No, what you said was "log in to the GUI". That is not - repeat NOT - what I said.

It is never - NEVER - necessary to log into the GUI as root. When I said "establish a root session" that has nothing at all to do with the GUI.

You open a shell window as a user, then do an su to root. Then you do what you need to do as root, including opening/running apps that use the GUI. Only that session and what it spawns has root privileges; the remainder of the session (which includes everything that you use to connect to the internet) has only user privileges.

i know, but how can i move a file moving the terminal?

Much easier to simply run Ark in root. Simply open run command and type in ( kdesu ark ) you will be asked for root password. and off you go.

JB

Edit: Those who worry about being in root never learn anything.

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