I still use X, so I use: su command & when it does not work, usualy duoing: xhost + before: su works ....
Tomas On Thu, 2020-09-03 at 11:31 -0700, Vince Winter wrote: > Ed > neither of those work with the program in question. I get the prompt > then > nothing happens afterwards. > > Tom > I will try lxsudo and report back > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 6:43 PM Tom <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:07:44 -0700 > > Vince Winter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am looking for an alternative to gksu/gksudo (they are no > > > longer > > > supported) or to pkexec (getting it setup for the gui is > > > annoying, > > > i.e. editing policy). > > > > > > I am trying to make a cinnamon desktop launch that asks for a > > > password, keeping simple as I can to implement. > > > > > > --- > > > Vince Winter > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > lxsudo > > > > https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-sudo > > > > Don't use pkexec. It's way more complicated than it needs to be and > > is > > some kind of windows registry-eske of XML policy configuration. > > > > -- > > _______________________________________ > > / ... though his invention worked \ > > > superbly -- his theory was a crock of | > > > sewage from beginning to end. | > > > | > > > > \ -- Vernor Vinge, "The Peace War" / > > --------------------------------------- > > \ > > \ > > /\ /\ > > //\\_//\\ ____ > > \_ _/ / / > > / * * \ /^^^] > > \_\O/_/ [ ] > > / \_ [ / > > \ \_ / / > > [ [ / \/ _/ > > _[ [ \ /_/ > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
