// Prohibit using sudo or kdesu (but allow using the root user directly)
if (getuid() == 0) {
if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("SUDO_USER")) {
// Prohibit using sudo or kdesu (but allow using the root user directly)
if (getuid() == 0) {
if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("SUDO_USER")) {
- std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with sudo is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
+ std::cout << "Running Dolphin with sudo can cause bugs and expose you to security vulnerabilities. "
+ "Instead use Dolphin normally and you will be prompted for elevated privileges when "
+ "performing file operations that require them."
+ << std::endl;
- std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with kdesu is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
+ std::cout << "Running Dolphin with kdesu can cause bugs and expose you to security vulnerabilities. "
+ "Instead use Dolphin normally and you will be prompted for elevated privileges when "
+ "performing file operations that require them."
+ << std::endl;
QApplication app(argc, argv);
app.setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("system-file-manager"), app.windowIcon()));
QApplication app(argc, argv);
app.setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("system-file-manager"), app.windowIcon()));
QObject::connect(&app, &QGuiApplication::commitDataRequest, disableSessionManagement);
QObject::connect(&app, &QGuiApplication::saveStateRequest, disableSessionManagement);
QObject::connect(&app, &QGuiApplication::commitDataRequest, disableSessionManagement);
QObject::connect(&app, &QGuiApplication::saveStateRequest, disableSessionManagement);
// If the user passed any URLs to Dolphin, open those in the
// window after session-restoring it
if (startedWithURLs) {
// If the user passed any URLs to Dolphin, open those in the
// window after session-restoring it
if (startedWithURLs) {
- mainWindow->openDirectories(urls, splitView);
+ if (openFiles) {
+ mainWindow->openFiles(urls, splitView);
+ } else {
+ mainWindow->openDirectories(urls, splitView);
+ }