an icon, which says suddenly another user with another user permissions.

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I do not use kde

my way. example:

shell => su => geany /var/log/messages

open geany with that file so i can edit it for example.

This works since a very very long time without fuss. REgardless of which terminal emulator i use in X

ex-LFSler · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Posts: 21

yes, of course. usually kdesu opens and ask for root password.
but not in my case when i need to execute a program in konsole with root privilegs.

Roman_Gruber · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:36 pm Post subject:

ex-LFSler · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Posts: 21

sorry if i didnt explain it more clear.

i mean if i click on an *.desktop file on my kde/plasma desktop nothing happens.

of course if i start manually konsole and type su and then the command it works, but thats not what i want to do everytime.

Roman_Gruber · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:03 am Post subject:

how about a script? e.g. bash script which runs with that desctop icon...