On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 01:23:47 -0800 tom <t...@206-212-236-243.static.onlinenw.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:35:26 -0800 > tom <t...@206-212-236-243.static.onlinenw.com> wrote: > > > Deprecated gksudo? Well thats pretty dumb. Any particular reason > > Devuan doesn't just fish around for the old gksudo git repo and > > continue that instead of dealing with this policykit mess of > > complexity? You can allow users in your a group for example > > 'installers' to run synaptic by editing sudo's config like so: > > > > %installers ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/synaptic > > > > This Policykit stuff just seems like completely unneeded and > > unstable cruft like systemd or pulseaudio. > > > > Thank you for clarifying though. I'm going to see about getting it > > working on Gentoo since I have more experience with ebuilds than I > > do with Debian packaging currently. > > > > > > > > Just found a drop-in replacement for gksudo. It's called lxqt-sudo. > https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-sudo > It works pretty well. Will it work even if I'm not using lxqt? Does it stand alone? SteveT Steve Litt February 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
