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From time to time, I use a root konsole in KDE to run some commands.
In the past, I did that with e. g.
kdesu 'konsole -e kwrite'and it worked.
Now, I get an error message after having entered the root password "Cannot execute command konsole -e kwrite".
Bug or feature?
Any workaround possible if I want to run scripts as root in the KDE konsole?
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As far as I know kwrite is not a script but a KDE application, so you can launch it as root directly :
kdesu kwrite
Why do yo want to run it from konsole ?
Kate might be better because it has an integrated console :
kdesu kate
Last edited by berbae (2011-02-12 17:29:43)
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I used kwrite only as an example. Here the problems occurs with a perl I script I want to run in the console as root - the Arch update script "alunn_updatescript" which does "pacman -Syu" etc..
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Have you tried to give the entire path to the script :
kdesu konsole -e /entire/path/to/alunn_updatescript
In a konsole opened as a user, you can also get a root prompt with :
su -
<root password>
/entire/path/to/alunn_updatescript
exit
You can also create a profile which runs your script at start of konsole :
konsole --profile <name of the profile>
It is in Settings/Configure Profiles...
Profile name: Arch Update
Command: /bin/su -c /entire/path/to/alunn_updatescript
...
Last edited by berbae (2011-02-13 16:55:33)
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