> On Wednesday 29 April 2009, kb9vqf@... wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 28 April 2009, Gerhard Zintel wrote:
>> >> I tried to edit a text file as root by using the right mouse button
>> menu
>> >> Actions --> Edit as Root item. I am asked for my password afterwords
>> a
>> >> pop-up with title "Error - KDE Sudo" tells me: "Command not found!".
>> >> Nothing more happens.
>> >
>> > Answering to my own posting: I realized that the path to the kde-3
>> > executables
>> > is set for a normal user but not for Root. I found the File
>> responsible
>> > for
>> > the "Edit as Root" behaviour, it's
>> > /opt/kde3/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/edit-as-root.desktop
>> > As a work around I changed the line
>> >   Exec=kdesu "kwrite" "%U"
>> > into
>> >   Exec=kdesu "/opt/kde3/bin/kwrite" "%U"
>> >
>> > That's surely not the correct way but as for now it works for me.
>> >
>> > Gerhard
>>
>> Hi Gerhard,
>>
>> Do you have sudo-kde3 installed?  It has /opt/kde3/bin added to the
>> RPATH
>> (root PATH variable) so that this sort of thing does not happen.
>>
>> Tim
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> I just realized that I have installed both, kdesudo-kde3 and kdesudo. I
> don't
> know how this happens. The same is for konsole and konsole-kde3. Might it
> be
> that with default Ubuntu Jaunty install those packages are installed by
> default?
>
> By deinstallation of kdesudo the two packages update-manager-kde and
> update-notifier-kde are deinstalled. Is there a replacement in KDE3?
>
> After deinstallation of kdesudo I changed the file edit-as-root.desktop to
> it's original state but now I have the same problem like before:  "Command
> not found!"
>
> Thank you
> Gerhard
>
>


Hi Gerhard,

I was talking about sudo-kde3, not kdesudo-kde3.  It's a special sudo
recompile with the RPATH fixed for KDE3 apps.

Sorry for the confusion!

Tim