Come on, bardo, you donot have either gnoe or xfce ? Then use the "sux" script.
http://pdo.debian.net/sux
Rohan.
On 2/16/06, matthew g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anyway, whats the harm in using kdesu / gksu anyway ? :P
Its a pain in the ass when you are so use to sudo. When I use my
server as root I'm so use to typing in sudo pacman -S blah (this is
when I'm in root)
On 2/15/06, Rohan Dhruva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, it happens to every X app. Maybe you are very lucky ;) But the same
> problem has occured to me to any distro when running any X program through
> sudo. Anyway, whats the harm in using kdesu / gksu anyway ? :P
>
>
> On 2/15/06, Sten Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have never had any trouble running emacs or firestarter through
> > sudo. Is this a problem specific to kde?
> >
> > On 2/15/06, Rohan Dhruva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On fluxbox and xfce i have used kdesu successfully. I think even gksu
> would
> > > work. Someone in #kde once explained that sudo will reset the
> permissions of
> > > the above file to root since it is "ignorant" whereas {gk,kde}su knows
> about
> > > the X permissions.
> > >
> > > Rohan.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/15/06, bardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 2006/2/15, Rohan Dhruva < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > > > Never ever run X applications as root using "sudo". Always use
> "kdesu"
> > > if on
> > > > > kde, or "gksu" if on gnome.
> > > >
> > > > What if I use neither (xfce, *box, enlightenment)?
> > > > And BTW, what's the risk in using it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > bardo
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