Security of kio-admin
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kio-admin allows to operate on files with root privileges from within
unprivileged graphical applications. This is for example used in the Dolphin
file manager "admin mode" feature.

There exist some inherent dangers to the design of kio-admin that can weaken
your system's security. Please refer to this blog post [1] from the SUSE
security team for technical details. The post also contains recommendations
for users of kio-admin [2].

[1]: https://security.opensuse.org/2025/02/21/kio-admin-admittance.html
[2]: https://security.opensuse.org/2025/02/21/kio-admin-admittance.html#7-recommendations-for-users-of-kio-admin-or-gvfs