> 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