Re: [arch-general] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: gparted cant take root priviliges

On Sun, 2014-07-13 at 11:26 +0200, Guus Snijders wrote:

Op 13 jul. 2014 10:12 schreef "Ralf Mardorf" het volgende:

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On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 16:57 +0200, Guus Snijders wrote:

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I haven't tested it, but xhost seems a bit superfluous in combination with gksudo. Doesn't gksudo take care of setting the X auth itself?

It doesn't.

[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gksudo -u chuser qupzilla [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ xhost + ; gksudo -u chuser qupzilla access control disabled, clients can connect from any host QupZilla: 0 extensions loaded [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ xhost - access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect

Ok, so if you use gksudo and then launch an xterm, you get an display error? Sounds a bit odd, for a gui to sudo... (access control is more then just enabled/disabled ;-) ).

You can use gksudo to launch xterm. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gksudo xterm Does open xterm with a root prompt. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ gksudo -u chuser xterm Doesn't open xterm, no display error or any other output appears. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ xhost + ; gksudo -u chuser xterm While running a X session by the user "rocketmouse" this will open xterm with a prompt for the user "chuser". Instead of xhost + you're free to use xhost a little bit smarter than I do.