kate:root

desktop/kde/applications/kate/files/kwrite-17.04.0-allow-root.patch

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- 
---- a/kwrite/main.cpp
-+++ b/kwrite/main.cpp
-@@ -42,23 +42,8 @@
+diff -Nuar a/kwrite/main.cpp b/kwrite/main.cpp
+--- a/kwrite/main.cpp	2018-10-03 20:00:34.000000000 +0300
++++ b/kwrite/main.cpp	2018-10-13 09:31:37.316058274 +0300
+@@ -42,25 +42,8 @@
  
  #include "../urlinfo.h"
  
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
  extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int main(int argc, char **argv)
  {
 -#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
--    /**
--     * Check whether we are running as root
--     **/
+-    // Prohibit using sudo or kdesu (but allow using the root user directly)
 -    if (getuid() == 0) {
--        std::cout << "Executing KWrite as root is not possible. To edit files as root use:" << std::endl;
--        std::cout << "SUDO_EDITOR=kwrite sudoedit <file>" << std::endl;
--        return 0;
+-        if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("SUDO_USER")) {
+-            std::cout << "Executing Kate with sudo is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
+-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+-        } else if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("KDESU_USER")) {
+-            std::cout << "Executing Kate with kdesu is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
+-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+-        }
 -    }
 -#endif
      /**