Hi Mike, if I understand correctly, the difference is between typing `su` or `su -`? For which reason would you not start a login shell and type `su` without the `-`?
As far as I can see, starting a login shell using `su -` or even `sudo -i` works fine for me on Fedora 43. Regards, Dominic On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM Michael D. Setzer II via Users < [email protected]> wrote: > Have used geany as my preferred editor for many version of > Fedora, but now with Fedora 43 it doesn't work that same if > running after su? > > Get a core dump, and it creates file in my ~/.config/geany directory > owned by root, and that to remove it before geany works with > regular user correctly. > > With su -, it seems to work ok. > > Had also tried > pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY > geany > > but with vnc get mixed results. > > Also, found this? > > You can run Geany as root by > opening a terminal and typing sudo -E geany or sudo geany. > However, this is strongly discouraged because it can lead to issues > like corrupting user configurations, creating ownership problems > for your files, and introducing security risks. A safer alternative is > to edit files using admin:// in the file manager or to use sudo for > specific file operations after saving your work in a regular user > session > > Things seems to suggest using nano or vim to edit rather than gedit > or geany, But that seems to be a step backwards. > > Is there a better way to get geany to work like it has in Fedora 42 > and earlier versions? > > Thanks. > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) > mailto:[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > Guam - Where America's Day Begins > G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer > http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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