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#1 2015-01-20 17:14:08
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Starting Sublime Text 3 as root
I'd really like to use Sublime Text 3 for editing various configuration files and ditch vim, but I have an issue with launching Sublime Text 3 as root.
I installed gksu, tried launching it, but it doesn't. Aftering entering root password nothing happens. No errors, no windows, nothing.
If I launch it with just sudo, it opens and I can work with the file, but .. is that even recommended to use sudo for launching GUI applications?
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#2 2015-01-20 17:16:55
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Re: Starting Sublime Text 3 as root
You don't provide information on what is happening and what you are doing. Details!
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#3 2015-01-20 17:18:46
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Re: Starting Sublime Text 3 as root
You don't provide information on what is happening and what you are doing. Details!
I installed gksu, tried launching it, but it doesn't. Aftering entering root password nothing happens. No errors, no windows, nothing.
I do. What I wrote translates to:
gksu subl3Last edited by ✩ ✩ ✩ (2015-01-20 17:53:09)
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#4 2015-01-21 10:37:09
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Re: Starting Sublime Text 3 as root
The frist two results of http://lmgtfy.com/?q=run+sublime3+as+root both give valid solutions
But you really should not do this. Write a script, that copies the file to a folder your user can read from, open the file in sublime and copy it back with elevated permissions.
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