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71 questions linked to/from What is the difference between "gksudo nautilus" and "sudo nautilus"?
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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 ...
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Why should I use gksudo for Gtk apps instead of sudo? [duplicate]
I read somewhere that people should use gksudo for applications that use the Gtk GUI instead of sudo? What's the reasoning for this?
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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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What's the difference between sudo and gksudo when launching graphical applications? [duplicate]
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What is the difference between “gksudo nautilus” and “sudo nautilus”?
It is common to see in instructions, the terminal command to edit a file:
sudo ...
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I need help logging in to root [duplicate]
Can somebody help me? I’m new to Ubuntu, and I need help elevating my privileges to root. All I’m getting is:
darion@darion-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo -i nautilus
[sudo] password for darion:
(...
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How to launch application as root from Unity Launcher?
Mainly I am looking for a way to pin an application to the Unity launch bar, and run it as root.
Currently, even if I start the application with sudo, and pin it after it starts, it will start as ...
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Why should users never use normal sudo to start graphical applications?
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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Why don't gksu/gksudo or launching a graphical application with sudo work with Wayland?
I installed Ubuntu 17.10. Now I am having trouble with gksu:
$ gksu -dg synaptic
No ask_pass set, using default!
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-HgUjgQ/.Xauthority
STARTUP_ID: gksu/synaptic/8760-0-alex-XPS-15-...
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How do I open a folder as root?
More specifically the
/etc/apt/
folder. I need to delete some files and replace
/etc/apt/sources.list
with a newer version.
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Why is gksu no longer installed by default?
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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What is the difference between gksudo and gksu?
Is there any difference between the behavior of gksu foo and gksudo foo?
Can they be used interchangeably?
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Unetbootin has no GUI on Ubuntu GNOME
I want to make the switch to Antergos. When opening Unetbootin, I can't open it successfully.
Here is what happens when I open UNetbootin from Terminal:
$ sudo unetbootin
X Error: BadAccess (attempt ...
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Is there an easier or more 'correct' way to open gedit as root?
I have ubuntu 12.04 running in a virtual machine on virtual box. Its existence is mainly as a 'toy' to play about with Ubuntu, so for this reason I wanted the GUI (is that what 'Dash' is in ubuntu 12....
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How do I set the LightDM wallpaper in Ubuntu 14.04?
In previous versions of Ubuntu, picking one of the default wallpapers meant that you saw it on the login screen as well.
I am now on a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04, the LightDM wallpaper appears to ...
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how to delete locked folders/files
How to delete locked folders/files? When I try to delete them an error occurs: "Error removing file: Permission denied" I am root. See the image below to know what kind of folders/files.
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