# Let the user decide whether she wants to run Dolphin as root:

diff -uar dolphin-18.08.0.orig/src/main.cpp dolphin-18.08.0/src/main.cpp
--- dolphin-18.08.0.orig/src/main.cpp	2018-08-06 22:41:40.000000000 +0200
+++ dolphin-18.08.0/src/main.cpp	2018-08-11 00:32:48.073913157 +0200
@@ -43,14 +43,12 @@
 extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-    // Prohibit using sudo or kdesu (but allow using the root user directly)
+    // Warn 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;
-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+            std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with sudo is UNSAFE due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
         } else if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("KDESU_USER")) {
-            std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with kdesu is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+            std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with kdesu is UNSAFE due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
         }
     }
 #endif