> Although you’re pointing to your yoda (home?) directory, are you logged in as root?
no
> <Something> is causing your command to run with elevated permissions
Hm. I see that :-/
> perhaps it’s a tick-box in the Panel’s properties to run your command as root?
Nope, I checked.
> You need to be a normal User when you invoke “kdesu”
I know. That’s the point of it. An I’m logged in as my normal user, yoda. On yoda’s desktop, I click the Panel icon there. “As” myself.
And just to repeat, I have NO problems with ANY ‘kdesu whatever’ command if I launch is from Konsole, as myself. Only from the Panel icon launcher.