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canistra

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Allowing normal users to killall X

How i can do that ?

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

Set up sudo to allow execution of it as root without a password by putting this in /etc/sudoers

%users    ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/killall X

canistra

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Registered: 2007-11-03

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

Set up sudo to allow execution of it as root without a password by putting this in /etc/sudoers

%users    ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/killall X

oh, please, no sudo

lloeki

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

either X runs privileged, or per-user.

so if not privileged, users use startx
if privileged, a user will have to raise his privileges to kill X. su is out of question, so sudo fits it best.

what exactly is your qualm with sudo?

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canistra

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

either X runs privileged, or per-user.

so if not privileged, users use startx
if privileged, a user will have to raise his privileges to kill X. su is out of question, so sudo fits it best.

what exactly is your qualm with sudo?

I don't like sudo and that's all !

ralvez

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

Well then ... if you do not like to type sudo before the command, open your .bashrc and make an alias like this:

alias killall ='/usr/bin/killall X'

From there on you just type killall at the command prompt and that's it.

R

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

Well then ... if you do not like to type sudo before the command, open your .bashrc and make an alias like this:

alias killall ='/usr/bin/killall X'

From there on you just type killall at the command prompt and that's it.

R

I can imagine he'll sometimes want to use killall on other processes too...

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

sudo is the first thing I install, a lot better then changing to root and then doing something dumb or issuing a command and then wondering why the changes didn't take effect for your user instead of root. Just to many problems.

hacosta

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

ctrl alt backspace

somairotevoli

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

^the way I do it

ralvez

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Re: Allowing normal users to killall X

Well then ... if you do not like to type sudo before the command, open your .bashrc and make an alias like this:

alias killall ='/usr/bin/killall X'

From there on you just type killall at the command prompt and that's it.

R

I can imagine he'll sometimes want to use killall on other processes too...

Sorry I made a mistake (I was in my office typing very fast because I was about to go to a meeting).
Your are correct Ramses de Norre the code should read:

alias killall ='/usr/bin/killall'

Which should give you the correct rights to use killall on any thing running.

R.