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OU812 · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 456 Location: California

Hello. Anti and I have discussed the possibility of launching apps that require root access using gksu instead of wterm. But there are two issues with this approach:

1. gksu is a little sluggish
2. gksu only seems to require a root password for the first instance

The first problem required some research, but the fix was simple enough:

Jerry · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 150

Onthego is this, right?
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Onthego
That makes me wonder if mesm is an alias or older name for msystem, or something like that. Just guessing...

eriefisher · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

As far as gksu not requiring a password after the first instance, you can change this in the password prompt window.

open a run dialog and type gksu leafpad (or any app) When the window opens and asks for a password there is a check box "remember password", just uncheck it and it will ask for a password every time you call it.

I always change everything from using the terminal to gksu. I have even altered your cc scripts to use gksu where needed. I prefer the look over a terminal opening everytime I need root access and not closing until I'm done with the app.
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OU812 · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 456 Location: California

@ erie: You're right, it worked. With the box checked, the user is not prompted for a password. This is probably why it felt like /etc/sudoers was being ignored. This just may do the trick - having the box unchecked by default. Perhaps anti will now consider going with gksu instead of wterm. Thanks!

@ jerry: looks like that's it!

john