Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
When I launch konqueror with kdesu, the progress dialogs don't appear. -- Sylvain Joyeux (5895) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
Robert Tilley wrote: This is needlessly complicated I feel. Does Konqueror/KDE provide a method to su to root within a GUI environment? Yes. 'kdesu konqueror' -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web (& for PGP Key): http://chrishowells.co.uk
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
csj wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that. But I'm worried. What sort of > magic does kdesu do? As console (konsole, xterm) root, I can't run > konqueror. I'm guessing here, but it's probably just forwarding connections to the X server with some kind of fake authentication data a la sshd(8). > alpha:/web/debian/http# konqueror > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0 See what Marc wrote in this thread (export XAUTHORITY=~USER/.Xauthority ...). Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
On Monday 25 June 2001 00:26, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 04:20:33PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > > Robert Tilley wrote: > > > Too many times I have needed to perform file manipulation using > > > Konqueror and found I needed to have root's access permissions. > > > So I out of KDE -- log back in as root -- do what I need -- > > > and log back in as a normal user (myself). > > > > Way too complicated. First of all, there should be a menu item K > > -> System -> File manager (Superuser). And then you can start > > any program as any user with kdesu. Just press Alt+F2 and hit > > the Settings button, where you can specify which user should be > > used. > > well..until that happens > >kdesu konqueror Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that. But I'm worried. What sort of magic does kdesu do? As console (konsole, xterm) root, I can't run konqueror. alpha:/web/debian/http# konqueror Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 04:20:33PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Robert Tilley wrote: > > > > Too many times I have needed to perform file manipulation using Konqueror > > and > > found I needed to have root's access permissions. So I out of KDE -- log > > back in as root -- do what I need -- and log back in as a normal user > > (myself). > > Way too complicated. First of all, there should be a menu item K -> > System -> File manager (Superuser). And then you can start any program > as any user with kdesu. Just press Alt+F2 and hit the Settings button, > where you can specify which user should be used. well..until that happens kdesu konqueror -- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
Robert Tilley wrote: > > Too many times I have needed to perform file manipulation using Konqueror and > found I needed to have root's access permissions. So I out of KDE -- log > back in as root -- do what I need -- and log back in as a normal user > (myself). Way too complicated. First of all, there should be a menu item K -> System -> File manager (Superuser). And then you can start any program as any user with kdesu. Just press Alt+F2 and hit the Settings button, where you can specify which user should be used. HTH, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Robert Tilley wrote: > Too many times I have needed to perform file manipulation using Konqueror and > found I needed to have root's access permissions. So I out of KDE -- log > back in as root -- do what I need -- and log back in as a normal user > (myself). Method 1 which works with any X window manager: - open an xterm (with KDE: ALT-F2, xterm, RETURN) - become root: su # no - so that DISPLAY is preserved - forward X authentification: export XAUTHORITY ~USER/.Xauthority # where USER is the owner # of the console. - launch any X client with root Method 2 which seems to work with KDE/2.1 on potato: - use the KMenu -> System -> Terminal (superuser mode) or use the File Manager (superuser mode) > This is needlessly complicated I feel. Does Konqueror/KDE provide a method > to su to root within a GUI environment? Personnally, I would never launch a file manager with root privileges: root is for minimal interactive shell commands only.
Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
Once upon a time, I heard Robert Tilley say > Too many times I have needed to perform file manipulation using Konqueror and > found I needed to have root's access permissions. So I out of KDE -- log > back in as root -- do what I need -- and log back in as a normal user > (myself). The question is why do you need to use konqueror? besides its ease of use. ANW, I don't know whether konquerer allows you to do such a thing or not. But you can, from a shell, su to root and call konqueror from there. If you have a problem starting konqueror as root, there are several solutions, read debian-user for more info. In short, you may use xhost, XAUTHORITY, and sudo for the task. > This is needlessly complicated I feel. Does Konqueror/KDE provide a method > to su to root within a GUI environment? well, too complicate :) Chanop -- ,. | May Debian be with you ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]| `'
"su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
Too many times I have needed to perform file manipulation using Konqueror and found I needed to have root's access permissions. So I out of KDE -- log back in as root -- do what I need -- and log back in as a normal user (myself). This is needlessly complicated I feel. Does Konqueror/KDE provide a method to su to root within a GUI environment? Thank you for any information, Robert Tilley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
