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No time to input correct password
I'm unable to lauch applications that require root priviledges from the gnome shell menu. When the input password dialog is shown, after 2 our 3 seconds the "Sorry, that didn't work" message is shown, ...
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How to run applications as root?
I am having some strange issue with Kate and Kwrite. When I click on Open File, it crashes with segmentation fault.
I am a complete newbie to Linux, and I think the issue is that I am not running ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - After release-upgrade from 11.10 - no more root login?
Question: I did do-release-upgrade on Ubuntu 11.10.
Now, I have Ubuntu 12.04, and I can login as a normal user, but not as root.
On 11.10, I could login as root without problem.
I checked on the ...
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How do I log into GNOME as a root?
I've enabled the root account by setting a password for it but not matter what I try I cant log into any DE but the default unity one, while any other user (but root) can choose any DE
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How do I launch a GUI application as root on user login?
I would like to launch a Gnome application with root privileges at login.
I have tried adding a script to launch using update-rc.d myscript.sh defaults.
It looks like the application does launch, ...
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How do I edit a file / launch an app without having to worry about “permission denied” messages?
When I need to edit a file (e.g. the httpd.conf file or the php.ini file) I start a terminal and open it with:
sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Most of the times, in order to be able to edit the ...
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How to install Awesome WM without root access?
I want to install the Awesome window manager.
In the environment where I want to configure it I don't have root access.
I do have a machine were I can be root (I use for this a virtual machine in my ...
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Custom GNOME applet in Python needs to have root privileges
I've written a custom GNOME panel applet in Python that needs to write to some root-owned files. Is there a way to make it start with root privileges without using suid?
