dear sandip, thanks! your syntax worked and visudo accepted it without generating errors.
however, this is the output on a shell: $ sudo firestarter NETFILTER detected Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 this means that the user is able to run the software, but some other error is occuring. i tried this command a couple of times, also with different paths, like /usr/bin/firestarter, but no effect. here's the strange part: i then simply su- and then did a cat/etc/sudoers to verify all settings were intact. they were. in a new shell as the ordinary user, i typed the same exact 'sudo firestarter' and it booted! yech! this is not nice if it boots *on its own will* it also threw the following messages in the shell sudo firestarter NETFILTER detected iptables: No chain/target/match by that name Firewall script restarted Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkContainer' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 726 (gtk_container_remove): assertion `container != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkBox' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkbox.c: line 366 (gtk_box_pack_end): assertion `box != NULL' failed. *** ? LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
