Dolphin as root

[Qqmike]

and, class ...

Doesn't always pay to be in such a hurry!

[Schwarzer Kater]

I did not doubt that for a second.
Sometimes there is just too much information, especially in the IT world…

[claydoh]

Yes, I got myself confused, as the description for Backstops mentions that Plasma 5.26 won't be available there, which is mostly identical to the description for Backports-Extra
Flipping between too many very similar tabs is not good for keeping things straight.
I *used* to be on top of all this stuff.

[Schwarzer Kater]

You can also install/use kio-admin in Kubuntu 22.04 for Plasma 5.24 if you enable the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

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I do not think so- I don't see it anywhere. oops I found it
Plus, adding the PPA to 22.04 will also upgrade all of Plasma and KDE stuff to 5.25. Which to me is a Good Thing.

Sorry, but this is not quite correct: If you enable the Kubuntu Backports PPA for Kubuntu 22.04 your Plasma will stay at the 5.24 LTS version (and you can also install kio-admin).

Only if you additionally (at least that is how it is recommended if you wish to to so) enable the Kubuntu Backports Extra PPA for Kubuntu 22.04 your Plasma will be upgraded to 5.25 (and I am not sure if this is always a good thing - I personally prefer the LTS versions, but to each his own ).

[kc1di]

To be honest you don't need it for 95% of the stuff we do but there are exceptions like boot and some other folders and files. Enjoy!

[Qqmike]

Thank you for that, kc1di, I'll try it. Have heard it is a now famous command floating around the Internet, but I either didn't see it or I stumbled past it.

I will add be very careful with what you doing when in root mode.

Yes. Actually, one of the things I like to do (with the ESP) is break my system, actually break the booting or challenge it; then see what works to fix it for UEFI.
Just kidding, kind of. (But you can see all my UEFI how-to's here under documentation.)

Many thanks, kc1di.

[claydoh]

I'm in /boot, I try to open /efi (like rt-click), but do not see any 'open as admin' option ...

As I (unclearly) mentioned, this is in Plasma 5.27, so in the upcoming Lunar release.

But......

You can also install/use kio-admin in Kubuntu 22.04 for Plasma 5.24 if you enable the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

I do not think so- I don't see it anywhere. oops I found it
Plus, adding the PPA to 22.04 will also upgrade all of Plasma and KDE stuff to 5.25. Which to me is a Good Thing.
5.25 is still a Good Thing, 5.27 even more so.

[kc1di]

You can use this command to open dolphin as root if you want.

pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dolphin​

Works for me everytime.
I usually make a new entery in my menu Dolphin(Root) using this command.
Good Luck.
I will add be very careful with what you doing when in root mode.

[Qqmike]

LOL, for sure 👍 ...

[claydoh]

Doesn't always pay to be in such a hurry!

Lol, no it doesn't! I can attest to that!
I munged up my Nextcloud setup on my NAS while waiting for a virtual job interview that was a no-show.
Mucked it up worse by hurrying, and missing a few steps, and important sections of the docs, while waiting for subdomains to propagate through the DNS network.
I ended up re-doing this from scratch. But I added the online office suite to it, which will be useful in the long run.

Nextcloud is the KDE of sync/collab software. Nice stuff, but prone to .......issues at times lol

[Qqmike]

Thanks, S.K. Slowing down here, cooling my jets, playing with Dolphin here ... getting a better hang of how it works. Mainly, the URL bar area. I can see how to make it look about anyway I want it to look. Sorry for this goofing around. Doesn't always pay to be in such a hurry!

[Schwarzer Kater]

In Dolphin's settings? Yes, it sticks in my Kubuntu 22.04.
Perhaps just trash your dolphinrc and the behavior may go away…

PS: Or don't literally "trash" it but temporarily move it from .config to your desktop in case you want to move it back with all your previous settings if generating a new dolphinrc does not change the behavior.

[Qqmike]

Does your "show full path" stick?

[Qqmike]

@Schwarzer Kater
Yeah, you're right, sudo su and ls etc.
I wonder why the graphical doesn't work.
Krusader.

[Schwarzer Kater]

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Plasma 5.27, via kio-admin, is the method that they have come up with that works, […]

You can also install/use kio-admin in Kubuntu 22.04 for Plasma 5.24 if you enable the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

But I don't quite understand your reason to use Dolphin as root. You are already in a root shell with $ sudo su -
What are you trying to do - list the contents of /boot/efi?
# ls -lhR /boot/efi will list them recursively.