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BrettRS

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Registered: 2007-11-28

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Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

I was wondering if anyone knew of any Gksu or Kdesu alternatives.. reason being is I find that gksu depends on some gnome dependencies (at least for me) and I'm trying to use as little gnome/kde dependencies as possible.

Thanks,

Brett

barry

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Registered: 2007-11-27

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

I use sudo and run everything from a terminal.

finferflu

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

Yeah, sudo should be enough. Even when I'm on GNOME or KDE I always use sudo.

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

You can also use sudo <gui app> in some window managers. For instance in E17, I use sudo with both Thunar and Scite for occasional tasks.

synorgy

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

The problem I believe he is having is the same I'm experiencing. Imagine this:

launch gmrun via a keyboard shortcut
input some command (sudo thunar for instance)
If you haven't already verified this session with sudo (by entering your password the first time after you log in), The process will never launch as it never recieves your password.

gksudo pops up a dialog, whereas sudo does not. sudo expects to be launched from an interactive terminal and kinda freaks out when it is launched from some non-persistently interactive location.

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onearm

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

Using sudo without needing to insert a password?
Something like this in /etc/sudoers:

$yourusername localhost = (ALL) NOPASSWD: SETENV: ALL

not the most secure way to do it but you should at least trust yourself

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BrettRS

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Registered: 2007-11-28

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

The problem I believe he is having is the same I'm experiencing. Imagine this:

launch gmrun via a keyboard shortcut
input some command (sudo thunar for instance)
If you haven't already verified this session with sudo (by entering your password the first time after you log in), The process will never launch as it never recieves your password.

gksudo pops up a dialog, whereas sudo does not. sudo expects to be launched from an interactive terminal and kinda freaks out when it is launched from some non-persistently interactive location.

Freaks out is an understatement for me.. my whole box freezes and refuses to respond; forcing me to do a hard restart.

tami

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From: Norway, Oslo

Registered: 2007-11-10

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Re: Gksu, Kdesu Alternatives?

How about sux?

community/sux 1.0.1-1
    A wrapper around su which will transfer your X credentials

It works at least here

All the best,

tami

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