Removal of 'Open as Root' option in PCmanFM

[Kadrija Hrlovic]

On 29 October 2012 13:46, UH <uhtlmk at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Not for me. I like the possibility to find a file, e.g. modules, and
> then, opening the folder as root i can edit it using leafpad (sure ypu
> always can di 'sudo nano . . . ' , but it's easier the way it is. And
> even as a simple user several times you need to edit a file which only
> can be accessed by root access. I vote for keeping that option.
>
> 2012/10/29 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>:
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > +1 from me.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> > On 29 October 2012 12:24, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Over on the LXDE list Andriy has opened a discussion on the removal of
> the
> >> 'Open as Root' option.
> >>
> >>>     Hello!
> >>>
> >>>     I would like to duscuss a function in subject. Starting a lot of
> GUI
> >>> applications (including MS Windows .exe files, browsers, etc.) under
> root
> >>> makes linux vulnerable to troyans, backdoors, not mention the cost of a
> >>> failure of the buggy GUI application when it operates with unlimited
> >>> privileges is very high. And 'Open folder as a root' starts all of
> this.
> >>> Since such kind of escalated privileges (which is much worse than some
> >>> 'sudo -s' which is unwelcomed and often denied by administrator) is
> such
> >>> dangerous no other file managers have such functionality available for
> a
> >>> regular user. And no regular user would ever need such functionality
> but
> >>> only administrator of multi-user system probably. If regular user wants
> >>> open folder as root it usually means something was done badly before
> (for
> >>> example, missing a group for user) and that should be fixed at that
> place
> >>> instead of opening as root. So I think this should be available only in
> >>> 'advanced' mode, the same way as SUID and SGID changes are available
> only
> >>> in 'advanced' mode currently. What do you think?
> >>>
> >>>     With best regards.
> >>>     Andriy.
> >>
> >>
> >> If anybody has any thoughts on this and isn't a member of that list they
> >> can answer this thread and I will pass them on.
> >> For  me, it can go, as it has with a lot of other file browsers.  If you
> >> wish to browse as root then PCmanFM can be opened with 'gksu'. It will
> make
> >> it that little bit harder for casual users to fiddle where they
> shouldn’t.
> >>
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> >> Steve
> >>
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I would like this option to remain in pcman.
Linux users should know what they're doing so there is no need to remove it.
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