On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:07:44 -0700 Vince Winter <vince.win...@freegeek.org> wrote:
> I am looking for an alternative to gksu/gksudo (they are no longer > supported) or to pkexec (getting it setup for the gui is annoying, > i.e. editing policy). > > I am trying to make a cinnamon desktop launch that asks for a > password, keeping simple as I can to implement. > > --- > Vince Winter > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug lxsudo https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-sudo Don't use pkexec. It's way more complicated than it needs to be and is some kind of windows registry-eske of XML policy configuration. -- _______________________________________ / ... though his invention worked \ | superbly -- his theory was a crock of | | sewage from beginning to end. | | | \ -- Vernor Vinge, "The Peace War" / --------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug