How to start Konqueror as root

[brucehohl]

SuSE 8.1 had a menu item to start Konqueror as root. After upgrade to SuSE 8.2 this menu item is gone. Can someone tell me how to start Konqueror as root when logged in as a regular user? Thanks.

[Hayl]

open a terminal, enter the following:

xhost +localhost <press enter>
konqueror <press enter>

[brucehohl]

Thank you for the reply. I think I described my problem unclearly. I normally log in as a regular user. So how from a regular user login can I open Konqueror with superuser rights? The SuSE 8.1 menu item for this was "Konqueror as superuser" - this is not available on the SuSE 8.2 menu. Thanks.

[sharth]

hayl missed a step, change the konqueror step to su -c"konqueror"

[brucehohl]

I have one more item to overcome. After I enter "su -c konqueror" I am prompted for a password which I enter. The result is "command not found". How do I make the call for konqueror "findable"? Thanks.

[wdm]

You can go to the control center and change the menu settings to use the kde menu and then it will be available.
I had this same problem. Once you find it you can add it to the kicker panel & then change back to the SuSE menu if you like it better.

[nouse66]

Originally posted by brucehohl
I have one more item to overcome. After I enter "su -c konqueror" I am prompted for a password which I enter. The result is "command not found". How do I make the call for konqueror "findable"? Thanks.

konqueror probably isn't in your path. that happened to me in gentoo. konqueror is in /usr/kde/3.1/bin/ which wasn't in my root's path.

[copeja]

as an user in the command line terminal enter
kdesu konqueror. First kdesu will pop up enter root password and the roots home in konqueror will come up.

[brucehohl]

Thanks all for your replies. I set up an icon on my desktop with the command "kdesu konqueror" - works great. I will add it to the menu later.

[Hypz]

When I do kdesu konqueror I get an error:
mcop warning: user defined singal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding /tmp/mcop-user is not owned by user

Any ideas?

[Hypz]

Nevermind I was doing as root. Fixed that but now when konqueror starts in root. As soon as I move the pointer ontop of konqueror it closes.

[Hypz]

anyone?

[rdeschene2]

So I guess first check suse.com for relevant patches.

I'm still running SuSE 8.1, and my habit when opening a root konqueror window is;

open a shell
sux - root
enter password
konqueror


That doesn't explain the cause of your problem of course, but hopefully that will work instead.


Good luck!
Rick D.