Re: [trinity-users] kdesudo and kdesu

David Hare wrote: > I have tested various workarounds for getting GUI stuff as root > (without enabling sudo) for the past week. Some Debian users are not > comfortable with sudo at all (especially if configured for root > access > without password) and prefer the root password to be required for > administration. > > I have now settled on a workable solution with Trinity. > > Using: > > kdesu <kdeapp> --nonewdcop > > with the configs I posted earlier has not failed once. (must create > file kdesurc and purge kdesudo-trinity) > > It seems the user's dcop and/or klauncher crashes if/when root gets a > new dcop. I don't know why, when I used sudo initially, that did not > happen. > > I edited the menu with a new "root apps" section (konq, kwrite, > kuser) > configured like that, with "run as different user" unchecked so can > now use terminal, run box or menu. > > Non-trinity, gtk apps (synaptic, gparted, zenity) I had problems with > before seem fixed by adding to ~/.bashrc: > > export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority > > Needed reboot (or relogin) to register that. Don't know if that has > security issues but it works. > > I can now open, error-free, as root from terminal or via custom > script with: > > dbus-launch <gtk-app> > > That will not work for trinity apps. > > sux gives the same problem as kdesu without --nonewdcop; can't use > that (for Trinity apps) now but never mind I now have a recipe too, of course I have only tested this with Squeeze and have been using it since yesterday and it seems to work perfect. Using synaptic Install: gksu gksu-polkit sudo And completely Remove: kdesudo kdesudo-trinity sudo-trinity As "User" run 'gksu-properties' and change "su" to "sudo" and you will always be prompted for a password when you need elevated privileges.