[Bug 1762864] Re: kate cannot run as root

[Hedley Finger]

Me too!

Ubuntu 18.04.01 Bionic Beaver LTS
Kate 17.12.3

Terminal output (1):

$ sudo kate /usr/bin/xbsh
Executing Kate as root is not possible. To edit files as root use:
SUDO_EDITOR=kate sudoedit <file>



Terminal output (2):

$ SUDO_EDITOR=kate sudoedit /usr/bin/xbsh
[sudo] password for mugwump: 
PluginXmlCheck()
kf5.kio.core: Refilling KProtocolInfoFactory cache in the hope to find "mtp"
kdeinit5: Got EXEC_NEW '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so' from launcher.
kdeinit5: preparing to launch '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/file.so'
kf5.kio.core: KSambaShare: Could not find smb.conf!

// File opens with altered name: xbsh.XXywlisd in /var/tmp/
// Once Kate is launched you can use File > Open to open /usr/bin/xbsh

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