-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 09/30/2010 04:37 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just > stopped working (on a current testing system). Running from the > command line, I get: > > No protocol specified > > (gedit:30084): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 > > as I do when I try to run gedit in a root terminal. I hope this is > not another example of putting misplaced security concerns ahead of > functionality. It's not a problem with my sudoers file as another > menu item, which runs 'sudo aptitude' in a terminal, works. How can I > run gedit as root? > > Patrick > >
Try using "gksudo" for graphical sudo. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMpPbGAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTP8wP/jymPJ/LcPMlvq3ARo/40uhr Csb403zgB7hi0VlLwms8BhS0Tq33V6ppbnFrKnRAflH6i843O1/Gmq+pd8lFNZBU hpH5sbuhFW7RS8raIEDrJ5oqLHitts0jAPJeRd+/j+6hBdp1HcycFBSYsfbZuQaG JDpqjCNmW4ox3g24oilMBMTU3wYQAj3vS2gVzoP+U73EWeV4nLTbY7THzJX58xl8 ePgpJQURI1oxtwVHtI9LQyQkSKZRvjvxR0z29UkXqufNdeL/aDPa8zpQlh+5E5r4 Lz3csPtgfA2/mONqfZFSn3BVCE/SPlgq6sNwXAjUNYl9bZuIeI9V2PLz9bcSmSid M9iJu9O6Y2KlZNdOLAuJSN+8nbIuHjq9UBYk6ZKRZkK+9xobjIVTcy/B2fHzT5cV 1jxXIHvRpS6ADMU9l0a8KFh7Bi2JXG/GOWp8XsivK6AYJqKHPw3xeC9Jat/lyi9+ /v3ADeE8/TLvfISjaWgk1KqTbhNltUJASRidIg0MdMnHIVd2BvPXu/KSb7GjSchP ryggIDne0ounLoT52VX+G+21q8J9SkpOJfcORFCggE2zARVsLOmL73Qn7i9ExW6o kRXmwaXFaAKOfeagEFqi9RL3s8a/1CpScmzxFNz0qODcHwJDo9xP+DwFqxgguM/N mf+nLH53B5ny97RYZn1d =YVsc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ca4f6c6.7050...@gmail.com