gksu pluma /etc/default/grub ? On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recently sent this to the debian-user mailing list, no useful > replies. > I'm unsure whether the primary problem is software or yours truly ;/ > Though my 1st programming course used 026's as input device for a > precursor of BASIC, I'm newbie to anything *nix related. > > I suspect one problem may be impure terminology. Is there a > significant difference between "root" and "superuser"? > > Comments please. > > /BEGIN QUOTATION OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE > > I have an absolute requirement to run some GUI programs as root. > > I captured one session with script. > > Script started on Mon 30 Jun 2014 08:58:50 AM CDT > richard@jessie:~$ su > Password: > root@jessie:/home/richard# pluma /etc/default/grub > > (pluma:1318): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the > session > > manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported > > > (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to > dconf: The > > connection is closed > Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) > Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) > Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) > Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) > Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18) > > (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to > dconf: The > > connection is closed > > (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to > dconf: The > > connection is closed > > (pluma:1318): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to > dconf: The > > connection is closed > > (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into > > `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to > create file > > '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.9WQQIX': No such file or > directory > > (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of > > `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or > > directory > > ==============pluma has opened > > > (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into > > `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to > create file > > '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.WMTBIX': No such file or > directory > > (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of > > `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or > > directory > > ================changed one character and saved file > > > (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into > > `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to > create file > > '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.PRFKIX': No such file or > directory > > (pluma:1318): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of > > `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or > > directory > > ================closed pluma > > > > What's going on???????????????????? > > > /END QUOTATION OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
