Running some widgets as root

[Kevin Kofler]

Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> Is there a way to run certain widgets as root ?

No, Plasma runs as a single process, so everything gets the same
permissions.

> For example, I'd like to use the FileWatcher widgets to monitor various
> log files with root permission on my second display.

Can't you give your user read permission to those files through setfacl?

        Kevin Kofler