Questions tagged [gksu]
gksu is a GTK+ frontend to su and sudo
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Gedit launches with Save & Save As disabled unless launched as root
Whether I launch gedit from a terminal or from the GUI, the Save and Save As menu items are ghosted as soon as gedit opens. I can't even start with a blank editor, type something, and then Save As ...
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How to I change a permissions on a folder I have tried gksu nautilus with no luck ubuntu 18.04 lts
I am trying to change the permissions on a folder to read and write on /snap/eclipse/29 To install the jre but to get eclipse working. I have tried installing gksu nautilus over again but had no luck.
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Tyring to open a file with gksu gedit
I'm trying to open the /etc/group file as root (to edit) but as soon as I type
gksu gedit /etc/group
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Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or ...
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Is it bad practice to use gksu when writing code in development?
I am writing a C++ application that needs to access the serial port and use the mount command, both needing root to be performed.
In the end the application will be run as root on a device, but I am ...
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How do I create a dashboard launcher shortcut without gksu for the Samba Server Configuration Tool in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Unity?
How do I create a dashboard launcher shortcut for the Samba Server Configuration Tool 1.2.63 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Unity [and without gksu]? I am used to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. In 16.04 LTS, I have a ...
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Cannot open and update /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
I am new to Linux and have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04. I need to edit the 50-synaptics.conf file in Ubuntu 18.04, but GKSU is deprecated, and when I run
gedit admin:///usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/...
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Wifi doesn't work - I'm in a loop
I just installed windows 10 and ubuntu on my computer and wifi isn't working. I read the post below:
WiFi isn't working in new installation of Ubuntu
I tried to use the given code in the post ...
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gksu changing my background
Everytime when i use gksu nautilus , it keeps changing my background and the taskbar to the default color and background. How can I restore my background and color after using the command?
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Gaining root privs within LiveCD, for drive mounted in /media/[user]?
So, here is my scenario, for a recent version of Lubuntu. (I've tried tapping Lubuntu forums for help, that was a no-go.)
My hard drive is beginning to fail, according to the disk tool I load within ...
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Can't install Upwork application on Ubuntu 15 with gksu
I am not able to install Upwork 64 bit application on Ubuntu, reason I am asking this again as I followed the answer posted in another similar question but I could not get it working.
I am having ...
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gksu not working
gksu nautilius
Running the above or trying to run the nautlius script -'browse as root' gives the following error
/home/borax12/.gtkrc-2.0:6: error: scanner: unterminated string constant
(gksu:...
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Many process named "su-to-root" appeared on my system monitor, is my computer owned?
Two process named gksu and two process named su-to-root appeared on my system monitor, is my computer owned? How can I be sure, and if this true, how can I rip out the intruder without full system ...
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