Show a warning when running as the root user

Summary: Now that Dolphin can be run as the root user again, let's show a warning.

Test Plan:
When run with the root user account:
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Reviewers: #dolphin, markg, elvisangelaccio

Reviewed By: markg, elvisangelaccio

Subscribers: acooligan, anthonyfieroni, chinmoyr, kfm-devel, rikmills, emmanuelp, zzag, nicolasfella, elvisangelaccio, Fuchs, mmustac, markg

Tags: #dolphin

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D12732

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
index bf8ac8812..7b995955f 100644
--- a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ DolphinViewContainer::DolphinViewContainer(const QUrl& url, QWidget* parent) :
     m_messageWidget->setCloseButtonVisible(true);
     m_messageWidget->hide();
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
+    if (getuid() == 0) {
+
+        // We must be logged in as the root user; show a big scary warning
+        showMessage(i18n("Running Dolphin as root can be dangerous. Please be careful."), Warning);
+    }
+#endif
+
     m_view = new DolphinView(url, this);
     connect(m_view, &DolphinView::urlChanged,
             m_urlNavigator, &KUrlNavigator::setLocationUrl);