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From 435ed5853b9451ab8fdfff722545c57a8f154625 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Vogt <fabian@ritter-vogt.de>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 13:49:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Defuse root block
While the main point is correct as any application running in the same
X session (not sandboxed) can use kate's capability to open a console,
we allow (even encourage) running YaST on X11 as root.
That way it's only an impact on usability.
---
kate/main.cpp | 3 +--
kwrite/main.cpp | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kate/main.cpp b/kate/main.cpp
index 342cd5db3..4845646aa 100644
--- a/kate/main.cpp
+++ b/kate/main.cpp
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
* Check whether we are running as root
**/
if (getuid() == 0) {
- std::cout << "Executing Kate as root is not possible. To edit files as root use:" << std::endl;
+ std::cout << "THIS IS POTENTIALLY INSECURE!\nTo edit files as root please use:" << std::endl;
std::cout << "SUDO_EDITOR=kate sudoedit <file>" << std::endl;
- return 0;
}
#endif
/**
diff --git a/kwrite/main.cpp b/kwrite/main.cpp
index 68a055edb..4937f72d3 100644
--- a/kwrite/main.cpp
+++ b/kwrite/main.cpp
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int main(int argc, char **argv)
* Check whether we are running as root
**/
if (getuid() == 0) {
- std::cout << "Executing KWrite as root is not possible. To edit files as root use:" << std::endl;
+ std::cout << "THIS IS POTENTIALLY INSECURE!\nTo edit files as root please use:" << std::endl;
std::cout << "SUDO_EDITOR=kwrite sudoedit <file>" << std::endl;
- return 0;
}
#endif
/**
--
2.12.2
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