How to change permission to paste into root directory?

Q&A
1

Trying to paste files into the root directory and can’t seem to do it or find out how to change the folder permissions.

Any ideas? Using KDE 6 with Dolphin if that matters.

2

You can run Dolphin as root.

In a terminal, run :

sudo dolphin
3

I get this result:

sudo dolphin
Password:
Running Dolphin with sudo is not supported as it can cause bugs and expose you to security vulnerabilities. Instead, install the kio-admin package from your distro and use it to manage root-owned locations by right-clicking on them and selecting “Open as Administrator”.

sudo swupd bundle-add kio-admin
Loading required manifests…
Warning: Bundle “kio-admin” is invalid, skipping it…
Failed to install 1 of 1 bundles

4

Try with dbus :

sudo swupd bundle-add dbus

For Weston and Wayland :

dbus-run-session -- dolphin

For X

dbus-run-session -- sh -c 'DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY dolphin'
5

Thanks but i get

sudo swupd bundle-add dbus
Loading required manifests…
Warning: Bundle “dbus” is invalid, skipping it…
Failed to install 1 of 1 bundles

:pensive:

edit: Seems like running the dbus-run-session – dolphin opens the root folder, I’m guessing with extended permissions but I still can’t paste items into the directory.

edit 2: Ok I’ve found out I can paste into it but opening the folder as administrator. Not sure if that was there before and I missed it or if doing this helped, I’m new to LInux so thanks for the help.

6

It probably was there already.

You’re welcome !

7

It is not a good idea to run the software as root, It’s better to use the terminal and try to respect the UNIX permissions hierarchy.