Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 11:38:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 07 Apr 2023 at 21:09:59 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > You folks keeping up with desktop environments are > > real heroes:-) > > It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it :). I gave up and ended at Fvwm in a big round

Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-07 Thread Brian
On Fri 07 Apr 2023 at 21:09:59 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 06:22:48PM +0200, B.M. wrote: > > [...] > > > PolicyKit got replaced by polkit (at least in current Debian Testing), > > and the "old" solution with setting AdminIdentities doesn't work > > anymore. Instead

Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 06:22:48PM +0200, B.M. wrote: [...] > PolicyKit got replaced by polkit (at least in current Debian Testing), > and the "old" solution with setting AdminIdentities doesn't work > anymore. Instead one has to add a file /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50- > default.rules as follows: >

Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-07 Thread B.M.
On Thu, 2023-04-06 at 11:04 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM B.M. wrote: > > > > I configured my system such that some users are in group sudo, but > > they are > > asked for the root password instead of just their user password by > > creating a > > file within

Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-06 Thread Joe
On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:04:13 -0400 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM B.M. wrote: > > > > I configured my system such that some users are in group sudo, but > > they are asked for the root password instead of just their user > > password by creating a file within

Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-06 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM B.M. wrote: > > I configured my system such that some users are in group sudo, but they are > asked for the root password instead of just their user password by creating a > file within /etc/sudoers.d/ with the line: > > Defaults rootpw > > This is working just

How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

2023-04-06 Thread B.M.
Hi, I configured my system such that some users are in group sudo, but they are asked for the root password instead of just their user password by creating a file within /etc/sudoers.d/ with the line: Defaults rootpw This is working just fine, but for graphical applications it doesn't work: