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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)
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Did you install gksu? Is /us/bin in your PATH variable?
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I can't install it through pacman I always thought it came default with gnome. What do you mean by PATH variable?
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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?
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this days gksu/gksudo is not needed in gnome. they have other mechanism to gain root permission(hint consolekit and polkit)
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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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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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.
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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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Haha ok now I feel stupid, I've been trying to install gksudo this whole time and not gksu .
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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.
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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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Ok, thanks for your help .
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