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shimp999
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:01 pm Post subject: ask for root on demand? |
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| When I used Gnome before (in another distribution), everytime I wanted to change something or run a program that required root permission (like gdm login), it would ask me for the root password. I just recently emerged Gnome 2.4 and when I try to run the gdm login screen program, it tells me I must be in root to access it. How do I get it so it asks for root password instead? I really dont want to log out of my account, log into root, then make the changes. Thanks |
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meowsqueak
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:16 am Post subject: |
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You can use 'su' to elevate yourself to root privileges, or even 'su -' to log in as root without logging out. Just type 'exit' or ctrl-d to drop back to your normal shell when you're done.
Also, check out 'sudo' which can be used to run a single command as root and ensures that afterwards you are still in the original shell. I use sudo exclusively because I believe it's morally and ethically wrong to log in as root... 
(Actually I'm not that bothered).
E.g. you could start gdm with:
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PowerFactor
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| For gnome to get teh little popup dialog I believe you need to find the .desktop file for the program and insert in the "Exec=" line before the program filename. Assuming they still don't have a menu editor for gnome2. |
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meowsqueak
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, looks like I missed the point of your post - sorry. |
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wdreinhart
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| PowerFactor wrote: | | Assuming they still don't have a menu editor for gnome2. |
Why would gnome need a special app for editing the menu?  Is it *that* hard to open Nautilus and type "applications://" in the location bar? |
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PowerFactor
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| wdreinhart wrote: | | Why would gnome need a special app for editing the menu? Is it *that* hard to open Nautilus and type "applications://" in the location bar? |
Not once you know that's there. Heck, there's nothing hard about editing the files by hand once you figure it out or have someone tell you how. |
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shimp999
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| ahh, thats what I was looking for, thanks Powerfactor |
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