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GodofAnotherWorld

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[SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Well first of all I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right section but heres my problem. Whenever I use the gksudo command I get an error saying the command wasn't found.

$ gksudo
-bash: gksudo: command not found

Last edited by GodofAnotherWorld (2010-06-18 23:35:19)

sisco311

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Did you install gksu? Is /us/bin in your PATH variable?

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GodofAnotherWorld

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

I can't install it through pacman I always thought it came default with gnome. What do you mean by PATH variable?

sisco311

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

I can't install it through pacman I always thought it came default with gnome.

Why? it's in the extra repo.

What do you mean by PATH variable?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h … t=2&chap=5

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

this days gksu/gksudo is not needed in gnome. they have other mechanism to gain root permission(hint consolekit and polkit)

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sisco311

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

this days gksu/gksudo is not needed in gnome. they have other mechanism to gain root permission(hint consolekit and polkit)

Yep, the new gksu will use PolicyKit as backend, instead of su and sudo.

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GodofAnotherWorld

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Oh, well that's depressing lol, I've always used the code:

# gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties

to edit my gdm backgrounds and themes, even in ubuntu 10.04, but I guess I'll find other ways.

sisco311

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Oh, well that's depressing lol, I've always used the code:

# gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties

to edit my gdm backgrounds and themes, even in ubuntu 10.04, but I guess I'll find other ways.

I still don't understand why you can't install gksu, but you can use sudo:

sudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties

Last edited by sisco311 (2010-06-18 23:18:08)

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GodofAnotherWorld

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Haha ok now I feel stupid, I've been trying to install gksudo this whole time and not gksu .

sisco311

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Haha ok now I feel stupid, I've been trying to install gksudo this whole time and not gksu .

lol

gksu is a graphical frontend for su and sudo. 

gksudo is just a symlink to gksu.

Please mark this thread as [SOLVED].

Simply edit the original post by clicking on the 'edit' button at the lower right corner of it and prepend [SOLVED] to the title.

Thanks.

EDIT: If memory serves the default Authentication Mode for gksu in Arch is set to su, if you wish you can change it to sudo:

gksu-properties

Last edited by sisco311 (2010-06-18 23:36:25)

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GodofAnotherWorld

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with gksudo

Ok, thanks for your help .