Running graphical programs as root
gymka
gymka at mail.ru
Sat May 5 16:00:27 CEST 2012
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2012.05.05 16:48, houghi rašė:
> On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 12:45:19PM +0300, gymka wrote:
>> kdesudo, gksudo it's just frontends for "sudo". as far as i know
>> only difference between gksudo and sudo is that gksudo uses
>> your(user's) configuration and not root's. so create your own
>> sudo frontend: 1. in /usr/bin create file "xfce-sudo" with
>> content: #!/bin/bash pass=$(zenity --entry --text="Enter your
>> pass"); echo $pass | sudo -S env HOME=$HOME $@
>
> I would make that: #!/bin/bash pass=$(zenity --password); echo
> $pass | sudo -S env HOME=$HOME $@
>
>
> I personally would noy use the "env HOME=$HOME" part, but that
> might depend on your personal needs.
>
> The importend part is that you now not see the password when you
> type it.
>
>
> houghi
1. without part "env HOME=$HOME" it will run with root
configuration(it won't use "/home/gymka/.mozilla") purpose of this
script was to run as other user with root permissions
2. as it was said for that purpose there is "sudoedit", i didn't knew
so wrote my own variant of gksudo:)
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gymka
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