Ug....
The point is/(was) that when in X running sudo has some interesting and
potentially odd and undesired behavior.
This of course begs the question: are you running X as root when adjusting
your server ? (Gosh I hope not.)
- If not, then by definition this problem does not apply to you, and you
have not understood the nature of the problem being discussed. (And that
is o.k, too, as we all misread stuff from time to time.)
- If yes, then perhaps you need to consider NOT running X as root to
maintain a server.
If you do not see why this a problem, then perhaps you should ignore me.
(Grin) ... I surely would if I were you.
And considering the nature of this and other problems with sudo, perhaps
you should reconsider your use of sudo. (Again feel free to ignore me on
this advise as well.)
Very best regards;
Bob Finch
>>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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