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Why is gksu no longer installed by default in 13.04?
I have always recommended pressing ALT+F2 and typing for example gksu nautilus or gksudo nautilus both are equivalent; to run graphical programs with root privileges. However, I have just installed ...
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2answers
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Why user should never use normal sudo to start graphical application?
I've read the comunity "RootSudo" documentation and am interested in this line:
You should never use normal sudo to start graphical applications as Root.
Why? What is the difference? Please ...
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Ways to run Nautilus with elevated privileges [duplicate]
What are the differences between the following ways to run Nautilus with elevated privileges:
a)
sudo nautilus
b)
gksu nautilus
c)
gksudo nautilus
Which should I use?
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3answers
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Is there a desktop-neutral gksudo?
There are various tools for various desktops that aim to run a graphical application as root. gksudo, kdesudo, empower, etc...
But what if I'm writing a script that could be used on any Linux ...
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0answers
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Change system from asking for root to asking for sudo password
I am using a shared computer in which I have root access via sudo but not the root user's password. For some reason gksudo doesn't do the standard protocol of asking for my password (in the sudo ...
0
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1answer
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I can't run graphical programs with sudo (Ubuntu 12.10)
If I try to run a program with GUI (e.g. Nautilus) as root, I'm just getting the following output:
gksu nautilus
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations ...
0
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1answer
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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
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3answers
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What are the differences between sudo, su, visudo, chroot, and gksu?
What are the differences between sudo, su, visudo, chroot, and gksu ?
2
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1answer
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/ folder permissions
I've changed / folder owner from root to administrator account.
Now no sudo commands are working.
It used to show sudoers are in mode 04666 it should b in the mode 04000
Then i did something and it ...
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1answer
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How to fix gksu / kdesudo? kdesudo(2831) KDESu::KDESuPrivate::KCookie::getXCookie: No X authentication info set for display “:0”
Command (in terminal):
leafpad
Result: Leafpad without root rights working fine.
What did I do to cause the error? Maybe I accidentally run
sudo leafpad
Now I am having problems... Neither ...
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6answers
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How can I run an application with a GUI as super user from a normal user session?
I defined 2 users:
one with admin privilege (lets call it admin) with sudo right.
a 2nd one without any privilege (lets call it normaluser)
and I configure the autologin on this 2nd user normaluser.
...
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1answer
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difference between gksudo and sudo? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between “gksudo nautilus” and “sudo nautilus”?
I have tiny script that I want it to run on start-up, but it needs sudo ...
1
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2answers
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I cannot start graphical apps as root
I used to be able to do so, but something as simple as this fails now:
gksudo gedit
and this also fails:
sudo gedit
I receive the error:
Cannot open display.
I haved checked this:
...
0
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3answers
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Cannot authenticate without a password
The problem can be reproduced as follows:
When I remove the password of an administrator account, "Log In without Password", I cannot use that account to authenticate.
When I do something that ...
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3answers
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'sudo' not working after changing the permissions of '/usr' directory
Recently I had to change the folder permissions of /usr folder. Now the whole sudo is not working. If I try to update my system using this command:
sudo apt-get update
I get the following message:
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2answers
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Allow “root” program to run without privileges
I've changed my ctrl-alt-l shortcut so instead of just locking the screen, the system goes into suspend.
(for reference, the command is gksudo pm-suspend-hybrid)
as you can see, the program needs to ...
1
vote
1answer
302 views
I can't do “sudo”
Let's describe it from the beginning:
I was planning to re-enable the password requirement in LightDM for security reasons. But, since my PC's been sluggish these times, it FC'd the password setup ...
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2answers
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How to copy a directory from your home to a system wide one
I want to use the file manager to copy a directory from my Desktop to the /opt directory. When I run gksudo nautilus, I do not see anything in the Desktop directory.
If I open Nautilus normally from ...
0
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2answers
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How do I switch default root authorization app?
Somehow I've messed everything up and when I open a program like time-admin and click "Click to make changes", it uses a Qt / KDE style interface rather than the Gtk style.
Running gksudo ...
6
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1answer
647 views
Why should I use gksudo for Gtk apps instead of sudo?
I read somewhere that people should use gksudo for applications that use the Gtk GUI instead of sudo? What's the reasoning for this?
4
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2answers
641 views
Unable to launch nautilus with sudo [closed]
When I run Nautilus with sudo, gksudo or Alt+F2, I get this error message:
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension
** (nautilus:2352): WARNING **: Failed to get the current CK session: ...
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2answers
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Password not working in Graphical Applications (gksu)? Works with sudo
I am having a problem where when I try to run say GParted, when I am prompted for a password, it says "Incorrect Password"
But when I enter the same password using terminal sudo gparted for example, ...
1
vote
1answer
638 views
How to run a command with no-tty access, to run in admin privileges?
I would like to execute a command with administrative privileges, but do not have an access to the tty.
I tried to execute it with the -A option of the sudo command and setting the environment ...
2
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0answers
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What's the difference between sudo and gksudo when launching graphical applications? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between “gksudo nautilus” and “sudo nautilus”?
It is common to see in instructions, the terminal command to edit a file:
...
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4answers
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Is the difference between sudo and gksu the same as the difference between sudo -i and sudo -s?
Is the difference between sudo cmd and gksu cmd, the same as the difference
between starting a shell with sudo -i and sudo -s?
... or put another way,
Is sudo cmd the same as sudo -i cmd
and gksu ...
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9answers
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What is the difference between “gksudo nautilus” and “sudo nautilus”?
I've been using gksudo nautilus and sudo nautilus through Alt+F2.
What's the difference? They look very similar!
