GTK+ frontend for sudo
gksudo is a GTK+ frontend to sudo. Its primary purpose is to run graphical programs as root.
Links
- Manpage: http://linux.die.net/man/1/gksudo
Questions tagged [gksudo]
11 questions
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"sudo" session behavior in graphical environment
I wrote these two scripts and they are in my $PATH:
gsudo:
#! /bin/bash
sudo -n true &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
sudo "$@"
else
upass=$(zenity --password --title "Enter your password" 2> /dev/null)
[[ ! -z "$upass" ]] && echo $upass |…
isamert
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How to use GVFS to launch an X program with super user permissions?
I'm trying to port a script to Ubuntu 18.04 that uses gksudo to prompt the user for admin password in order to run a GUI program with the admin permissions.
Now, gksudo has been removed from Ubuntu 18.04 and I understand that gvfs with the admin…
ezekiel
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0
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1 answer
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment. Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I used to open text files with sublime, and for Read-only files, I used to do :
sudo sublime. But now just suddenly the sudo sublime command gives the following error :
(sublime:3931): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
while sublime command is…
Sahil Arora
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0
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Root user folder permissions changed in ubuntu 14.04
By executing chown command to give access of /root folder contents for 'test1' user.
After that I am unable to login with my .ppk key - Server refused our key. How can I get back my root user access?
raja reddy
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How do applications like gksu lock focus when launched?
I am curious how applications like gksu lock screen focus when prompting for a password. I see gksu even has an option "-g", that can disable this behavior.
I am interested in doing something similar for a Python app (I used Quickly to generate the…
Monty
- 3
0
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1 answer
Can't start Sublime Text with gksu
Sublime Text 3 is my primary text editor. I run it as a regular user, but once in a while I need to start is as root to edit some system files. I am used to having edit as root in my context menu on my old system.
In my old Linux Mint 13 Maya I used…
Art Gertner
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"gksu" doesn't prompt for the root password
I use this terminal emulator x-terminal-emulator and when I run this on a normal non-privileged user
~$ gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
an app starts and tells me to choose a password for a new keyring and when I click "Cancel",
the program…
RL.AdmiralX
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Why gksudo does not exit after it started background process?
I'm trying to run conky with gksudo (to get top amongst all process, not just mine) but I have really strange issue. Despite the fact that conky forks itself and exit immediately, gksudo won't exit at the same time. If I close it with Ctrl+C conky…
vava
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How to add an item to the gnome menu that starts gedit as root?
I right clicked the gnome menu and clicked on "Edit menus"
Then I clicked on "New item".
Type: Application
Name: gedit as root
Command: gksudo gedit
Comment: Launch gedit as root.
When I click it, the gksudo dialog appears as expected. But then...…
Nathan Osman
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0
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3 answers
Run X applications as another user under Linux
Visiting the old topic of running X applications as another user under Linux, as the solution had always been "to use gksu" to me, but today, when I need it and tried it, it doesn't work.
Following What Is gksu And Why Would You Use It, I tried,…
xpt
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Option to elevate priveleges in Ubuntu GNOME for file copy
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 (GNOME) and I'm just copying over certain files from my backup which is on a Windows computer. The backup includes:
A few scripts in /usr/bin
A number of websites in /var/www
A couple of startup scripts in…
Andy
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