Re: Using gnome-apt as non-root
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 08:25:05PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote: > Is it possible to arrange for gnome-apt to be usable by a non-root user? Yes, there is sudo. or, I think, you can (in a Xterm ) su export XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority gnome-apt It should work but I've not tried. > To run it as root I have to mess about with X authorization and even > once that is done my GTK themes aren't respected. I guess my question > can be broken down as follows (and an answer to either part would be > enough) > > 1) Is there a way to run programs as root from X, respecting such things > as the current GTK theme; OR > > 2) Is there a way to enable a regular user to run apt/dpkg/gnome-apt? > > Thanks in advance, > Stuart. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- |. ICQ : 25529539 || |\ | | | \ / AIM : linhax |___ | | \| |__| / \ IRC nick : linhax Sami Dalouche : [EMAIL PROTECTED]DHIS : pingoo.dhis.org
Re: Using gnome-apt as non-root
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Leen Besselink wrote: > > Maybe it's a reason to change it's behavour, > maybe we could have it ask for a password and do sudo in the background or > something, when installing. > yeah, it will be fixed eventually. We might need to wait for Debian to have PAM. Patches gladly accepted, too. :-) Havoc
Re: Using gnome-apt as non-root
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Havoc Pennington wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Stuart Ballard wrote: > > > > 1) Is there a way to run programs as root from X, respecting such things > > as the current GTK theme; OR > > > > No, the theme is a per-user setting, so it won't apply to you while you're > root. You could set the theme for the root user though. > > > 2) Is there a way to enable a regular user to run apt/dpkg/gnome-apt? > > > > No, installing packages requires root permissions. gnome-apt might let you > do package selections as a regular user eventually, but you'll always have > to be root to actually install. Maybe it's a reason to change it's behavour, maybe we could have it ask for a password and do sudo in the background or something, when installing. Just my 2 cents. > > Havoc > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Using gnome-apt as non-root
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Stuart Ballard wrote: > > 1) Is there a way to run programs as root from X, respecting such things > as the current GTK theme; OR > No, the theme is a per-user setting, so it won't apply to you while you're root. You could set the theme for the root user though. > 2) Is there a way to enable a regular user to run apt/dpkg/gnome-apt? > No, installing packages requires root permissions. gnome-apt might let you do package selections as a regular user eventually, but you'll always have to be root to actually install. Havoc
Using gnome-apt as non-root
Is it possible to arrange for gnome-apt to be usable by a non-root user? To run it as root I have to mess about with X authorization and even once that is done my GTK themes aren't respected. I guess my question can be broken down as follows (and an answer to either part would be enough) 1) Is there a way to run programs as root from X, respecting such things as the current GTK theme; OR 2) Is there a way to enable a regular user to run apt/dpkg/gnome-apt? Thanks in advance, Stuart.
