Pratul Kalia wrote: > This is something I have been battling for long. How can I set a > program to start using superuser privileges, when my computer boots? > Lets say I want a daemon to run the time I login, but it needs > superuser privileges to work properly. If i just add "sudo daemonname" > in gnome-sessions, it doesn't work. > > Maybe I am doing something stupid? Help! > pratul > >
My best guess is you are trying to start some UI application lets say synaptic which needs superuser permissions to work properly or even start. You have given sudo <appname> in gnome session but its not working. To solve that there are 2 solutions I can recommend though i must say they are a MAJOR security loop hole in system. 1. Run this on the app # chmod u+s <appname> This will let ANY user run the app as super user without sudo 2. Or #visudo and change your sudo entry to look like this <user> ALL=NOPASSWD:ALL This will give the specific user rights to EXECUTE anything as superuser without giving passwd but still needing sudo (This is probably what you want if you are running a desktop) --MSN _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
