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

[Guus Snijders]

Op 13 jul. 2014 10:12 schreef "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
het volgende:
>
> On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 16:57 +0200, Guus Snijders wrote:
> > 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 at archlinux ~]$ gksudo -u chuser qupzilla
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ xhost + ; gksudo -u chuser qupzilla
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> QupZilla: 0 extensions loaded
> [rocketmouse at 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 ;-) ).

mvg, Guus