Anno domini 2025 Fri, 7 Mar 01:40:28 -0800
Alec Destry via tde-devels scripsit:
> "/...Don't open root file manager windows. It's a bad idea in the first
> place to use a GUI filemanager as root. Can't tell you how often I've
> seen users trashing their system that way.../and complaining that it's
> what you do on M$ and the DE has to hande that..."
>
> TDE has that capability installed and for good reason. This has nothing
> to do with "M$" (Microsoft). *I'm requesting this bug be researched and
> fixed.* There are times when the system needs custom configuration and
> a root file manager is the way to do that, especially when you want to
> be able to set up your system so it can be restored from scratch without
> having to depend at all on the internet.
These are my 2¢ on the problem: when you think you need a GUI filemanager for root to do remote backup/restore then you are in M$ universe - even when you think you are not. Anything "remote" on unix-like is ssh. Anything automation is shell.
On the bug: it is known, it's been there since at least 2004. Nobody considers this worth his time - neither removing the feature nor fixing it. Think of it as a nice way to remind you not to run GUI programs as root ("Run as administrator" anybody?).
On the other hand, if you want it fixed badly, why don't you check out the sourcecode and investigate and then fix this problem?
... and yes, my beard is gray.
Nik
>
> On 3/7/25 01:09, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-devels wrote:
> > Anno domini 2025 Thu, 6 Mar 23:37:03 -0800
> > Alec Destry via tde-devels scripsit:
> >> About a week ago, I reported this bug in TDE 14.1.3 at
> >> https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde/issues/224 but, so
> >> far, nothing has happened. Is that where bugs should be reported?
> > Should be the right place :)
> >
> > Anyway, I just commented there: Don't open root file manager windows. It's a bad idea in the first place to use a GUI filemanager as root. Can't tell you how often I've seen users trashing their system that way ... and complaining that it's what you do on M$ and the DE has to hande that. But this is the unix way of livey: you are free to shoot yourself if you feel like it.
> >
> > Nik
> >
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