Bug 297236 – kde-base/systemsettings-4.3.1: would like 'administrator mode' added back

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description John Stile 2009-12-16 23:29:48 UTC]

In kde3.5, if I want to change the "Login Manager' settings:
Run 'control center' -> 'System Administration' -> 'Log Manager'
Click Administrator Mode
Change stuff, save, and quit.

In kde4, if I want to change the "Login Manager' settings:
Start console
run: kdesu systemsettings 
....

I don't think the standard operating procedure for a gui interface should include a command line step, and why show the things I can't change in that tool if there is no way to get to a point where I can change things?

An 'administrator mode' button in systemsettings would improve the gui as far as giving a user friendly interface to privileged mode configuration without having to to the kdesu dance to relaunch the application.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2009-12-17 00:12:23 UTC]

Upstream feature requests go to http://bugs.kde.org/

[Comment 2 Timo Gurr (RETIRED) 2010-01-21 10:14:46 UTC]

*** Bug 301697 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 3 Jaak Ristioja 2010-01-21 11:23:29 UTC]

Whats the URL of the upstream feature request?

[Comment 4 Romain Perier (RETIRED) 2010-02-23 11:16:09 UTC]

see URL 

[Comment 5 Romain Perier (RETIRED) 2010-02-23 12:51:22 UTC]

see also http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/SystemSettings#TODO