kdesu is not in $PATH

[Jonathan Riddell]

kdesu is not in $PATH in KDE 4, it's in /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu

I've added the patch below to the package in Ubuntu. However this is not quite distro agnostic since KDE might not be installed to /usr so `kde4-config --prefix` should be used to find the prefix.

--- ntfs-config/ntfs-config-root.in 2010-01-05 17:30:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ntfs-config/ntfs-config-root.in 2010-01-05 17:44:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
         desktop = get_desktop()
         if desktop == "GNOME" and test_cmd("gksu") :
             auth = "gksu"
- elif desktop == "KDE" and test_cmd("kdesu") :
- auth = "kdesu"
+ elif desktop == "KDE" and test_cmd("/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu") :
+ auth = "/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu"
         elif test_cmd("gksu") :
             auth = "gksu"
- elif test_cmd("kdesu") :
- auth = "kdesu"
+ elif test_cmd("/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu") :
+ auth = "/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu"
         else :
             dialog("error", _("No authentication program founds"), \
                 _("ntfs-config need to be run as root, but I can't find\n"

[Henning Moll (drscott)]

Are you aware, that /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu is actually NOT using kdesu but kdesudo? Please also note, that the kdesu FAQ in the source code suggest the following:

Q: How do I use kdesu from a bash script?
A: kdesu is a libexec program, so does not normally reside in your PATH.
   Use something like:

     $(kde4-config --path libexec)kdesu -- program_to_run

So, the path should not be hard coded.
BTW: Does somebody know why kdesu is hidden under /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu? One can say that it doesn't matter as this is usually just a link to /usr/bin/kdesudo. So the real question is: Why is the real kdesu, which resides in /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu, is not in PATH like kdesudo is? Please note, that /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu is no link, but the real kdesu binary.

[Henning Moll (drscott)]

It's possible that kdesu is linked to kdesudo is a Ubuntu specific issue, isn't it?