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Remove "Open as Administrator"

Bug #1661698 reported by Corentin Noël
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Bug Description

I really think that this option shouldn't be exposed to the users
Power users can use sudo pantheon-files at their own risk

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Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote :

well they should probably still use pkexec pantheon-files. But really, I thought the latest glib was supposed to have policykit integration so we shouldn't need this at all. Are we just waiting on a new version?

Changed in pantheon-files:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Adam Bieńkowski (donadigo) wrote :

I think that will become valid when we will be able to authenticate modifying files with admin permissions with normal Files instance (non-root).

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Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote :

I'm going to confirm just because that should be the future behavior is using GVFS/policykit integration

Changed in pantheon-files:
status: New → Confirmed
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