Re: [trinity-users] kdesudo and kdesu

Am 30.10.2010 01:09, schrieb Jimmy Johnson: > 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. > At first it was a good idea. But there is no packet gksu-polkit in Debian Lenny.

And when you will remove sudo-trinity he will remove also a many packets from trinity.

So you have no change with this workaround under Debian Lenny, sorry. Best wishes bernd