Can I switch user on an open Konqueror window

Brian1 · 12-11-2004, 06:47 PM

I am logged in as a user and have a Konqueror window open in KDE. Is there a way I can change from my user account to root for just that Konqueror window without logging out and back in.

I see if I need to access like network it ask for root password. Is this feature possible in Konqueror.

Reason Sometimes I need to view a file but it is only available to root. The only way I have been doing it is to open a terminal session and su in. Then edit the file, save, and exit.

Thanks for your time and help
Brian1

Mega Man X · 12-11-2004, 06:53 PM

Open a terminal, then:

su
konqueror

now you are running Konqueror as root

Brian1 · 12-11-2004, 07:12 PM

Thanks, that will work for me. Sometimes I forget to think simply.

Brian1

Mega Man X · 12-11-2004, 07:18 PM

You are welcome

. And don't you worry about "to think simply". You've not seem me programming yet. I make the worse unreadable spaghetti code ever, I can never find a easy, simple way to program, even in VB